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. 2018 Feb 22;293(14):5172–5184. doi: 10.1074/jbc.RA117.000246

Figure 7.

Figure 7.

Origin of dicarboxymycolic acids in mycobacteria. A, known metabolic pathway for wax-ester mycolates. B, pathway proposed in this work. The mass values in blue are indicated for a C77 mycolyl-containing TMM. Functions between brackets in proximal position correspond to double bonds or cyclopropane.