proteasome produces antibiotic-like peptides

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Scientists Discover Natural Antibiotics Hidden in Our Cells

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The proteasome is a microscopic barrel-shaped machine found in every cell of the human body.

It chews up used or damaged proteins and feeds them to T cells to help them scan for danger.

Researchers from the Weizmann Institute of Science found that the proteasomes can generate “defense peptides’ — fragments of proteins that act like antibiotics from within.

Antimicrobial resistance is one of the most pressing health challenges of the 21st century .

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