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Protease La
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Definition
: A prokaryotic ATP-dependent protease that plays a role in the degradation of many abnormal proteins. It is a tetramer of 87-kDa subunits, each of which contains a proteolytic site and a ATP-binding site.
Other names
Endopeptidase La; Lon Protease
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Lon protein, E coli
EC 3.4.21.53
*Escherichia coli Proteins
*Protease La.