Activators of Cylindrical Proteases as Antimicrobials: Identification and Development of Small Molecule Activators of ClpP Protease
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Activators of cylindrical proteases as antimicrobials: identification and development of small molecule activators of ClpP protease.
ClpP is a cylindrical serine protease whose ability to degrade proteins is regulated by the unfoldase ATP-dependent chaperones. ClpP on its own can only degrade small peptides. Here, we used ClpP as a target in a high-throughput screen for compounds, which activate the protease and allow it to degrade larger proteins, hence, abolishing the specificity arising from the ATP-dependent chaperones. ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Chemistry & Biology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1074-5521
DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2011.07.023