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Discovery and structure of a widespread bacterial ABC transporter specific for ergothioneine
L-Ergothioneine (ET), the 2-thioimidazole derivative of trimethylhistidine, is biosynthesized by select fungi and bacteria, notably Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and functions as a scavenger of reactive oxygen species. The extent to which ET broadly functions in bacterial cells unable to synthesize it...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2022
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9732360/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36481738 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35277-3 |