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Literature summary for 5.6.1.7 extracted from

  • Tokuriki, N.; Tawfik, D.S.
    Chaperonin overexpression promotes genetic variation and enzyme evolution (2009), Nature, 459, 668-673.
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Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Escherichia coli
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Synonyms

Synonyms Comment Organism
GroEL/GroES
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Escherichia coli

Expression

Organism Comment Expression
Escherichia coli GroEL/GroES overexpression doubles the number of accumulating mutations, and promotes the folding of enzyme variants carrying mutations in the protein core and/or mutations with higher destabilizing effects additional information

General Information

General Information Comment Organism
physiological function protein stability is a major constraint in protein evolution. Buffering mechanisms such as chaperonins are key in alleviating this constraint Escherichia coli