javeriamehboob.bsky.social
@javeriamehboob.bsky.social
Very excited to share our work on a novel itaconate transporter in P. aeruignosa! A brilliant team effort by the @gavinhthomas.bsky.social lab. 🎉🎉🎉
September 2, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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New from the lab of @gavinhthomas.bsky.social : TRAP transporters are always fun and Pseudomonas is a super cool bug. And well done Javeria (who may not be over here yet?)!!

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Itaconate utilisation by the human pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa requires uptake via the IctPQM TRAP transporter
Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA01 is one of the major causes of disease persistence and mortality in patients with lung pathologies, relying on various host metabolites as carbon and energy sources for grow...
www.biorxiv.org
April 4, 2025 at 11:10 AM