The Neuromodulator-Encoding sadA Gene Is Widely Distributed in the Human Skin Microbiome

Luqman A, Zabel S, Rahmdel S, Merz B, Gruenheit N, Harter J, Nieselt K, Götz F.

Front Microbiol. 2020 Dec 1;11:573679. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.573679. eCollection 2020.

It emerged that neurotransmitters and TA are produced also by the microbiota. As it has been shown that TA contribute to wound healing, we examined the skin microbiome of probands using shotgun metagenomics. …A high proportion of the genera that have a SadA homolog belon …