6w21

Structural highlights

Function

CLPP_ECOLI Cleaves peptides in various proteins in a process that requires ATP hydrolysis. Has a chymotrypsin-like activity. Plays a major role in the degradation of misfolded proteins. May play the role of a master protease which is attracted to different substrates by different specificity factors such as ClpA or ClpX.

See Also

• Green Fluorescent Protein 3D structures
• Heat Shock Protein structures