Protein waste turned into antibiotics as a defence strategy of human cells

Tim Clausen ()

Nature, 2025, vol. 639, issue 8056, 872-873

Abstract: As well as degrading proteins, the proteosome surprisingly also functions in human defence against bacterial infection. By changing how proteins are cleaved, this system generates antibiotic peptides on demand.

Keywords: Immunology; Microbiology; Cell biology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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