Abstract
The TorD family of specific chaperones is divided into four subfamilies dedicated to molybdoenzyme biogenesis and a fifth one, exemplified by YcdY of Escherichia coli, for which no defined partner has been identified so far. We propose that YcdY is the chaperone of YcdX, a zinc protein involved in the swarming motility process of E. coli, since YcdY interacts with YcdX and increases its activity in vitro.
Publication types
-
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
-
Escherichia coli / genetics
-
Escherichia coli / metabolism*
-
Escherichia coli Proteins / genetics
-
Escherichia coli Proteins / metabolism
-
Molecular Chaperones / genetics
-
Molecular Chaperones / metabolism
-
Multigene Family*
-
Protein Binding
Substances
-
Escherichia coli Proteins
-
Molecular Chaperones
-
TorD protein, E coli
-
YcdX protein, E coli
-
YcdY protein, E coli