Structure of a lipopolysaccharide regulator...

Structure of a lipopolysaccharide regulator reveals a road to new antibiotics

Abstract

Bacteria with two membranes must regulate the production of a surface molecule known as lipopolysaccharide. The structure of an essential signal-transduction protein now reveals how lipopolysaccharide controls its own synthesis.

Authors

Bishop RE

Journal

Nature, Vol. 584, No. 7821, pp. 348–349

Publisher

Springer Nature

Publication Date

August 20, 2020

DOI

10.1038/d41586-020-02256-x

ISSN

0028-0836

Associated Experts

Russell Bishop

Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences

Visit profile

Labels