在肠道微生物群中基质特异性的化学蛋白质分析与肠道微生物群相关的胆盐水解酶

Lin Han1, Augustus Pendleton2, Adarsh Singh3

  • 1Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853.

概括

研究人员确定了肠道细菌酶,胆盐化酶 (BSH),这些酶修饰胆酸. 这一发现揭示了微生物如何影响宿主新陈代谢,并可能解释炎症性疾病.

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