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The SurA periplasmic PPIase lacking its parvulin domains functions in vivo and has chaperone activity.

The Escherichia coli periplasmic peptidyl-prolyl isomerase (PPIase) SurA is involved in the maturation of outer membrane porins. SurA consists of a substantial N-terminal region, two iterative parvulin-like domains and a C-terminal tail. Here we show that a variant of SurA lacking both parvulin-like domains exhibits a PPIase-independent chaperone-like activity in vitro and almost completely complements the in vivo function of intact SurA. SurA interacts preferentially (>50-fold) with in vitro synthesized porins over other similarly sized proteins, leading us to suggest that the chaperone-like function of SurA preferentially facilitates maturation of outer membrane proteins.[1]

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  1. The SurA periplasmic PPIase lacking its parvulin domains functions in vivo and has chaperone activity. Behrens, S., Maier, R., de Cock, H., Schmid, F.X., Gross, C.A. EMBO J. (2001) [Pubmed]
 
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