In: Biology
1. You were trying to produce a hydrophilic protein from E coli, but the protein you produced is inactive (misfolded) due to a disulfide bond formed between two cysteine residues that are not found in the native form. Your professor suggests you to co-express this protein with a folding assistant enzyme to improve its activity.
(a) Which enzyme is it? (0.4 pt)
(b) What are the functions of this enzyme? Please describe two aspects and indicate which sub-form execute which aspect of the function. (0.6 pt)
(c) What structural features allow them to work on many different clients? (0.5 pt)