Molecular machines for protein degradation

M Groll, M Bochtler, H Brandstetter, T Clausen… - …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
One of the most precisely regulated processes in living cells is intracellular protein
degradation. The main component of the degradation machinery is the 20S proteasome …

Chaperone-assisted protein folding in the cell cytoplasm

WA Houry - Current Protein and Peptide Science, 2001 - ingentaconnect.com
Folding of polypeptides in the cell typically requires the assistance of a set of proteins
termed molecular chaperones. Chaperones are an essential group of proteins necessary for …

Crystal and solution structures of an HslUV protease–chaperone complex

MC Sousa, CB Trame, H Tsuruta, SM Wilbanks… - Cell, 2000 - cell.com
HslUV is a" prokaryotic proteasome" composed of the HslV protease and the HslU ATPase,
a chaperone of the Clp/Hsp100 family. The 3.4 Å crystal structure of an HslUV complex is …

Crystal structures of the HslVU peptidase–ATPase complex reveal an ATP-dependent proteolysis mechanism

J Wang, JJ Song, MC Franklin, S Kamtekar, YJ Im… - Structure, 2001 - cell.com
Background: The bacterial heat shock locus HslU ATPase and HslV peptidase together form
an ATP-dependent HslVU protease. Bacterial HslVU is a homolog of the eukaryotic 26S …

The SOS regulatory network

LA Simmons, JJ Foti, SE Cohen, GC Walker - EcoSal plus, 2008 - Am Soc Microbiol
All organisms possess a diverse set of genetic programs that are used to alter cellular
physiology in response to environmental cues. The gram-negative bacterium Escherichia …

Regulation of cell division in bacteria by monitoring genome integrity and DNA replication status

PE Burby, LA Simmons - Journal of Bacteriology, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
All organisms regulate cell cycle progression by coordinating cell division with DNA
replication status. In eukaryotes, DNA damage or problems with replication fork progression …

[HTML][HTML] The proteasome of malaria parasites: A multi-stage drug target for chemotherapeutic intervention?

MN Aminake, HD Arndt, G Pradel - International Journal for Parasitology …, 2012 - Elsevier
The ubiquitin/proteasome system serves as a regulated protein degradation pathway in
eukaryotes, and is involved in many cellular processes featuring high protein turnover rates …

Mutational studies on HslU and its docking mode with HslV

HK Song, C Hartmann… - Proceedings of the …, 2000 - National Acad Sciences
HslVU is an ATP-dependent prokaryotic protease complex. Despite detailed crystal and
molecular structure determinations of free HslV and HslU, the mechanism of ATP-dependent …

Role of the GYVG pore motif of HslU ATPase in protein unfolding and translocation for degradation by HslV peptidase

E Park, YM Rho, O Koh, SW Ahn, IS Seong… - Journal of Biological …, 2005 - ASBMB
HslVU is an ATP-dependent protease consisting of HslU ATPase and HslV peptidase. In an
HslVU complex, the central pores of HslU hexamer and HslV dodecamer are aligned and …

Global protein turnover quantification in Escherichia coli reveals cytoplasmic recycling under nitrogen limitation

M Gupta, ANT Johnson, ER Cruz, EJ Costa… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Protein turnover is critical for proteostasis, but turnover quantification is challenging, and
even in well-studied E. coli, proteome-wide measurements remain scarce. Here, we quantify …