Structure of an endogenous mycobacterial MCE lipid transporter.
Chen, J., Fruhauf, A., Fan, C., Ponce, J., Ueberheide, B., Bhabha, G., Ekiert, D.(2023) Res Sq 
- PubMed: 36711512 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2412186/v1
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
8FED, 8FEE, 8FEF - PubMed Abstract: 
To replicate inside human macrophages and cause the disease tuberculosis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis ( Mtb ) must scavenge a variety of nutrients from the host 1,2 . The Mammalian Cell Entry (MCE) proteins are important virulence factors in Mtb 1,3 , where they are encoded in large gene clusters and have been implicated in the transport of fatty acids 4â€"7 and cholesterol 1,4,8 across the impermeable mycobacterial cell envelope ...