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The multicatalytic proteinase (prosome) is ubiquitous from eukaryotes to archaebacteria
Author(s) -
Dahlmann Burkhardt,
Kopp Friedrich,
Kuehn Lothar,
Niedel Barbara,
Pfeifer Günther,
Hegerl Reiner,
Baumeister Wolfgang
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
febs letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.593
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1873-3468
pISSN - 0014-5793
DOI - 10.1016/0014-5793(89)81441-3
Subject(s) - thermoplasma acidophilum , biology , biochemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , enzyme
From the thermoacidophilic archaebacterium, Thermoplasma acidophilum , a proteolytically active particle has been isolated which is almost identical in size and shape with the multicatalytic proteinase (prosome) from rat. This result indicates that prosomes have been developed early in evolution and that they possibly serve functions common to all living cells.