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Probing the functional mechanism of Escherichia coli GroEL using circular permutation.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Mizobata Tomohiro, Uemura Tatsuya, Isaji Kazuhiro, Hirayama Takuma, Hongo Kunihiro, Kawata Yasushi
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The Escherichia coli chaperonin GroEL subunit consists of three domains linked via two hinge regions, and each domain is responsible for a specific role in the functional mechanism. Here, we have used circular permutation to study the structural and functional characteristics of the GroEL subunit. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Three soluble, partially active mutants with polypeptide ends relocated...
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