Structure of a membrane-based steric chaperone in complex with its lipase substrate.
Pauwels, K., Lustig, A., Wyns, L., Tommassen, J., Savvides, S.N., Van Gelder, P.(2006) Nat Struct Mol Biol 13: 374-375
- PubMed: 16518399 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nsmb1065
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
2ES4 - PubMed Abstract: 
Secretion via the type II secretion pathway in Gram-negative bacteria often relies crucially on steric chaperones in the periplasm. Here, we report the crystal structure of the soluble form of a lipase-specific foldase (Lif) from Burkholderia glumae in complex with its cognate lipase. The structure reveals how Lif uses a novel alpha-helical scaffold to embrace lipase, thereby creating an unusually extensive folding platform.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Department of Molecular and Cellular Interactions, Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology (VIB) and Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.