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Disulfide isomerization after membrane release of its SAR domain activates P1 lysozyme.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 7 Jan 2005
Xu Min, Arulandu Arockiasamy, Struck Douglas K, Swanson Stephanie, Sacchettini James C, Young Ry
Abstract excerpt
The P1 lysozyme Lyz is secreted to the periplasm of Escherichia coli and accumulates in an inactive membrane-tethered form. Genetic and biochemical experiments show that, when released from the bilayer, Lyz is activated by an intramolecular thiol-disulfide isomerization, which requires a cysteine in its N-terminal SAR (signal-arrest-release) domain. Crystal structures confirm the alternative disulfide linkages in...
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