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Distinct regulatory mechanisms balance DegP proteolysis to maintain cellular fitness during heat stress.
Genes & development - 15 Apr 2014
Kim Seokhee, Sauer Robert T
Abstract excerpt
Intracellular proteases combat proteotoxic stress by degrading damaged proteins, but their activity must be carefully controlled to maintain cellular fitness. The activity of Escherichia coli DegP, a highly conserved periplasmic protease, is regulated by substrate-dependent allosteric transformations between inactive and active trimer conformations and by the formation of polyhedral cages that confine the active...
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