The hetero-hexameric nature of a chloroplast AAA+ FtsH protease contributes to its thermodynamic stability.

FtsH is an evolutionary conserved membrane-bound metalloprotease complex. While in most prokaryotes FtsH is encoded by a single gene, multiple FtsH genes are found in eukaryotes. Genetic and biochemical data suggest that the Arabidopsis chloroplast FtsH is a hetero-hexamer. This raises the question...

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Main Authors: Ofer Moldavski, Olga Levin-Kravets, Tamar Ziv, Zach Adam, Gali Prag
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22558304/pdf/?tool=EBI