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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 28.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Opin Microbiol. 2017 Apr 28;36:118–127. doi: 10.1016/j.mib.2017.03.013

Figure 1. Specificity of AAA+ proteases.

Figure 1

Regulated protein degradation relies on both the intrinsic specificity of the proteases and the presence of adaptor proteins that alter specificity. In the most general sense, adaptors can act as simple scaffolds or as activators.