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Osadnik H, Schöpfel M, Heidrich E, Mehner D, Lilie H, Parthier C, Risselada HJ, Grubmüller H, Stubbs MT, Brüser T. PspF-binding domain PspA1-144and the PspA·F complex: New insights into the coiled-coil-dependent regulation of AAA+ proteins. Mol Microbiol 2015; 98:743-59. [DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/01/2015] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- Hendrik Osadnik
- Institute of Microbiology; Leibniz Universität Hannover; Herrenhäuser Str. 2 Hannover 30419 Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology; Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg; Kurt-Mothes-Straße 3 Halle (Saale) 06120 Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology; Leibniz Universität Hannover; Herrenhäuser Str. 2 Hannover 30419 Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology; Leibniz Universität Hannover; Herrenhäuser Str. 2 Hannover 30419 Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology; Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg; Kurt-Mothes-Straße 3 Halle (Saale) 06120 Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology; Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg; Kurt-Mothes-Straße 3 Halle (Saale) 06120 Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry; Am Fassberg 11 Göttingen 37077 Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry; Am Fassberg 11 Göttingen 37077 Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology; Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg; Kurt-Mothes-Straße 3 Halle (Saale) 06120 Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology; Leibniz Universität Hannover; Herrenhäuser Str. 2 Hannover 30419 Germany
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Iosefson O, Olivares AO, Baker TA, Sauer RT. Dissection of Axial-Pore Loop Function during Unfolding and Translocation by a AAA+ Proteolytic Machine. Cell Rep 2015; 12:1032-41. [PMID: 26235618 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2015.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2015] [Revised: 06/30/2015] [Accepted: 07/01/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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In the axial channels of ClpX and related hexameric AAA+ protein-remodeling rings, the pore-1 loops are thought to play important roles in engaging, mechanically unfolding, and translocating protein substrates. How these loops perform these functions and whether they also prevent substrate dissociation to ensure processive degradation by AAA+ proteases are open questions. Using ClpX pore-1-loop variants, single-molecule force spectroscopy, and ensemble assays, we find that the six pore-1 loops function synchronously to grip and unfold protein substrates during a power stroke but are not important in preventing substrate slipping between power strokes. The importance of grip strength is task dependent. ClpX variants with multiple mutant pore-1 loops translocate substrates as well as the wild-type enzyme against a resisting force but show unfolding defects and a higher frequency of substrate release. These problems are magnified for more mechanically stable target proteins, supporting a threshold model of substrate gripping.
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- Ohad Iosefson
- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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Structural Features Reminiscent of ATP-Driven Protein Translocases Are Essential for the Function of a Type III Secretion-Associated ATPase. J Bacteriol 2015; 197:3007-14. [PMID: 26170413 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00434-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2015] [Accepted: 07/03/2015] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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UNLABELLED Many bacterial pathogens and symbionts utilize type III secretion systems to interact with their hosts. These machines have evolved to deliver bacterial effector proteins into eukaryotic target cells to modulate a variety of cellular functions. One of the most conserved components of these systems is an ATPase, which plays an essential role in the recognition and unfolding of proteins destined for secretion by the type III pathway. Here we show that structural features reminiscent of other ATP-driven protein translocases are essential for the function of InvC, the ATPase associated with a Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium type III secretion system. Mutational and functional analyses showed that a two-helix-finger motif and a conserved loop located at the entrance of and within the predicted pore formed by the hexameric ATPase are essential for InvC function. These findings provide mechanistic insight into the function of this highly conserved component of type III secretion machines. IMPORTANCE Type III secretion machines are essential for the virulence or symbiotic relationships of many bacteria. These machines have evolved to deliver bacterial effector proteins into host cells to modulate cellular functions, thus facilitating bacterial colonization and replication. An essential component of these machines is a highly conserved ATPase, which is necessary for the recognition and secretion of proteins destined to be delivered by the type III secretion pathway. Using modeling and structure and function analyses, we have identified structural features of one of these ATPases from Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium that help to explain important aspects of its function.
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Structure and mechanism of the ATPase that powers viral genome packaging. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2015; 112:E3792-9. [PMID: 26150523 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1506951112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Many viruses package their genomes into procapsids using an ATPase machine that is among the most powerful known biological motors. However, how this motor couples ATP hydrolysis to DNA translocation is still unknown. Here, we introduce a model system with unique properties for studying motor structure and mechanism. We describe crystal structures of the packaging motor ATPase domain that exhibit nucleotide-dependent conformational changes involving a large rotation of an entire subdomain. We also identify the arginine finger residue that catalyzes ATP hydrolysis in a neighboring motor subunit, illustrating that previous models for motor structure need revision. Our findings allow us to derive a structural model for the motor ring, which we validate using small-angle X-ray scattering and comparisons with previously published data. We illustrate the model's predictive power by identifying the motor's DNA-binding and assembly motifs. Finally, we integrate our results to propose a mechanistic model for DNA translocation by this molecular machine.
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Ciniawsky S, Grimm I, Saffian D, Girzalsky W, Erdmann R, Wendler P. Molecular snapshots of the Pex1/6 AAA+ complex in action. Nat Commun 2015; 6:7331. [PMID: 26066397 PMCID: PMC4490564 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2015] [Accepted: 04/28/2015] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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The peroxisomal proteins Pex1 and Pex6 form a heterohexameric type II AAA+ ATPase complex, which fuels essential protein transport across peroxisomal membranes. Mutations in either ATPase in humans can lead to severe peroxisomal disorders and early death. We present an extensive structural and biochemical analysis of the yeast Pex1/6 complex. The heterohexamer forms a trimer of Pex1/6 dimers with a triangular geometry that is atypical for AAA+ complexes. While the C-terminal nucleotide-binding domains (D2) of Pex6 constitute the main ATPase activity of the complex, both D2 harbour essential substrate-binding motifs. ATP hydrolysis results in a pumping motion of the complex, suggesting that Pex1/6 function involves substrate translocation through its central channel. Mutation of the Walker B motif in one D2 domain leads to ATP hydrolysis in the neighbouring domain, giving structural insights into inter-domain communication of these unique heterohexameric AAA+ assemblies. Pex1 and Pex6 form a heterohexameric AAA+ ATPase complex with triangular geometry at the peroxisome membrane. Here the authors use electron microscopy to show that the complex undergoes conformational changes upon ATP hydrolysis, and demonstrate inter-domain communication between neighbouring nucleotide-binding domains.
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- Susanne Ciniawsky
- Gene Center Munich, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Feodor-Lynen-Strasse 25, Munich 81377, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Department of Systems Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum 44801, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Department of Systems Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum 44801, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Department of Systems Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum 44801, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Department of Systems Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum 44801, Germany
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- Gene Center Munich, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Feodor-Lynen-Strasse 25, Munich 81377, Germany
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Mogk A, Kummer E, Bukau B. Cooperation of Hsp70 and Hsp100 chaperone machines in protein disaggregation. Front Mol Biosci 2015; 2:22. [PMID: 26042222 PMCID: PMC4436881 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2015.00022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2015] [Accepted: 05/04/2015] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Unicellular and sessile organisms are particularly exposed to environmental stress such as heat shock causing accumulation and aggregation of misfolded protein species. To counteract protein aggregation, bacteria, fungi, and plants encode a bi-chaperone system composed of ATP-dependent Hsp70 and hexameric Hsp100 (ClpB/Hsp104) chaperones, which rescue aggregated proteins and provide thermotolerance to cells. The partners act in a hierarchic manner with Hsp70 chaperones coating first the surface of protein aggregates and next recruiting Hsp100 through direct physical interaction. Hsp100 proteins bind to the ATPase domain of Hsp70 via their unique M-domain. This extra domain functions as a molecular toggle allosterically controlling ATPase and threading activities of Hsp100. Interactions between neighboring M-domains and the ATPase ring keep Hsp100 in a repressed state exhibiting low ATP turnover. Breakage of intermolecular M-domain interactions and dissociation of M-domains from the ATPase ring relieves repression and allows for Hsp70 interaction. Hsp70 binding in turn stabilizes Hsp100 in the activated state and primes Hsp100 ATPase domains for high activity upon substrate interaction. Hsp70 thereby couples Hsp100 substrate binding and motor activation. Hsp100 activation presumably relies on increased subunit cooperation leading to high ATP turnover and threading power. This Hsp70-mediated activity control of Hsp100 is crucial for cell viability as permanently activated Hsp100 variants are toxic. Hsp100 activation requires simultaneous binding of multiple Hsp70 partners, restricting high Hsp100 activity to the surface of protein aggregates and ensuring Hsp100 substrate specificity.
