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Intramembrane proteolytic cleavage of a membrane-tethered transcription factor by a metalloprotease depends on ATP.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 22 Sept 2009
Zhou Ruanbao, Cusumano Christina, Sui Dexin, Garavito R Michael, Kroos Lee
Abstract excerpt
Regulated intramembrane proteolysis (RIP) involves cleavage of a transmembrane segment of a protein. RIP governs diverse processes in a wide variety of organisms and is carried out by different types of intramembrane proteases (IPs), including a large family of metalloproteases. The Bacillus subtilis SpoIVFB protein is a putative metalloprotease that cleaves membrane-tethered Pro-sigma(K), releasing sigma(K) to...
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