Mitochondrial Lon protease couples substrate translocation to proteolytic activation
Niko Schenck, Mette Ahrensback Roesgaard, Jan Pieter Abrahams
This paper investigates how LonP1 protease uses ATP hydrolysis to regulate substrate translocation and proteolytic activation, showing that proteolysis of folded proteins requires ATP-driven unfolding and translocation.
bioRxiv · Jun 23, 2026 · PreprintBiochemistry