title: A stress sensor for the bacterial periplasm.
abstract: DegS, the periplasmic stress sensor, becomes activated when its PDZ domain recognizes the improperly exposed C-terminal sequences of outer membrane porins. This interaction relieves the inhibition of the neighboring protease domain of DegS, triggering a proteolysis cascade that leads to the sigma(E)-driven expression of periplasmic chaperones.
authors.affiliation: Cellular Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18a, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany.
authors.forename: Jason C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: F Ulrich
authors.initials: FU
authors.lastname: Hartl
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000378:metabolism*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D019897:Periplasm / Q000378:metabolism*; D017510:Protein Folding; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary / Q000502:physiology; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; C066496:DegS protein, Bacteria; D014157:Transcription Factors