An exciting discovery of the biosynthetic origin and physiological functions of tuberculostearic acid in mycobacteria. Now available as a manuscript in bioRxiv.

A wonderful collaboration of the Morita lab, the Siegrist lab at UMass Amherst, the Moody lab at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and the Nakamura lab at the Research Institute for Microbial Diseases at Osaka University.