A bacterial checkpoint protein for ribosome assembly moonlights as an essential metabolite-proofreading enzyme

Adventitious oxidation of erythrose-4-phosphate generates 4-phosphoerythronate, which is detoxified by metabolite-proofreading phosphatases in eukaryotes. Here, Sachla & Helmann show that a similar function is carried out in Bacillus subtilis by a checkpoint protein involved in ribosome assembly...

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Main Authors: Ankita J. Sachla, John D. Helmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09508-z