Mechanism of allosteric activation in human mitochondrial ClpP protease
Monica M. Goncalves, Adwaith B. Uday, Taylor J. B. Forrester, Stefan Currie, Angelina S. Kim, Yue Feng, Yulia Jitkova, Algirdas Vėlyvis, Robert W. Harkness V, Matthew S. Kimber, Aaron David Schimmer, Natalie Zeytuni, Siavash Vahidi
This study reveals the activation mechanism of human mitochondrial ClpP protease through structures showing how inhibitors induce an allosteric transition to the active state, with implications for cancer therapy.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Apr 15, 2025Peer-reviewedBiochemistry