Structure, function and regulation of the conserved serine proteases DegP and DegS of Escherichia coli

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 160, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 660-666

  Meltzer, Michael ^a   Hasenbein, Sonja ^a   Mamant, Nicolette ^a   Merdanovic, Melisa ^a   Poepsel, Simon ^a   Hauske, Patrick ^a,b   Kaiser, Markus ^b   Huber, Robert ^a,c   Krojer, Tobias ^d   Clausen, Tim ^e   Ehrmann, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b CHEMICAL GENOMICS CENTRE OF THE MAX PLANCK SOCIETY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

DegP; DegS; HtrA; Protein quality control

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; PROTEIN DEGP; PROTEIN DEGS; SERINE PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CELL STRESS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; PERIPLASMIC PROTEINS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 72049089291     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2009.07.012     Document Type: Article

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