Convergent MurJ flippase inhibition by phage lysis proteins
• Abstract Antimicrobial drug resistance poses a global health challenge that necessitates the identification of new druggable targets1,2,3 • The essential lipid II flippase MurJ i
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Viruses reveal shared way to kill bacteria by jamming small transporter MurJ
• Biochemists at Caltech have identified how viruses have converged on a method for killing bacteria • The researchers have homed in on an underexplored small transporter called Mu