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SUBMITTER: Lee C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6152375 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lee Changhan C Kim Hyunhee H Bardwell James C A JCA
Microbiology (Reading, England) 20180605 7
It has long been thought that chaperones are primarily attracted to their clients through the hydrophobic effect. However, in in vitro studies on the interaction between the chaperone Spy and its substrate Im7, we recently showed that long-range electrostatic interactions also play a key role. Spy functions in the periplasm of Gram-negative bacteria, which is surrounded by a permeable outer membrane. The ionic conditions in the periplasm therefore closely mimic those in the media, which allowed ...[more]