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- Axel Mogk
- Center for Molecular Biology of the University of Heidelberg (ZMBH) and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance Heidelberg, Germany
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- Center for Molecular Biology of the University of Heidelberg (ZMBH) and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance Heidelberg, Germany
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- Center for Molecular Biology of the University of Heidelberg (ZMBH) and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance Heidelberg, Germany
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Yang B, Stjepanovic G, Shen Q, Martin A, Hurley JH. Vps4 disassembles an ESCRT-III filament by global unfolding and processive translocation. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2015; 22:492-8. [PMID: 25938660 PMCID: PMC4456219 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.3015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2014] [Accepted: 03/26/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The AAA+ ATPase Vps4 disassembles ESCRT-III and is essential for HIV-1 budding and other pathways. Vps4 is a paradigmatic member of a class of hexameric AAA+ ATPases that disassemble protein complexes without degradation. To distinguish between local displacement versus global unfolding mechanisms for complex disassembly, we carried out hydrogen-deuterium exchange during Saccharomyces cerevisiae Vps4 disassembly of of a chimeric Vps24-2 ESCRT-III filament. EX1 exchange behavior shows that Vps4 completely unfolds ESCRT-III substrates on a time scale consistent with the disassembly reaction. The established unfoldase ClpX showed the same pattern, demonstrating a common unfolding mechanism. Vps4 hexamers containing a single cysteine residue in the pore loops were cross-linked to ESCRT-III subunits containing unique cysteine within the folded core domain. These data support a mechanism in which Vps4 disassembles its substrates by completely unfolding them and threading them through the central pore.
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- Bei Yang
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
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- 1] Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA. [2] Life Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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Ye Q, Rosenberg SC, Moeller A, Speir JA, Su TY, Corbett KD. TRIP13 is a protein-remodeling AAA+ ATPase that catalyzes MAD2 conformation switching. eLife 2015; 4. [PMID: 25918846 PMCID: PMC4439613 DOI: 10.7554/elife.07367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2015] [Accepted: 04/21/2015] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The AAA+ family ATPase TRIP13 is a key regulator of meiotic recombination and the spindle assembly checkpoint, acting on signaling proteins of the conserved HORMA domain family. Here we present the structure of the Caenorhabditis elegans TRIP13 ortholog PCH-2, revealing a new family of AAA+ ATPase protein remodelers. PCH-2 possesses a substrate-recognition domain related to those of the protein remodelers NSF and p97, while its overall hexameric architecture and likely structural mechanism bear close similarities to the bacterial protein unfoldase ClpX. We find that TRIP13, aided by the adapter protein p31(comet), converts the HORMA-family spindle checkpoint protein MAD2 from a signaling-active ‘closed’ conformer to an inactive ‘open’ conformer. We propose that TRIP13 and p31(comet) collaborate to inactivate the spindle assembly checkpoint through MAD2 conformational conversion and disassembly of mitotic checkpoint complexes. A parallel HORMA protein disassembly activity likely underlies TRIP13's critical regulatory functions in meiotic chromosome structure and recombination. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.07367.001 The genetic material inside human and other animal cells is made of DNA and is packaged in structures called chromosomes. Before a cell divides, the entire set of chromosomes is copied so that each chromosome is now made of two identical sister ‘chromatids’. Next, the chromosomes line up on a structure called the spindle, which is made of filaments called microtubules. Cells have a surveillance system known as the spindle assembly checkpoint that halts cell division until every chromosome is correctly aligned on the spindle. Once the chromosomes are in place, the checkpoint is turned off and the spindle pulls the chromatids apart so that each daughter cell receives a complete set of chromosomes. A protein called MAD2 plays an important role in the spindle assembly checkpoint. It can adopt two distinct shapes: in the ‘closed’ shape it is active and halts cell division, but in the ‘open’ shape it is inactive and allows cell division to proceed. Another protein called TRIP13 can help turn off the checkpoint, but it is not clear how this works or whether TRIP13 acts on MAD2 directly. Here, Ye et al. studied these proteins using a technique called X-ray crystallography and several biochemical techniques. The experiments show that TRIP13 belongs to a family of proteins known as ‘AAA-ATPases’, which can unfold proteins to alter their activity. Ye et al. found that TRIP13 binds to an adaptor protein that allows it to bind to the closed form of MAD2. TRIP13 then unfolds a part of the MAD2 protein, converting MAD2 into the open shape. Ye et al. propose that, once all chromosomes are lined up on the spindle, TRIP13 turns off the spindle assembly checkpoint by converting closed MAD2 to open MAD2. Also, when cells are not undergoing cell division, TRIP13 may maintain MAD2 in the open shape to prevent cells from turning on the spindle assembly checkpoint at the wrong time. Further work will be needed to show how TRIP13 recognizes the closed form of MAD2, and whether it can act in a similar way on other proteins in the cell. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.07367.002
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- Qiaozhen Ye
- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, San Diego Branch, La Jolla, United States
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- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, San Diego Branch, La Jolla, United States
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- National Resource for Automated Molecular Microscopy, Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, United States
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- National Resource for Automated Molecular Microscopy, Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, United States
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- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, San Diego Branch, La Jolla, United States
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- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, San Diego Branch, La Jolla, United States
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Subunit asymmetry and roles of conformational switching in the hexameric AAA+ ring of ClpX. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2015; 22:411-6. [PMID: 25866879 PMCID: PMC4424054 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.3012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2015] [Accepted: 03/18/2015] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The hexameric AAA+ ring of Escherichia. coli ClpX, an ATP-dependent protein unfolding and translocation machine, functions with the ClpP peptidase to degrade target substrates. For efficient function, ClpX subunits must switch between nucleotide-loadable (L) and nucleotide-unloadable (U) conformations, but the roles of switching are uncertain. Moreover, it is controversial whether working AAA+ ring enzymes assume symmetric or asymmetric conformations. Here, we show that a covalent ClpX ring with one subunit locked in the U conformation catalyzes robust ATP-hydrolysis, with each unlocked subunit able to bind and hydrolyze ATP, albeit with highly asymmetric position-specific affinities. Preventing U⇔L interconversion in one subunit alters the cooperativity of ATP hydrolysis and reduces the efficiency of substrate binding, unfolding, and degradation, showing that conformational switching enhances multiple aspects of wild-type ClpX function. These results support an asymmetric and probabilistic model of AAA+ ring activity.
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Assaying the kinetics of protein denaturation catalyzed by AAA+ unfolding machines and proteases. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2015; 112:5377-82. [PMID: 25870262 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1505881112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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ATP-dependent molecular machines of the AAA+ superfamily unfold or remodel proteins in all cells. For example, AAA+ ClpX and ClpA hexamers collaborate with the self-compartmentalized ClpP peptidase to unfold and degrade specific proteins in bacteria and some eukaryotic organelles. Although degradation assays are straightforward, robust methods to assay the kinetics of enzyme-catalyzed protein unfolding in the absence of proteolysis have been lacking. Here, we describe a FRET-based assay in which enzymatic unfolding converts a mixture of donor-labeled and acceptor-labeled homodimers into heterodimers. In this assay, ClpX is a more efficient protein-unfolding machine than ClpA both kinetically and in terms of ATP consumed. However, ClpP enhances the mechanical activities of ClpA substantially, and ClpAP degrades the dimeric substrate faster than ClpXP. When ClpXP or ClpAP engage the dimeric subunit, one subunit is actively unfolded and degraded, whereas the other subunit is passively unfolded by loss of its partner and released. This assay should be broadly applicable for studying the mechanisms of AAA+ proteases and remodeling chaperones.
