stressosome
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]stressosome (plural stressosomes)
- A structure, composed of proteins, in some bacteria, that interacts with stressors
- 2015 September 18, “Methylatable Signaling Helix Coordinated Inhibitory Receiver Domain in Sensor Kinase Modulates Environmental Stress Response in Bacillus Cereus”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- The association of RsbR and its homologues with RsbS and dissociable RsbT forms a supramolecular stressosome that functions as the signaling hub and integrates multiple physical stress signals for the activation of σ B [19 ].