The AasS acyl-ACP synthetase is an exogenous fatty acid scavenger of versatility, and potentially dampens the druggable pathway of bacterial type II fatty acid synthesis. The C10-AMS compound is a newly-identified inhibitor for AasS action. This study showed complex structure of AasS hexamer liganded with C10-AMS inhibitor, of which each protomer is locked in a closed form. Huang et al
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Correction
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