Principles of general and regulatory proteolysis by AAA+ proteases in Escherichia coli.

General and regulated proteolysis in bacteria is crucial for cellular homeostasis and relies on high substrate specificity of the executing AAA+ proteases. Here we summarize the various strategies that tightly control substrate degradation from both sides: the generation of accessible degrons and their specific recognition by AAA+ proteases and cognate adaptor proteins.

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