The cellular waste disposal system called the proteasome is best known for its central role in protein degradation and recycling, but as far back as the 1990s it was shown that products of this ...

The cellular waste disposal system called the proteasome is best known for its central role in protein degradation and recycling, but as far back as the 1990s it was shown that products of this ...

One of the key elements of that system is the proteasome, a structure that chops up proteins that are faulty or no longer needed into smaller pieces known as peptides. These fragments might be ...

Prokaryotic proteasomes are a rare breed: only the Archaea and a few members of the Actinomycetes have been shown to possess a proteasome. But now, this exclusive club has a new member — two ...