stressosome

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

stress +‎ -o- +‎ -some

Noun[edit]

stressosome (plural stressosomes)

  1. 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], →DOI:
      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 ].