Conservation of the glycogen metabolism pathway underlines a pivotal function of storage polysaccharides in Chlamydiae

oleh: Matthieu Colpaert, Derifa Kadouche, Mathieu Ducatez, Trestan Pillonel, Carole Kebbi-Beghdadi, Ugo Cenci, Binquan Huang, Malika Chabi, Emmanuel Maes, Bernadette Coddeville, Loïc Couderc, Hélène Touzet, Fabrice Bray, Catherine Tirtiaux, Steven Ball, Gilbert Greub, Christophe Colleoni

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Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2021-03-01

Deskripsi

Matthieu Colpaert et al. use biochemical and comparative genomic analyses and identify a trehalose-dependent glycogen synthesis pathway in W. chondrophila and E. lausannensis. These results suggest that the glycogen metabolism pathway is conserved in all Chlamydiales species.