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Burmann BM, Hiller S. Chaperones and chaperone-substrate complexes: Dynamic playgrounds for NMR spectroscopists. PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY 2015; 86-87:41-64. [PMID: 25919198 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnmrs.2015.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2014] [Revised: 02/19/2015] [Accepted: 02/19/2015] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The majority of proteins depend on a well-defined three-dimensional structure to obtain their functionality. In the cellular environment, the process of protein folding is guided by molecular chaperones to avoid misfolding, aggregation, and the generation of toxic species. To this end, living cells contain complex networks of molecular chaperones, which interact with substrate polypeptides by a multitude of different functionalities: transport them towards a target location, help them fold, unfold misfolded species, resolve aggregates, or deliver them towards a proteolysis machinery. Despite the availability of high-resolution crystal structures of many important chaperones in their substrate-free apo forms, structural information about how substrates are bound by chaperones and how they are protected from misfolding and aggregation is very sparse. This lack of information arises from the highly dynamic nature of chaperone-substrate complexes, which so far has largely hindered their crystallization. This highly dynamic nature makes chaperone-substrate complexes good targets for NMR spectroscopy. Here, we review the results achieved by NMR spectroscopy to understand chaperone function in general and details of chaperone-substrate interactions in particular. We assess the information content and applicability of different NMR techniques for the characterization of chaperones and chaperone-substrate complexes. Finally, we highlight three recent studies, which have provided structural descriptions of chaperone-substrate complexes at atomic resolution.
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- Björn M Burmann
- Biozentrum, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 70, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Biozentrum, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 70, 4056 Basel, Switzerland.
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ClpP-independent function of ClpX interferes with telithromycin resistance conferred by Msr(A) in Staphylococcus aureus. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2015; 59:3611-4. [PMID: 25801573 DOI: 10.1128/aac.04367-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2014] [Accepted: 03/17/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The ABCF family protein Msr(A) confers high resistance to macrolides but only low resistance to ketolides in staphylococci. Mutations in conserved functional regions of ClpX as well as deletion of clpX significantly increased Msr(A)-mediated resistance to the ketolide antibiotic telithromycin. ClpX is the chaperone component of the ClpXP two-component proteolytic system. Nevertheless, no changes in resistance were observed in a clpP knockout strain expressing msr(A), demonstrating that ClpX affects Msr(A) independently of ClpP.
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Allosteric communication in the dynein motor domain. Cell 2015; 159:857-68. [PMID: 25417161 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2014.10.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2014] [Revised: 06/30/2014] [Accepted: 10/07/2014] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Dyneins power microtubule motility using ring-shaped, AAA-containing motor domains. Here, we report X-ray and electron microscopy (EM) structures of yeast dynein bound to different ATP analogs, which collectively provide insight into the roles of dynein's two major ATPase sites, AAA1 and AAA3, in the conformational change mechanism. ATP binding to AAA1 triggers a cascade of conformational changes that propagate to all six AAA domains and cause a large movement of the "linker," dynein's mechanical element. In contrast to the role of AAA1 in driving motility, nucleotide transitions in AAA3 gate the transmission of conformational changes between AAA1 and the linker, suggesting that AAA3 acts as a regulatory switch. Further structural and mutational studies also uncover a role for the linker in regulating the catalytic cycle of AAA1. Together, these results reveal how dynein's two major ATP-binding sites initiate and modulate conformational changes in the motor domain during motility.
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Cheng B, Wu S, Liu S, Rodriguez-Aliaga P, Yu J, Cui S. Protein denaturation at a single-molecule level: the effect of nonpolar environments and its implications on the unfolding mechanism by proteases. NANOSCALE 2015; 7:2970-2977. [PMID: 25597693 DOI: 10.1039/c4nr07140a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Most proteins are typically folded into predetermined three-dimensional structures in the aqueous cellular environment. However, proteins can be exposed to a nonpolar environment under certain conditions, such as inside the central cavity of chaperones and unfoldases during protein degradation. It remains unclear how folded proteins behave when moved from an aqueous solvent to a nonpolar one. Here, we employed single-molecule atomic force microscopy and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to investigate the structural and mechanical variations of a polyprotein, I278, during the change from a polar to a nonpolar environment. We found that the polyprotein was unfolded into an unstructured polypeptide spontaneously when pulled into nonpolar solvents. This finding was corroborated by MD simulations where I27 was dragged from water into a nonpolar solvent, revealing details of the unfolding process at the water/nonpolar solvent interface. These results highlight the importance of water in maintaining folding stability, and provide insights into the response of folded proteins to local hydrophobic environments.
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- Bo Cheng
- Key Lab of Advanced Technologies of Materials, Ministry of Education of China, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, China.
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AAA+ chaperones and acyldepsipeptides activate the ClpP protease via conformational control. Nat Commun 2015; 6:6320. [PMID: 25695750 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2014] [Accepted: 01/14/2015] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The Clp protease complex degrades a multitude of substrates, which are engaged by a AAA+ chaperone such as ClpX and subsequently digested by the dynamic, barrel-shaped ClpP protease. Acyldepsipeptides (ADEPs) are natural product-derived antibiotics that activate ClpP for chaperone-independent protein digestion. Here we show that both protein and small-molecule activators of ClpP allosterically control the ClpP barrel conformation. We dissect the catalytic mechanism with chemical probes and show that ADEP in addition to opening the axial pore directly stimulates ClpP activity through cooperative binding. ClpP activation thus reaches beyond active site accessibility and also involves conformational control of the catalytic residues. Moreover, we demonstrate that substoichiometric amounts of ADEP potently prevent binding of ClpX to ClpP and, at the same time, partially inhibit ClpP through conformational perturbance. Collectively, our results establish the hydrophobic binding pocket as a major conformational regulatory site with implications for both ClpXP proteolysis and ADEP-based anti-bacterial activity.
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Stochastic but highly coordinated protein unfolding and translocation by the ClpXP proteolytic machine. Cell 2015; 158:647-58. [PMID: 25083874 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2014.05.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2014] [Revised: 04/18/2014] [Accepted: 05/13/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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ClpXP and other AAA+ proteases recognize, mechanically unfold, and translocate target proteins into a chamber for proteolysis. It is not known whether these remarkable molecular machines operate by a stochastic or sequential mechanism or how power strokes relate to the ATP-hydrolysis cycle. Single-molecule optical trapping allows ClpXP unfolding to be directly visualized and reveals translocation steps of ∼1-4 nm in length, but how these activities relate to solution degradation and the physical properties of substrate proteins remains unclear. By studying single-molecule degradation using different multidomain substrates and ClpXP variants, we answer many of these questions and provide evidence for stochastic unfolding and translocation. We also present a mechanochemical model that accounts for single-molecule, biochemical, and structural results for our observation of enzymatic memory in translocation stepping, for the kinetics of translocation steps of different sizes, and for probabilistic but highly coordinated subunit activity within the ClpX ring.
