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Escherichia coli peptidase A, B, or N can process translation inhibitor microcin C.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Apr 2008
Kazakov Teymur, Vondenhoff Gaston H, Datsenko Kirill A, Novikova Maria, Metlitskaya Anastasia, Wanner Barry L, Severinov Konstantin
Abstract excerpt
The heptapeptide-nucleotide microcin C (McC) targets aspartyl-tRNA synthetase. Upon its entry into a susceptible cell, McC is processed to release a nonhydrolyzable aspartyl-adenylate that inhibits aspartyl-tRNA synthetase, leading to the cessation of translation and cell growth. Here, we surveyed Escherichia coli cells with singly, doubly, and triply disrupted broad-specificity peptidase genes to show that any...
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