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Lipid A Phosphoethanolamine Transferase: Regulation, Structure and Immune Response.
Journal of molecular biology - 21 Aug 2020
Samantha Ariela, Vrielink Alice
Abstract excerpt
A wide variety of antibiotics are targeted to the bacterial membrane due to its unique arrangement and composition relative to the host mammalian membranes. By modification of their membranes, some gram-negative pathogens resist the action of antibiotics. Lipid A phosphoethanolamine transferase (EptA) is an intramembrane enzyme that modifies the lipid A portion of lipopolysaccharide/lipooligosaccharide by the...
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