Las estructuras de DPAGT1 explican los mecanismos de enfermedad por glicosilación y el diseño avanzado de

Yin Yao Dong1, Hua Wang2, Ashley C W Pike1

  • 1Structural Genomics Consortium, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK.

Cell
|November 3, 2018
PubMed
Resumen

Este estudio revela la estructura de DPAGT1, una enzima crucial para la N-glucosilación de proteínas. La comprensión de su mecanismo condujo al diseño de nuevos antibióticos no tóxicos eficaces contra la tuberculosis por Mycobacterium.

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