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Replacement of GroEL in Escherichia coli by the Group II Chaperonin from the Archaeon Methanococcus maripaludis.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Oct 2016
Shah Riddhi, Large Andrew T, Ursinus Astrid, Lin Bevan, Gowrinathan Preethy, Martin Jörg, Lund Peter A
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UNLABELLED: Chaperonins are required for correct folding of many proteins. They exist in two phylogenetic groups: group I, found in bacteria and eukaryotic organelles, and group II, found in archaea and eukaryotic cytoplasm. The two groups, while homologous, differ significantly in structure and mechanism. The evolution of group II chaperonins has been proposed to have been crucial in enabling the expansion of...
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