Sialidases and fucosidases of Akkermansia muciniphila are crucial for growth on mucin and nutrient sharing with mucus-associated gut bacteria

oleh: Bashar Shuoker, Michael J. Pichler, Chunsheng Jin, Hiroka Sakanaka, Haiyang Wu, Ana Martínez Gascueña, Jining Liu, Tine Sofie Nielsen, Jan Holgersson, Eva Nordberg Karlsson, Nathalie Juge, Sebastian Meier, Jens Preben Morth, Niclas G. Karlsson, Maher Abou Hachem

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Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2023-04-01

Deskripsi

This study offers molecular insight into the sialidase and fucosidase decapping apparatus that initiates growth on mucin and promotes nutrient sharing by the dedicated mucolytic symbiont Akkermansia muciniphila with the mucus-associated microbiota.