Structure of Thermotoga maritima stationary phase survival protein SurE: a novel acid phosphatase.
Zhang, R.G., Skarina, T., Katz, J.E., Beasley, S., Khachatryan, A., Vyas, S., Arrowsmith, C.H., Clarke, S., Edwards, A., Joachimiak, A., Savchenko, A.(2001) Structure 9: 1095-1106
- PubMed: 11709173 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0969-2126(01)00675-x
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1ILV - PubMed Abstract: 
The rpoS, nlpD, pcm, and surE genes are among many whose expression is induced during the stationary phase of bacterial growth. rpoS codes for the stationary-phase RNA polymerase sigma subunit, and nlpD codes for a lipoprotein. The pcm gene product repairs damaged proteins by converting the atypical isoaspartyl residues back to L-aspartyls. The physiological and biochemical functions of surE are unknown, but its importance in stress is supported by the duplication of the surE gene in E. coli subjected to high-temperature growth. The pcm and surE genes are highly conserved in bacteria, archaea, and plants.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Biosciences Division and Structural Biology Center, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Building 202, Argonne, IL 60439, USA.