Species variation in ATP-dependent protein degradation: protease profiles differ between mycobacteria and protease functions differ between Mycobacterium smegmatis and Escherichia coli.

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We report here that the existence of the potentially broad substrate specificity protease Lon (also called La), is evolutionarily discontinuous within the order Actinomycetales. Lon homologues were identified in the fast-growing species Mycobacterium smegmatis, and the slow-growing species Micobacterium avium and Mycobacterium intracellulare. However, Lon homologues were not detected in the slow-growing species...

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