Akihiro Ishiwata

ORCID: 0000-0002-5542-2214 · 1 paper in corpus

other 2023

Identification and characterization of endo-α-, exo-α-, and exo-β-D-arabinofuranosidases degrading lipoarabinomannan and arabinogalactan of mycobacteria

Nature communications ·doi:10.1038/s41467-023-41431-2

The cell walls of pathogenic and acidophilic bacteria, such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium leprae, contain lipoarabinomannan and arabinogalactan. These components are composed of D-arabinose, the enantiomer of the typical L…