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METTL9 tests Candida's mettle by limiting metal acquisition
Raminder Singh1, Manuela Raffatellu2
1Division of Host-Microbe Systems and Therapeutics, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Cell Host & Microbe
|January 15, 2026
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The gut mucosal immune system orchestrates diverse defense mechanisms against fungal pathogens. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Bao and Yang et al.1 demonstrate that intestinal epithelial cells secrete an anti-zincophore protein, METTL9, that limits fungal access to the essential micronutrient zinc, thereby diminishing colonization and growth.
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