The evolution of new enzymatic functions is constrained and guided by the architecture of an organism’s metabolic and regulatory networks and environmental constraints. Here, we identify a kinase that has evolved from pyruvate phosphate dikinase. Through biochemical and systems-lev...

Candida albicans, a World Health Organization critical-priority fungal pathogen, represents the predominant cause of candidemia. Therapeutic failure is sometimes driven by antifungal tolerance, a phenotype distinct from resistance, whose underlying mechanisms remain incompletely defined....

Bordetella pertussis is the bacterial causative agent of whooping cough, a serious respiratory illness. An extensive knowledge on its virulence regulation and metabolism is a key factor to ensure pertussis vaccine manufacturing process robustness. The aim of this study was to refine our ...

Mycoplasma synovise (MS) is a prominent pathogen of poultry, causing considerable economic pressure to the poultry industry. Although we have a basic understanding of MS infection, the research on the pathogenicity and interactions between host and MS especially the metabolic bases of MS infectio...

The emergence of high-virulent Acinetobacter baumannii strains increases the mortality of patients and seriously affects their prognosis, which motivates us to explore novel ways to control such infections. In this study, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry was adopted to explore the me...

Salmonella Typhimurium establishes systemic infection by replicating in host macrophages. Here we show that macrophages infected with S. Typhimurium exhibit upregulated glycolysis and decreased serine synthesis, leading to accumulation of glycolytic intermediates. The effects on...

Whooping cough resurged globally despite the widespread vaccination. A macrolide-resistant (MR) lineage carrying the high-virulence ptxP3 allele, ptxP3 MR-MT28 (MT28), has imposed a substantial burden on pertussis epidemics, while the underlying factors driving its prevalence remain unclear. Thus...

Gliotoxin is a secondary metabolite produced by Aspergillus fumigatus, known to play a significant role in immune regulation and virulence phenotypes. This study investigates how the deletion of gliotoxin biosynthesis remodels the metabolic state of A. fumigatus and subsequently af...

Gliotoxin is a secondary metabolite produced by Aspergillus fumigatus, known to play a significant role in immune regulation and virulence phenotypes. This study investigates how the deletion of gliotoxin biosynthesis remodels the metabolic state of A. fumigatus and subsequently af...