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Proteolysis in prokaryotes: protein quality control and regulatory principles
Author(s) -
Hengge Regine,
Bukau Bernd
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
molecular microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.857
H-Index - 247
eISSN - 1365-2958
pISSN - 0950-382X
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03693.x
Subject(s) - proteolysis , proteases , biology , chaperone (clinical) , protease , biochemistry , protein folding , microbiology and biotechnology , protein degradation , enzyme , medicine , pathology
A conference entitled ‘Proteolysis in Prokaryotes: Protein Quality Control and Regulatory Principles’ was organized by Regine Hengge and Bernd Bukau from 25–27 October, 2002 in Schwetzingen, a small southern German town with a reputation for its castle and asparagus. It was the first conference sponsored by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) as part of a 6 year priority programme to support research in this field. The scientific programme covered the molecular mechanisms of proteolytic systems, including protease and chaperone structures as well as molecular recognition, unfolding and processing of substrates. Complementary to this biochemical view of proteolysis, the physiology and biodiversity of proteolytic processes in prokaryotes, mitochondria and chloroplasts were covered with a particular focus on the recently emerging roles of proteolysis in the complex regulation of stress responses, cell cycle and development.