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A purine salvage bottleneck leads to bacterial adenine cross-feeding
Ying-Chih Chuang, Nicholas W. Haas, Robert Pepin…·James B. McKinlay
The paper identifies adenine as a cross-fed metabolite between Rhodopseudomonas palustris and E. coli, revealing a purine salvage bottleneck mechanism.
DOI 10.1101/2023.10.17.562681