Proteolysis

Parent categories	3. Information processing 3.3. Protein synthesis, modification and degradation
Neighbouring categories	3.3.1. Translation 3.3.2. Chaperones/ protein folding 3.3.3. Protein modification 3.3.4. Protein secretion 3.3.5. Proteolysis
Related categories	none
Overview on the categories (Excel file) All genes and their categories (Excel file)

Genes in this functional category

Protein quality control

• htrA
• htrB
• wprA

Feeding proteases

• bpr
• epr
• mpr
• nprB
• vpr

Proteolysis during sporulation/ germination

• gpr
• tepA
• ylzJ
• spoIIGA
• spoIVFB

Additional proteins involved in proteolysis

• clpC
• clpE
• clpP
• clpQ
• clpX
• clpY
• ctpA
• ctpB
• ctsR
• ftsH
• htpX
• immA
• ipi
• ispA
• lonA
• lonB
• mecA
• mlpA
• prsW
• rasP

• yabG
• yirB
• yjbH
• ypbH
• ypwA
• yqgP
• yraA

Additional candidates (based on similarity)

• yyxA

Important reviews

Noël Molière, Kürşad Turgay
General and regulatory proteolysis in Bacillus subtilis.
Subcell Biochem: 2013, 66;73-103
[PubMed:23479438] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Aurelia Battesti, Susan Gottesman
Roles of adaptor proteins in regulation of bacterial proteolysis.
Curr Opin Microbiol: 2013, 16(2);140-7
[PubMed:23375660] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Ross E Dalbey, Peng Wang, Jan Maarten van Dijl
Membrane proteases in the bacterial protein secretion and quality control pathway.
Microbiol Mol Biol Rev: 2012, 76(2);311-30
[PubMed:22688815] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Sinisa Urban
Making the cut: central roles of intramembrane proteolysis in pathogenic microorganisms.
Nat Rev Microbiol: 2009, 7(6);411-23
[PubMed:19421188] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)