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Coordinated gripping of substrate by subunits of a AAA+ proteolytic machine. Nat Chem Biol 2015; 11:201-6. [PMID: 25599533 PMCID: PMC4333055 DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.1732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2014] [Accepted: 11/10/2014] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Hexameric ATP-dependent proteases and protein remodeling machines use conserved loops that line the axial pore to apply force to substrates during the mechanical processes of protein unfolding and translocation. Whether loops from multiple subunits act independently or coordinately in these processes is a critical aspect of the mechanism but is currently unknown for any AAA+ machine. By studying covalently linked hexamers of the Escherichia coli ClpX unfoldase bearing different numbers and configurations of wild-type and mutant pore loops, we show that loops function synergistically, and the number of wild-type loops required for efficient degradation is dependent on the stability of the protein substrate. Our results support a mechanism in which a power stroke initiated in one subunit of the ClpX hexamer results in the concurrent movement of all six pore loops, which coordinately grip and apply force to the substrate.
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Liu S, Chistol G, Bustamante C. Mechanical operation and intersubunit coordination of ring-shaped molecular motors: insights from single-molecule studies. Biophys J 2014; 106:1844-58. [PMID: 24806916 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2014.03.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2014] [Accepted: 03/19/2014] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Ring NTPases represent a large and diverse group of proteins that couple their nucleotide hydrolysis activity to a mechanical task involving force generation and some type of transport process in the cell. Because of their shape, these enzymes often operate as gates that separate distinct cellular compartments to control and regulate the passage of chemical species across them. In this manner, ions and small molecules are moved across membranes, biopolymer substrates are segregated between cells or moved into confined spaces, double-stranded nucleic acids are separated into single strands to provide access to the genetic information, and polypeptides are unfolded and processed for recycling. Here we review the recent advances in the characterization of these motors using single-molecule manipulation and detection approaches. We describe the various mechanisms by which ring motors convert chemical energy to mechanical force or torque and coordinate the activities of individual subunits that constitute the ring. We also examine how single-molecule studies have contributed to a better understanding of the structural elements involved in motor-substrate interaction, mechanochemical coupling, and intersubunit coordination. Finally, we discuss how these molecular motors tailor their operation-often through regulation by other cofactors-to suit their unique biological functions.
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- Shixin Liu
- Jason L. Choy Laboratory of Single-Molecule Biophysics, University of California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California; California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, University of California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California
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- Jason L. Choy Laboratory of Single-Molecule Biophysics, University of California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California; Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California
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- Jason L. Choy Laboratory of Single-Molecule Biophysics, University of California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California; California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, University of California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California; Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California; Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Department of Chemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and Kavli Energy NanoSciences Institute, University of California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California.
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The AAA3 domain of cytoplasmic dynein acts as a switch to facilitate microtubule release. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2014; 22:73-80. [PMID: 25486306 PMCID: PMC4286497 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2014] [Accepted: 11/06/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Cytoplasmic dynein is an AAA+ motor responsible for intracellular cargo transport and force generation along microtubules (MTs). Unlike kinesin and myosin, dynein contains multiple ATPase subunits, with AAA1 serving as the primary catalytic site. ATPase activity at AAA3 is also essential for robust motility, but its role in dynein’s mechanochemical cycle remains unclear. Here, we introduced transient pauses in Saccharomyces cerevisiae dynein motility by using a slowly hydrolyzing ATP analog. Analysis of pausing behavior revealed that AAA3 hydrolyzes nucleotide an order of magnitude slower than AAA1 and the two sites do not coordinate. ATPase mutations to AAA3 abolish the ability of dynein to modulate MT release. Nucleotide hydrolysis at AAA3 lifts this “MT gate” to fast motility. These results suggest that AAA3 acts as a switch that repurposes cytoplasmic dynein for fast cargo transport and MT anchoring tasks in cells.
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Interplay between E. coli DnaK, ClpB and GrpE during protein disaggregation. J Mol Biol 2014; 427:312-27. [PMID: 25451597 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2014.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2014] [Revised: 10/21/2014] [Accepted: 10/22/2014] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The DnaK/Hsp70 chaperone system and ClpB/Hsp104 collaboratively disaggregate protein aggregates and reactivate inactive proteins. The teamwork is specific: Escherichia coli DnaK interacts with E. coli ClpB and yeast Hsp70, Ssa1, interacts with yeast Hsp104. This interaction is between the middle domains of hexameric ClpB/Hsp104 and the DnaK/Hsp70 nucleotide-binding domain (NBD). To identify the site on E. coli DnaK that interacts with ClpB, we substituted amino acid residues throughout the DnaK NBD. We found that several variants with substitutions in subdomains IB and IIB of the DnaK NBD were defective in ClpB interaction in vivo in a bacterial two-hybrid assay and in vitro in a fluorescence anisotropy assay. The DnaK subdomain IIB mutants were also defective in the ability to disaggregate protein aggregates with ClpB, DnaJ and GrpE, although they retained some ability to reactivate proteins with DnaJ and GrpE in the absence of ClpB. We observed that GrpE, which also interacts with subdomains IB and IIB, inhibited the interaction between ClpB and DnaK in vitro, suggesting competition between ClpB and GrpE for binding DnaK. Computational modeling of the DnaK-ClpB hexamer complex indicated that one DnaK monomer contacts two adjacent ClpB protomers simultaneously. The model and the experiments support a common and mutually exclusive GrpE and ClpB interaction region on DnaK. Additionally, homologous substitutions in subdomains IB and IIB of Ssa1 caused defects in collaboration between Ssa1 and Hsp104. Altogether, these results provide insight into the molecular mechanism of collaboration between the DnaK/Hsp70 system and ClpB/Hsp104 for protein disaggregation.
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Zeymer C, Fischer S, Reinstein J. trans-Acting arginine residues in the AAA+ chaperone ClpB allosterically regulate the activity through inter- and intradomain communication. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:32965-76. [PMID: 25253689 PMCID: PMC4239642 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.608828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The molecular chaperone ClpB/Hsp104, a member of the AAA+ superfamily (ATPases associated with various cellular activities), rescues proteins from the aggregated state in collaboration with the DnaK/Hsp70 chaperone system. ClpB/Hsp104 forms a hexameric, ring-shaped complex that functions as a tightly regulated, ATP-powered molecular disaggregation machine. Highly conserved and essential arginine residues, often called arginine fingers, are located at the subunit interfaces of the complex, which also harbor the catalytic sites. Several AAA+ proteins, including ClpB/Hsp104, possess a pair of such trans-acting arginines in the N-terminal nucleotide binding domain (NBD1), both of which were shown to be crucial for oligomerization and ATPase activity. Here, we present a mechanistic study elucidating the role of this conserved arginine pair. First, we found that the arginines couple nucleotide binding to oligomerization of NBD1, which is essential for the activity. Next, we designed a set of covalently linked, dimeric ClpB NBD1 variants, carrying single subunits deficient in either ATP binding or hydrolysis, to study allosteric regulation and intersubunit communication. Using this well defined environment of site-specifically modified, cross-linked AAA+ domains, we found that the conserved arginine pair mediates the cooperativity of ATP binding and hydrolysis in an allosteric fashion.
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- Cathleen Zeymer
- From the Department of Biomolecular Mechanisms, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- From the Department of Biomolecular Mechanisms, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- From the Department of Biomolecular Mechanisms, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Sousa R. Structural mechanisms of chaperone mediated protein disaggregation. Front Mol Biosci 2014; 1:12. [PMID: 25988153 PMCID: PMC4428496 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2014.00012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2014] [Accepted: 08/27/2014] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The ClpB/Hsp104 and Hsp70 classes of molecular chaperones use ATP hydrolysis to dissociate protein aggregates and complexes, and to move proteins through membranes. ClpB/Hsp104 are members of the AAA+ family of proteins which form ring-shaped hexamers. Loops lining the pore in the ring engage substrate proteins as extended polypeptides. Interdomain rotations and conformational changes in these loops coupled to ATP hydrolysis unfold and pull proteins through the pore. This provides a mechanism that progressively disrupts local secondary and tertiary structure in substrates, allowing these chaperones to dissociate stable aggregates such as β-sheet rich prions or coiled coil SNARE complexes. While the ClpB/Hsp104 mechanism appears to embody a true power-stroke in which an ATP powered conformational change in one protein is directly coupled to movement or structural change in another, the mechanism of force generation by Hsp70s is distinct and less well understood. Both active power-stroke and purely passive mechanisms in which Hsp70 captures spontaneous fluctuations in a substrate have been proposed, while a third proposed mechanism-entropic pulling-may be able to generate forces larger than seen in ATP-driven molecular motors without the conformational coupling required for a power-stroke. The disaggregase activity of these chaperones is required for thermotolerance, but unrestrained protein complex/aggregate dissociation is potentially detrimental. Disaggregating chaperones are strongly auto-repressed, and are regulated by co-chaperones which recruit them to protein substrates and activate the disaggregases via mechanisms involving either sequential transfer of substrate from one chaperone to another and/or simultaneous interaction of substrate with multiple chaperones. By effectively subjecting substrates to multiple levels of selection by multiple chaperones, this may insure that these potent disaggregases are only activated in the appropriate context.
