Transport Protein IrtAB (IMAGE)

University of Zurich

Transport Protein IrtAB

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IrtAB (purple/turquoise/blue) sits in the inner membrane of M. tuberculosis and imports iron-loaded mycobactin (yellow/orange) from the host cell into the bacterial cell, where iron is released.

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Imre Gonda, University of Zurich

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