LpxI structures reveal how a lipid A precursor is synthesized.
Metzger IV, L.E., Lee, J.K., Finer-Moore, J.S., Raetz, C.R.H., Stroud, R.M.(2012) Nat.Struct.Mol.Biol. 19: 1132-1138
- PubMed: 23042606 
- DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2393
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
- PubMed Abstract: 
Enzymes in lipid metabolism acquire and deliver hydrophobic substrates and products from within lipid bilayers. The structure at 2.55 Å of one isozyme of a constitutive enzyme in lipid A biosynthesis, LpxI from Caulobacter crescentus, has a novel fol ...