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Identification of a lactate-quinone oxidoreductase in Staphylococcus aureus that is essential for virulence.
Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology - 1 Jan 2011
Fuller James R, Vitko Nicholas P, Perkowski Ellen F, Scott Eric, Khatri Dal, Spontak Jeffrey S, Thurlow Lance R, Richardson Anthony R
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Staphylococcus aureus is an important human pathogen commonly infecting nearly every host tissue. The ability of S. aureus to resist innate immunity is critical to its success as a pathogen, including its propensity to grow in the presence of host nitric oxide (NO·). Upon exogenous NO· exposure, S. aureus immediately excretes copious amounts of L-lactate to maintain redox balance. However, after prolonged...
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