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TUBERCULOSIS
Volume 100, Issue -, Pages 32-45Publisher
CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE
DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2016.06.004
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Mycobacteria; Cell envelope; Lipid transport; Siderophore; MmpL transporter
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Mycobacteria produce a large variety of surface-exposed lipids with unusual structures. Some of these compounds are ubiquitously present in mycobacteria and play an important role in the structural organization of the cell envelope, while others are species-specific. The biosynthesis of most of these lipids requires modular polyketide synthases (PKS) or non-ribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPS) that are intracellular, suggesting that the assembly of these compounds takes place in the cytosolic compartment or near the inner leaflet of the plasma membrane. The molecular mechanisms that mediate the export of these lipid components across the cell envelope remain poorly understood. Mycobacterial membrane protein Large (MmpL) transporters, a subclass of Resistance-Nodulation-Cell Division (RND) transporters, appear to play a major role in this process, acting as scaffold proteins that couple lipid synthesis and transport. Recent studies have shown that this family of transporters also contributes to siderophore secretion in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The goal of this review is to provide the most recent advances in our understanding of the molecular mechanisms involved in lipid and siderophore transport mediated by MmpL transporters. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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