Percent of total and energy-dependent protein degradation that Lon and Clp proteases are responsible for

Range total degradation 60%: energy-dependent protein degradation 70% %
Organism Bacteria Escherichia coli
Reference Maurizi MR. Proteases and protein degradation in Escherichia coli. Experientia. 1992 Feb 15 48(2):178-201. p.181 left column 2nd paragraphPubMed ID1740190
Comments "Lon and Clp proteases are responsible for 60 % of the total and 70 % of the energy-dependent protein degradation in growing cells...[E. coli] Clp protease has structural features that are provocatively similar to the multicatalytic protease from eukaryotic cells."
Entered by Uri M
ID 109926