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Structural highlights

Function

DEGS_ECOLI When heat shock or other environmental stresses disrupt protein folding in the periplasm, DegS senses the accumulation of unassembled outer membrane porins (OMPs) and then initiates RseA (anti sigma-E factor) degradation by cleaving it in its periplasmic domain, making it an attractive substrate for subsequent cleavage by RseP. This cascade that ultimately leads to the sigma-E-driven expression of a variety of factors dealing with folding stress in the periplasm and OMP assembly.^{[1] [2]}

References

1. ↑ Alba BM, Leeds JA, Onufryk C, Lu CZ, Gross CA. DegS and YaeL participate sequentially in the cleavage of RseA to activate the sigma(E)-dependent extracytoplasmic stress response. Genes Dev. 2002 Aug 15;16(16):2156-68. PMID:12183369 doi:10.1101/gad.1008902
2. ↑ Meltzer M, Hasenbein S, Mamant N, Merdanovic M, Poepsel S, Hauske P, Kaiser M, Huber R, Krojer T, Clausen T, Ehrmann M. Structure, function and regulation of the conserved serine proteases DegP and DegS of Escherichia coli. Res Microbiol. 2009 Nov;160(9):660-6. doi: 10.1016/j.resmic.2009.07.012. Epub, 2009 Aug 18. PMID:19695325 doi:10.1016/j.resmic.2009.07.012