GroE heat-shock proteins promote assembly of foreign prokaryotic ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase oligomers in Escherichia coli |
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| Authors: | P Goloubinoff A A Gatenby G H Lorimer |
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| Institution: | Central Research and Development Department, E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Co., Wilmington, Delaware 19880-0402. |
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| Abstract: | Assembly of foreign prokaryotic ribulose bisphosphate carboxylases (Rubiscos) in Escherichia coli requires both heat-shock proteins groEL and groES. GroEL is related to a chloroplast protein implicated in Rubisco assembly. Bacteria and chloroplasts therefore have a conserved mechanism that uses auxiliary proteins to assist in the assembly of Rubisco. |
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