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In Situ Monitoring of Transiently Formed Molecular Chaperone Assemblies in Bacteria, Yeast, and Human Cells
Published on: September 2, 2019
The function of the DegP (HtrA) protein: Protease versus chaperone
1Center for Protein Science, State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Studies, School of Life Sciences, Center for History and Philosophy of Science, Peking University, Beijing, China. changzy@pku.edu.cn.
Abstract:
The DegP (or HtrA) is a highly conserved family of proteins functioning in all living organisms. It was initially identified as a protease functioning in the periplasmic space of the Gram-negative bacterial cells. It was later reported to also exhibit chaperone activity and thus has been designated as a bifunctional protein. However, recent studies demonstrated that in living cells it more likely functions only as a protease with hardly detectable chaperone activities. In this review, I will summarize the evidences clarifying that DegP more likely only functions as a protease rather than as a chaperone in cells. © 2016 IUBMB Life, 68(11):904-907, 2016.
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