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- Rui Sousa
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio San Antonio, TX, USA
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Olivares AO, Nager AR, Iosefson O, Sauer RT, Baker TA. Mechanochemical basis of protein degradation by a double-ring AAA+ machine. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2014; 21:871-5. [PMID: 25195048 PMCID: PMC4190165 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2014] [Accepted: 08/06/2014] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Molecular machines containing double or single AAA+ rings power energy-dependent protein degradation and other critical cellular processes, including disaggregation and remodeling of macromolecular complexes. How the mechanical activities of double-ring and single-ring AAA+ enzymes differ is unknown. Using single-molecule optical trapping, we determine how the double-ring ClpA enzyme from Escherichia coli mechanically degrades proteins in complex with the ClpP peptidase. We demonstrate that ClpA unfolds some protein substrates substantially faster than the single-ring ClpX enzyme, which also degrades substrates in collaboration with ClpP. We find that ClpA is a slower polypeptide translocase and moves in physical steps that are smaller and more regular than steps taken by ClpX. These direct measurements of protein unfolding and translocation define the core mechanochemical behavior of a double-ring AAA+ machine and provide insight into the degradation of proteins that unfold via metastable intermediates.
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- Adrian O Olivares
- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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- 1] Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. [2]
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- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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- 1] Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. [2] Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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Lu S, Huang W, Wang Q, Shen Q, Li S, Nussinov R, Zhang J. The structural basis of ATP as an allosteric modulator. PLoS Comput Biol 2014; 10:e1003831. [PMID: 25211773 PMCID: PMC4161293 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2014] [Accepted: 07/29/2014] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Adenosine-5'-triphosphate (ATP) is generally regarded as a substrate for energy currency and protein modification. Recent findings uncovered the allosteric function of ATP in cellular signal transduction but little is understood about this critical behavior of ATP. Through extensive analysis of ATP in solution and proteins, we found that the free ATP can exist in the compact and extended conformations in solution, and the two different conformational characteristics may be responsible for ATP to exert distinct biological functions: ATP molecules adopt both compact and extended conformations in the allosteric binding sites but conserve extended conformations in the substrate binding sites. Nudged elastic band simulations unveiled the distinct dynamic processes of ATP binding to the corresponding allosteric and substrate binding sites of uridine monophosphate kinase, and suggested that in solution ATP preferentially binds to the substrate binding sites of proteins. When the ATP molecules occupy the allosteric binding sites, the allosteric trigger from ATP to fuel allosteric communication between allosteric and functional sites is stemmed mainly from the triphosphate part of ATP, with a small number from the adenine part of ATP. Taken together, our results provide overall understanding of ATP allosteric functions responsible for regulation in biological systems.
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- Shaoyong Lu
- Department of Pathophysiology, Key Laboratory of Cell Differentiation and Apoptosis of Chinese Ministry of Education, Shanghai JiaoTong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Key Laboratory of Cell Differentiation and Apoptosis of Chinese Ministry of Education, Shanghai JiaoTong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Key Laboratory of Cell Differentiation and Apoptosis of Chinese Ministry of Education, Shanghai JiaoTong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Key Laboratory of Cell Differentiation and Apoptosis of Chinese Ministry of Education, Shanghai JiaoTong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Key Laboratory of Cell Differentiation and Apoptosis of Chinese Ministry of Education, Shanghai JiaoTong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Cancer and Inflammation Program, Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc., Frederick National Laboratory, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
- Department of Human Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Sackler School of Medicine, Sackler Institute of Molecular Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Key Laboratory of Cell Differentiation and Apoptosis of Chinese Ministry of Education, Shanghai JiaoTong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Tumor Microenvironment and Inflammation, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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Bustamante CJ, Kaiser CM, Maillard RA, Goldman DH, Wilson CAM. Mechanisms of cellular proteostasis: insights from single-molecule approaches. Annu Rev Biophys 2014; 43:119-40. [PMID: 24895851 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-biophys-051013-022811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Cells employ a variety of strategies to maintain proteome homeostasis. Beginning during protein biogenesis, the translation machinery and a number of molecular chaperones promote correct de novo folding of nascent proteins even before synthesis is complete. Another set of molecular chaperones helps to maintain proteins in their functional, native state. Polypeptides that are no longer needed or pose a threat to the cell, such as misfolded proteins and aggregates, are removed in an efficient and timely fashion by ATP-dependent proteases. In this review, we describe how applications of single-molecule manipulation methods, in particular optical tweezers, are shedding new light on the molecular mechanisms of quality control during the life cycles of proteins.
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Bauer BW, Shemesh T, Chen Y, Rapoport TA. A "push and slide" mechanism allows sequence-insensitive translocation of secretory proteins by the SecA ATPase. Cell 2014; 157:1416-1429. [PMID: 24906156 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2014.03.063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2013] [Revised: 02/22/2014] [Accepted: 03/31/2014] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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In bacteria, most secretory proteins are translocated across the plasma membrane by the interplay of the SecA ATPase and the SecY channel. How SecA moves a broad range of polypeptide substrates is only poorly understood. Here we show that SecA moves polypeptides through the SecY channel by a "push and slide" mechanism. In its ATP-bound state, SecA interacts through a two-helix finger with a subset of amino acids in a substrate, pushing them into the channel. A polypeptide can also passively slide back and forth when SecA is in the predominant ADP-bound state or when SecA encounters a poorly interacting amino acid in its ATP-bound state. SecA performs multiple rounds of ATP hydrolysis before dissociating from SecY. The proposed push and slide mechanism is supported by a mathematical model and explains how SecA allows translocation of a wide range of polypeptides. This mechanism may also apply to hexameric polypeptide-translocating ATPases.
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- Benedikt W Bauer
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Ramsdell TL, Huppert LA, Sysoeva TA, Fortune SM, Burton BM. Linked domain architectures allow for specialization of function in the FtsK/SpoIIIE ATPases of ESX secretion systems. J Mol Biol 2014; 427:1119-32. [PMID: 24979678 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2014.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2014] [Revised: 06/13/2014] [Accepted: 06/18/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Among protein secretion systems, there are specialized ATPases that serve different functions such as substrate recognition, substrate unfolding, and assembly of the secretory machinery. ESX (early secretory antigen target 6 kDa secretion) protein secretion systems require FtsK/SpoIIIE family ATPases but the specific function of these ATPases is poorly understood. The ATPases of ESX secretion systems have a unique domain architecture among proteins of the FtsK/SpoIIIE family. All well-studied FtsK family ATPases to date have one ATPase domain and oligomerize to form a functional molecular machine, most commonly a hexameric ring. In contrast, the ESX ATPases have three ATPase domains, encoded either by a single gene or by two operonic genes. It is currently unknown which of the ATPase domains is catalytically functional and whether each domain plays the same or a different function. Here we focus on the ATPases of two ESX systems, the ESX-1 system of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and the yuk system of Bacillus subtilis. We show that ATP hydrolysis by the ESX ATPase is required for secretion, suggesting that this enzyme at least partly fuels protein translocation. We further show that individual ATPase domains play distinct roles in substrate translocation and complex formation. Comparing the single-chain and split ESX ATPases, we reveal differences in the requirements of these unique secretory ATPases.
