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Phospholipid middle management

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The Mla phospholipid transporter is a multi-subunit ATP-binding cassette transport system widely understood to move phospholipids in a retrograde direction; that is, from the outer membrane to the inner membrane. However, recent studies reveal that Mla might move phospholipids in the opposite, anterograde direction.

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Fig. 1: Schematic diagram of the Mla phospholipid transport system.

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  1. Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

    Russell E. Bishop

  2. Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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Bishop, R.E. Phospholipid middle management. Nat Microbiol 4, 1608–1609 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-019-0570-y

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