𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲: 𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫, 𝐜𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐱 𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝑴. 𝒕𝒖𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒔
Our new @mbio.bsky.social paper shows that copper reaches intracellular M. tuberculosis and strongly induces CysK2, a cysteine synthase linking copper sensing to redox adaptation and persistence.
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