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- Talia L Ramsdell
- Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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- Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
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Yu J. Coordination and control inside simple biomolecular machines. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2014; 805:353-84. [PMID: 24446369 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-02970-2_15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Biomolecular machines can achieve physiological functions precisely and efficiently, though they always operate under fluctuations and noises. We review two types of simple machinery that we have recently studied. The machinery can be regarded as molecular motors. They transform chemical free energy from NTP hydrolysis to mechanical work. One type belongs to small monomeric helicases that move directionally along single-stranded nucleic acid, and may further unwind the duplex part for gene replication or repair. The other type belongs to ring-shaped NTPase motors that also move or transport nucleic acid or protein substrate in a directional manner, such as for genome packaging or protein degradation. The central issue in this review is on how the machinery coordinates essential degrees of freedom during the mechanochemical coupling process. Further concerns include how the coordination and control are manifested in experiments, and how they can be captured well in modeling and computational research. We employed atomistic molecular dynamics simulations, coarse-grained analyses, and stochastic modeling techniques to examine the molecular machines at multiple resolutions and timescales. Detailed descriptions on how the protein interacts with its substrate at interface, as well as how multiple protein subunits are coordinated are summarized.
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- Jin Yu
- Beijing Computational Science Research Center, No 3 Heqing Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100084, China,
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Carroni M, Kummer E, Oguchi Y, Wendler P, Clare DK, Sinning I, Kopp J, Mogk A, Bukau B, Saibil HR. Head-to-tail interactions of the coiled-coil domains regulate ClpB activity and cooperation with Hsp70 in protein disaggregation. eLife 2014; 3:e02481. [PMID: 24843029 PMCID: PMC4023160 DOI: 10.7554/elife.02481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The hexameric AAA+ chaperone ClpB reactivates aggregated proteins in cooperation with the Hsp70 system. Essential for disaggregation, the ClpB middle domain (MD) is a coiled-coil propeller that binds Hsp70. Although the ClpB subunit structure is known, positioning of the MD in the hexamer and its mechanism of action are unclear. We obtained electron microscopy (EM) structures of the BAP variant of ClpB that binds the protease ClpP, clearly revealing MD density on the surface of the ClpB ring. Mutant analysis and asymmetric reconstructions show that MDs adopt diverse positions in a single ClpB hexamer. Adjacent, horizontally oriented MDs form head-to-tail contacts and repress ClpB activity by preventing Hsp70 interaction. Tilting of the MD breaks this contact, allowing Hsp70 binding, and releasing the contact in adjacent subunits. Our data suggest a wavelike activation of ClpB subunits around the ring.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.02481.001.
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- Marta Carroni
- Department of Crystallography, Birkbeck College, University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Gene Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Crystallography, Birkbeck College, University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Biochemie-Zentrum, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Biochemie-Zentrum, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Crystallography, Birkbeck College, University of London, London, United Kingdom
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The ubiquitin proteasome system (UPS) is the main ATP-dependent protein degradation pathway in the cytosol and nucleus of eukaryotic cells. At its centre is the 26S proteasome, which degrades regulatory proteins and misfolded or damaged proteins. In a major breakthrough, several groups have determined high-resolution structures of the entire 26S proteasome particle in different nucleotide conditions and with and without substrate using cryo-electron microscopy combined with other techniques. These structures provide some surprising insights into the functional mechanism of the proteasome and will give invaluable guidance for genetic and biochemical studies of this key regulatory system.
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Deep classification of a large cryo-EM dataset defines the conformational landscape of the 26S proteasome. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2014; 111:5544-9. [PMID: 24706844 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1403409111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 151] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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The 26S proteasome is a 2.5 MDa molecular machine that executes the degradation of substrates of the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway. The molecular architecture of the 26S proteasome was recently established by cryo-EM approaches. For a detailed understanding of the sequence of events from the initial binding of polyubiquitylated substrates to the translocation into the proteolytic core complex, it is necessary to move beyond static structures and characterize the conformational landscape of the 26S proteasome. To this end we have subjected a large cryo-EM dataset acquired in the presence of ATP and ATP-γS to a deep classification procedure, which deconvolutes coexisting conformational states. Highly variable regions, such as the density assigned to the largest subunit, Rpn1, are now well resolved and rendered interpretable. Our analysis reveals the existence of three major conformations: in addition to the previously described ATP-hydrolyzing (ATPh) and ATP-γS conformations, an intermediate state has been found. Its AAA-ATPase module adopts essentially the same topology that is observed in the ATPh conformation, whereas the lid is more similar to the ATP-γS bound state. Based on the conformational ensemble of the 26S proteasome in solution, we propose a mechanistic model for substrate recognition, commitment, deubiquitylation, and translocation into the core particle.
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Mueller-Cajar O, Stotz M, Bracher A. Maintaining photosynthetic CO2 fixation via protein remodelling: the Rubisco activases. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2014; 119:191-201. [PMID: 23543331 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-013-9819-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2012] [Accepted: 03/19/2013] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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The key photosynthetic, CO2-fixing enzyme Rubisco forms inactivated complexes with its substrate ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate (RuBP) and other sugar phosphate inhibitors. The independently evolved AAA+ proteins Rubisco activase and CbbX harness energy from ATP hydrolysis to remodel Rubisco complexes, facilitating release of these inhibitors. Here, we discuss recent structural and mechanistic advances towards the understanding of protein-mediated Rubisco activation. Both activating proteins appear to form ring-shaped hexameric arrangements typical for AAA+ ATPases in their functional form, but display very different regulatory and biochemical properties. Considering the thermolability of the plant enzyme, an improved understanding of the mechanism for Rubisco activation may help in developing heat-resistant plants adapted to the challenge of global warming.
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- Oliver Mueller-Cajar
- School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 60 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637551, Singapore,
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Zeymer C, Barends TRM, Werbeck ND, Schlichting I, Reinstein J. Elements in nucleotide sensing and hydrolysis of the AAA+ disaggregation machine ClpB: a structure-based mechanistic dissection of a molecular motor. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 70:582-95. [PMID: 24531492 PMCID: PMC3940203 DOI: 10.1107/s1399004713030629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2013] [Accepted: 11/07/2013] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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ATPases of the AAA+ superfamily are large oligomeric molecular machines that remodel their substrates by converting the energy from ATP hydrolysis into mechanical force. This study focuses on the molecular chaperone ClpB, the bacterial homologue of Hsp104, which reactivates aggregated proteins under cellular stress conditions. Based on high-resolution crystal structures in different nucleotide states, mutational analysis and nucleotide-binding kinetics experiments, the ATPase cycle of the C-terminal nucleotide-binding domain (NBD2), one of the motor subunits of this AAA+ disaggregation machine, is dissected mechanistically. The results provide insights into nucleotide sensing, explaining how the conserved sensor 2 motif contributes to the discrimination between ADP and ATP binding. Furthermore, the role of a conserved active-site arginine (Arg621), which controls binding of the essential Mg2+ ion, is described. Finally, a hypothesis is presented as to how the ATPase activity is regulated by a conformational switch that involves the essential Walker A lysine. In the proposed model, an unusual side-chain conformation of this highly conserved residue stabilizes a catalytically inactive state, thereby avoiding unnecessary ATP hydrolysis.
