Site-specific acylation of a bacterial virulence regulator attenuates infection
November 18th, 2019 by Zhenrun J. Zhang
Nature Chemical Biology, Published online: 18 November 2019; doi:10.1038/s41589-019-0392-5
Microbiota-derived butyrate acylation of the key Salmonella enterica transcriptional regulator HilA attenuates virulence of the bacteria, blocking invasion of epithelial cells in vitro and dissemination in vivo.