Innate Immune Recognition of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Figure 1

The structure of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis cell wall. This figure shows a schematic representation of the major components of the cell wall and their distributions. The inner layer is composted of peptidoglycan which is covalently linked to arabinogalactan layer. The outer membrane contains mycolic acids, glycolipids like (mannose-capped) lipomannan, and mannoglycoproteins.