Allosteric activation of a bacterial stress sensor.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
In Gram-negative bacteria, envelope stress signals such as unfolded outer membrane proteins (OMP) activate the periplasmic protease DegS. This protease then triggers a cellular pathway to alleviate the stress. Now Sohn et al. (2007) show conclusively that inhibition of DegS is relieved allosterically by binding of the C-terminal sequences in unfolded OMPs to the PDZ domain of DegS.
Medical subject headings
- Escherichia coli
- Escherichia coli Proteins