H. pylori GPS: Modulating Host Metabolites for Location Sensing.
Published in Cell host & microbe
Almost 20 years ago, urea was described as a chemotaxis attractant for Helicobacter pylori. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Huang et al. (2015) report that H. pylori employs its urease enzyme to destroy urea to bring the concentration into a range that provokes an attractant response. Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