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- Cathleen Zeymer
- Department of Biomolecular Mechanisms, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Jahnstrasse 29, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Biomolecular Mechanisms, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Jahnstrasse 29, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Biomolecular Mechanisms, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Jahnstrasse 29, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Biomolecular Mechanisms, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Jahnstrasse 29, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Biomolecular Mechanisms, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Jahnstrasse 29, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Sysoeva TA, Chowdhury S, Guo L, Nixon BT. Nucleotide-induced asymmetry within ATPase activator ring drives σ54-RNAP interaction and ATP hydrolysis. Genes Dev 2014; 27:2500-11. [PMID: 24240239 PMCID: PMC3841738 DOI: 10.1101/gad.229385.113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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It is largely unknown how the typical homomeric ring geometry of ATPases associated with various cellular activities enables them to perform mechanical work. Small-angle solution X-ray scattering, crystallography, and electron microscopy (EM) reconstructions revealed that partial ATP occupancy caused the heptameric closed ring of the bacterial enhancer-binding protein (bEBP) NtrC1 to rearrange into a hexameric split ring of striking asymmetry. The highly conserved and functionally crucial GAFTGA loops responsible for interacting with σ54-RNA polymerase formed a spiral staircase. We propose that splitting of the ensemble directs ATP hydrolysis within the oligomer, and the ring's asymmetry guides interaction between ATPase and the complex of σ54 and promoter DNA. Similarity between the structure of the transcriptional activator NtrC1 and those of distantly related helicases Rho and E1 reveals a general mechanism in homomeric ATPases whereby complex allostery within the ring geometry forms asymmetric functional states that allow these biological motors to exert directional forces on their target macromolecules.
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- Tatyana A Sysoeva
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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Nyquist K, Martin A. Marching to the beat of the ring: polypeptide translocation by AAA+ proteases. Trends Biochem Sci 2013; 39:53-60. [PMID: 24316303 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2013.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2013] [Revised: 11/07/2013] [Accepted: 11/12/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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ATP-dependent proteases exist in all cells and are crucial regulators of the proteome. These machines consist of a hexameric, ring-shaped motor responsible for engaging, unfolding, and translocating protein substrates into an associated peptidase for degradation. Here, we discuss recent work that has established how the six motor subunits coordinate their ATP-hydrolysis and translocation activities. The closed topology of the ring and the rigidity of subunit/subunit interfaces cause conformational changes within a single subunit to drive motions in other subunits of the hexamer. This structural effect generates allostery between the ATP-binding sites, leading to a preferred order of binding and hydrolysis events among the motor subunits as well as a unique biphasic mechanism of translocation.
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- Kristofor Nyquist
- QB3 Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; Biophysics Graduate Group, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- QB3 Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
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- James H Hurley
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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Protein degradation by the ClpXP protease requires collaboration among the six AAA+ domains of ClpX. Using single-molecule optical tweezers, Sen et al. show that ClpX uses a coordinated succession of power strokes to translocate polypeptides in ATP-tunable bursts before reloading with nucleotide. This strategy allows ClpX to kinetically capture transiently unfolded intermediates.
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- Michael R Maurizi
- Laboratory of Cell Biology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Sen M, Maillard RA, Nyquist K, Rodriguez-Aliaga P, Pressé S, Martin A, Bustamante C. The ClpXP protease unfolds substrates using a constant rate of pulling but different gears. Cell 2013; 155:636-646. [PMID: 24243020 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2013.09.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2013] [Revised: 08/09/2013] [Accepted: 09/11/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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ATP-dependent proteases are vital to maintain cellular protein homeostasis. Here, we study the mechanisms of force generation and intersubunit coordination in the ClpXP protease from E. coli to understand how these machines couple ATP hydrolysis to mechanical protein unfolding. Single-molecule analyses reveal that phosphate release is the force-generating step in the ATP-hydrolysis cycle and that ClpXP translocates substrate polypeptides in bursts resulting from highly coordinated conformational changes in two to four ATPase subunits. ClpXP must use its maximum successive firing capacity of four subunits to unfold stable substrates like GFP. The average dwell duration between individual bursts of translocation is constant, regardless of the number of translocating subunits, implying that ClpXP operates with constant "rpm" but uses different "gears."
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- Maya Sen
- Jason L. Choy Laboratory of Single-Molecule Biophysics, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.,Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Jason L. Choy Laboratory of Single-Molecule Biophysics, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.,QB3 Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- QB3 Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.,Biophysics Graduate Group, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Jason L. Choy Laboratory of Single-Molecule Biophysics, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.,QB3 Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.,Biophysics Graduate Group, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Jason L. Choy Laboratory of Single-Molecule Biophysics, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- QB3 Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.,Department of Molecular & Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Jason L. Choy Laboratory of Single-Molecule Biophysics, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.,QB3 Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.,Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.,Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.,Department of Molecular & Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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Kravats AN, Tonddast-Navaei S, Bucher RJ, Stan G. Asymmetric processing of a substrate protein in sequential allosteric cycles of AAA+ nanomachines. J Chem Phys 2013; 139:121921. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4817410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Roberts AJ, Kon T, Knight PJ, Sutoh K, Burgess SA. Functions and mechanics of dynein motor proteins. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 2013; 14:713-26. [PMID: 24064538 DOI: 10.1038/nrm3667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 346] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Fuelled by ATP hydrolysis, dyneins generate force and movement on microtubules in a wealth of biological processes, including ciliary beating, cell division and intracellular transport. The large mass and complexity of dynein motors have made elucidating their mechanisms a sizable task. Yet, through a combination of approaches, including X-ray crystallography, cryo-electron microscopy, single-molecule assays and biochemical experiments, important progress has been made towards understanding how these giant motor proteins work. From these studies, a model for the mechanochemical cycle of dynein is emerging, in which nucleotide-driven flexing motions within the AAA+ ring of dynein alter the affinity of its microtubule-binding stalk and reshape its mechanical element to generate movement.
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- Anthony J Roberts
- 1] Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK. [2] Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Zhang N, Gordiyenko Y, Joly N, Lawton E, Robinson CV, Buck M. Subunit dynamics and nucleotide-dependent asymmetry of an AAA(+) transcription complex. J Mol Biol 2013; 426:71-83. [PMID: 24055699 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2013.08.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2013] [Revised: 08/21/2013] [Accepted: 08/24/2013] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Bacterial enhancer binding proteins (bEBPs) are transcription activators that belong to the AAA(+) protein family. They form higher-order self-assemblies to regulate transcription initiation at stress response and pathogenic promoters. The precise mechanism by which these ATPases utilize ATP binding and hydrolysis energy to remodel their substrates remains unclear. Here we employed mass spectrometry of intact complexes to investigate subunit dynamics and nucleotide occupancy of the AAA(+) domain of one well-studied bEBP in complex with its substrate, the σ(54) subunit of RNA polymerase. Our results demonstrate that the free AAA(+) domain undergoes significant changes in oligomeric states and nucleotide occupancy upon σ(54) binding. Such changes likely correlate with one transition state of ATP and are associated with an open spiral ring formation that is vital for asymmetric subunit function and interface communication. We confirmed that the asymmetric subunit functionality persists for open promoter complex formation using single-chain forms of bEBP lacking the full complement of intact ATP hydrolysis sites. Outcomes reconcile low- and high-resolution structures and yield a partial sequential ATP hydrolysis model for bEBPs.
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- Nan Zhang
- Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Chemistry Research Laboratory, 12 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA, UK
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- Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS UMR 7592, Université Paris Diderot, Batiment Buffon, 15 rue Helene Brion, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Chemistry Research Laboratory, 12 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA, UK.
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- Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
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Sauer RT. Mutagenic dissection of the sequence determinants of protein folding, recognition, and machine function. Protein Sci 2013; 22:1675-87. [PMID: 23963737 DOI: 10.1002/pro.2334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2013] [Accepted: 08/12/2013] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Understanding the relationship between the amino-acid sequence of a protein and its ability to fold and to function is one of the major challenges of protein science. Here, cases are reviewed in which mutagenesis, biochemistry, structure determination, protein engineering, and single-molecule biophysics have illuminated the sequence determinants of folding, binding specificity, and biological function for DNA-binding proteins and ATP-fueled machines that forcibly unfold native proteins as a prelude to degradation. In addition to structure-function relationships, these studies provide information about folding intermediates, mutations that accelerate folding, slow unfolding, and stabilize proteins against denaturation, show how new binding specificities and folds can evolve, and reveal strategies that proteolytic machines use to recognize, unfold, and degrade thousands of distinct substrates.
