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ClpP is a serine protease which consists of fourteen monomers situated into two [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/heptamer heptameric] rings seated on top of each other. In the center of the barrel-shaped chamber lies a core of fourteen peptide-cleaving active sites, restricted by the narrow entrance called the <scene name='60/609790/Clpp_axial_pore/4'>axial pore</scene>. As peptides are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Processivity processively] threaded in the pore by the regulatory elements, the peptides are then degraded into smaller fragments as a result from ClpP cleavage. Smaller peptides are then released through small openings found around the <scene name='60/609790/Clpp_equator_pore/2'>equatorial interface</scene> of the two stacked rings. | ClpP is a serine protease which consists of fourteen monomers situated into two [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/heptamer heptameric] rings seated on top of each other. In the center of the barrel-shaped chamber lies a core of fourteen peptide-cleaving active sites, restricted by the narrow entrance called the <scene name='60/609790/Clpp_axial_pore/4'>axial pore</scene>. As peptides are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Processivity processively] threaded in the pore by the regulatory elements, the peptides are then degraded into smaller fragments as a result from ClpP cleavage. Smaller peptides are then released through small openings found around the <scene name='60/609790/Clpp_equator_pore/2'>equatorial interface</scene> of the two stacked rings. | ||
== Structural highlights == | == Structural highlights == | ||
Featured within the core of ClpP are the catalytic sets of amino acids [<scene name='60/609768/Clpp_catalytic_triad/ | Featured within the core of ClpP are the catalytic sets of amino acids [<scene name='60/609768/Clpp_catalytic_triad/3'>Ser-His-Asp</scene>] that constitute the active mechanism featured by serene proteases [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2197276][http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17499722]. Human ClpP can exist in two forms, a single heptameric ring or as a double stack set of hepatmeric rings where the double stacked form (tetradecamer) is the active form [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16115876]. Tetradecamer ClpP is a stable but not a rigid structure that can undergo several conformational forms when interacting with its regulatory elements. By doing so both stabilizes processivity of translocation by the regulatory elements and is thought to increase likelihood of exposure to the active sites resulting in timely, small peptide formation. | ||
== Role of ClpP/Biological Relevance == | == Role of ClpP/Biological Relevance == | ||