A channel of unexpected importance

Scientists from the working groups of Prof. Dr. Susana Andrade and Prof. Dr. Oliver Einsle, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry and members of the Cluster of Excellence BIOSS, the Center for Biological Signaling Studies at the University of Freiburg, have for the first time obtained precise data on the function of a transport protein for formate - an important metabolic product in bacteria. The findings can help develop new antibiotic active ingredients, as the team reports in the specialist magazine “PNAS”.