Jeff Henderson
@jphendersonmdphd.bsky.social
Professor at Washington University Medical School in St Louis, USA. Human-microbe interactions in health and disease with a focus on exometabolites and metal ion interactions. Infectious diseases physician-scientist.
New from the lab: E.coli don’t just release the siderophore Enterobactin (Ent), they release Ent fragments. Why? After recovering iron from iron-Ent after minimal hydrolysis, E.coli send the pieces back out for bonus rounds of iron-scavenging. Reduce, re-use, recycle! www.jbc.org/article/S002...
December 14, 2023 at 5:06 AM
New from the lab: E.coli don’t just release the siderophore Enterobactin (Ent), they release Ent fragments. Why? After recovering iron from iron-Ent after minimal hydrolysis, E.coli send the pieces back out for bonus rounds of iron-scavenging. Reduce, re-use, recycle! www.jbc.org/article/S002...