Article
Allosteric regulation of DegS protease subunits through a shared energy landscape.
Nature chemical biology - 1 Feb 2013
Mauldin Randall V, Sauer Robert T
Abstract excerpt
The PDZ domains of the trimeric DegS protease bind unassembled outer-membrane proteins (OMPs) that accumulate in the Escherichia coli periplasm. This cooperative binding reaction triggers a proteolytic cascade that activates a transcriptional stress response. To dissect the mechanism of allosteric activation, we generated hybrid DegS trimers with different numbers of PDZ domains and/or protease-domain mutations....
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