Periplasmic chaperones--preservers of subunit folding energy for organelle assembly.
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Abstract
The periplasmic PapD-like chaperones have long been known to be necessary for the assembly of bacterial surface organelles. New structural work now suggests that they control assembly by arresting subunit folding. This step may be required to preserve energy for fiber formation.
Medical subject headings
- Escherichia coli Proteins
- Eukaryotic Cells
- Molecular Chaperones
- Organelles
- Periplasm
- Periplasmic Proteins
- Prokaryotic Cells
- Protein Folding
- Yersinia pestis