Mannitol-Synthesizing Enzyme (IMAGE)

Goethe University Frankfurt

Mannitol-Synthesizing Enzyme

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Resembles a butterfly: only in its dimer form does the mannitol-synthesizing enzyme of the hospital pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii protect the bacterium from water loss and desiccation.

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Klaas Martinus Pos, Goethe University Frankfurt

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