Garber et al. solved the structure of the fucose dehydrogenase FucX of the gastrointestinal pathogen Campylobacter jejuni. Although C. jejuni lacks fucosidases and prefers amino acids to carbohydrates, Bacteroides vulgatus enhances the growth of C. jejuni in vitro in the presence of mucin, suggesting that this pathogen may obtain sugars from the commensal microbiota.
- Jolene M. Garber
- Harald Nothaft
- Christine M. Szymanski
