Structural determination of the secreted haem-binding protein from Candida albicans reveals a novel fold and haem coordination environment that facilitates the shuttling of the haem cofactor across the cell wall to the cell surface.
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Philpott, C., Protchenko, O. Fungal physiology: Robbing the bank of haem iron. Nat Microbiol 1, 16179 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.179
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