Stress control for a well-structured life.

J Biol Chem

From the School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand

Published: April 2018

Aerobic life brings with it a need to respond to external redox stress in ways that preserve key processes. uppressor of opper ensitivity (Scs) proteins contribute to this response in some bacteria, but have poorly defined molecular functions. Furlong now demonstrate that two Scs proteins from provide a redox relay functionally equivalent to, but structurally distinct from, the Dsb proteins that orchestrate disulfide bonding in , emphasizing the wide prevalence of this mechanism in bacteria.

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