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- Robert T Sauer
- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139
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Saibil H. Chaperone machines for protein folding, unfolding and disaggregation. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 2013; 14:630-42. [PMID: 24026055 DOI: 10.1038/nrm3658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 706] [Impact Index Per Article: 64.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Molecular chaperones are diverse families of multidomain proteins that have evolved to assist nascent proteins to reach their native fold, protect subunits from heat shock during the assembly of complexes, prevent protein aggregation or mediate targeted unfolding and disassembly. Their increased expression in response to stress is a key factor in the health of the cell and longevity of an organism. Unlike enzymes with their precise and finely tuned active sites, chaperones are heavy-duty molecular machines that operate on a wide range of substrates. The structural basis of their mechanism of action is being unravelled (in particular for the heat shock proteins HSP60, HSP70, HSP90 and HSP100) and typically involves massive displacements of 20-30 kDa domains over distances of 20-50 Å and rotations of up to 100°.
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- Helen Saibil
- Department of Crystallography, Institute for Structural and Molecular Biology, Birkbeck College London, UK
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Reconstitution of the 26S proteasome reveals functional asymmetries in its AAA+ unfoldase. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2013; 20:1164-72. [PMID: 24013205 PMCID: PMC3869383 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2013] [Accepted: 07/26/2013] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The 26S proteasome is the major eukaryotic ATP-dependent protease, yet the detailed mechanisms used by the proteasomal heterohexameric AAA+ unfoldase to drive substrate degradation remain poorly understood. To perform systematic mutational analyses of individual ATPase subunits, we heterologously expressed the unfoldase subcomplex from Saccharomyces cerevisiae in Escherichia coli and reconstituted the proteasome in vitro. Our studies demonstrate that the six ATPases have distinct roles in degradation, corresponding to their positions in the spiral staircases adopted by the AAA+ domains in the absence or presence of substrate. ATP hydrolysis in subunits at the top of the staircases is critical for substrate engagement and translocation. Whereas the unfoldase relies on this vertical asymmetry for substrate processing, interaction with the peptidase exhibits three-fold symmetry with contributions from alternate subunits. These diverse functional asymmetries highlight how the 26S proteasome deviates from simpler, homomeric AAA+ proteases.
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Förster F, Unverdorben P, Śledź P, Baumeister W. Unveiling the Long-Held Secrets of the 26S Proteasome. Structure 2013; 21:1551-62. [DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2013.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2013] [Revised: 08/15/2013] [Accepted: 08/16/2013] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Peng W, Lin Z, Li W, Lu J, Shen Y, Wang C. Structural insights into the unusually strong ATPase activity of the AAA domain of the Caenorhabditis elegans fidgetin-like 1 (FIGL-1) protein. J Biol Chem 2013; 288:29305-12. [PMID: 23979136 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.502559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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The FIGL-1 (fidgetin like-1) protein is a homolog of fidgetin, a protein whose mutation leads to multiple developmental defects. The FIGL-1 protein contains an AAA (ATPase associated with various activities) domain and belongs to the AAA superfamily. However, the biological functions and developmental implications of this protein remain unknown. Here, we show that the AAA domain of the Caenorhabditis elegans FIGL-1 protein (CeFIGL-1-AAA), in clear contrast to homologous AAA domains, has an unusually high ATPase activity and forms a hexamer in solution. By determining the crystal structure of CeFIGL-1-AAA, we found that the loop linking helices α9 and α10 folds into the short helix α9a, which has an acidic surface and interacts with a positively charged surface of the neighboring subunit. Disruption of this charge interaction by mutagenesis diminishes both the ATPase activity and oligomerization capacity of the protein. Interestingly, the acidic residues in helix α9a of CeFIGL-1-AAA are not conserved in other homologous AAA domains that have relatively low ATPase activities. These results demonstrate that the sequence of CeFIGL-1-AAA has adapted to establish an intersubunit charge interaction, which contributes to its strong oligomerization and ATPase activity. These unique properties of CeFIGL-1-AAA distinguish it from other homologous proteins, suggesting that CeFIGL-1 may have a distinct biological function.
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- Wentao Peng
- From the Institute of Protein Research, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092 and
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Stinson BM, Nager AR, Glynn SE, Schmitz KR, Baker TA, Sauer RT. Nucleotide binding and conformational switching in the hexameric ring of a AAA+ machine. Cell 2013; 153:628-39. [PMID: 23622246 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2013.03.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2013] [Revised: 03/07/2013] [Accepted: 03/20/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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ClpX, a AAA+ ring homohexamer, uses the energy of ATP binding and hydrolysis to power conformational changes that unfold and translocate target proteins into the ClpP peptidase for degradation. In multiple crystal structures, some ClpX subunits adopt nucleotide-loadable conformations, others adopt unloadable conformations, and each conformational class exhibits substantial variability. Using mutagenesis of individual subunits in covalently tethered hexamers together with fluorescence methods to assay the conformations and nucleotide-binding properties of these subunits, we demonstrate that dynamic interconversion between loadable and unloadable conformations is required to couple ATP hydrolysis by ClpX to mechanical work. ATP binding to different classes of subunits initially drives staged allosteric changes, which set the conformation of the ring to allow hydrolysis and linked mechanical steps. Subunit switching between loadable and unloadable conformations subsequently isomerizes or resets the configuration of the nucleotide-loaded ring and is required for mechanical function.
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- Benjamin M Stinson
- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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Conformational switching of the 26S proteasome enables substrate degradation. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2013; 20:781-8. [PMID: 23770819 PMCID: PMC3712289 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 199] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2013] [Accepted: 05/14/2013] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The 26S proteasome is the major eukaryotic ATP-dependent protease, responsible for regulating the proteome through degradation of ubiquitin-tagged substrates. Its regulatory particle, containing the heterohexameric AAA+ ATPase motor and the essential deubiquitinase Rpn11, recognizes substrates, removes their ubiquitin chains, and translocates them into the associated peptidase after unfolding, but detailed mechanisms remain unknown. Here we present the first structure of the 26S proteasome from S. cerevisiae during substrate degradation, showing that the regulatory particle switches from a pre-engaged to a translocation-competent conformation. This conformation is characterized by a rearranged ATPase ring with uniform subunit interfaces, a widened central channel coaxially aligned with the peptidase, and a spiral orientation of pore loops that suggests a rapid progression of ATP-hydrolysis events around the ring. Importantly, Rpn11 moves from an occluded position to directly above the central pore, facilitating substrate deubiquitination concomitant with translocation.
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Śledź P, Unverdorben P, Beck F, Pfeifer G, Schweitzer A, Förster F, Baumeister W. Structure of the 26S proteasome with ATP-γS bound provides insights into the mechanism of nucleotide-dependent substrate translocation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2013; 110:7264-9. [PMID: 23589842 PMCID: PMC3645540 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1305782110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The 26S proteasome is a 2.5-MDa, ATP-dependent multisubunit proteolytic complex that processively destroys proteins carrying a degradation signal. The proteasomal ATPase heterohexamer is a key module of the 19S regulatory particle; it unfolds substrates and translocates them into the 20S core particle where degradation takes place. We used cryoelectron microscopy single-particle analysis to obtain insights into the structural changes of 26S proteasome upon the binding and hydrolysis of ATP. The ATPase ring adopts at least two distinct helical staircase conformations dependent on the nucleotide state. The transition from the conformation observed in the presence of ATP to the predominant conformation in the presence of ATP-γS induces a sliding motion of the ATPase ring over the 20S core particle ring leading to an alignment of the translocation channels of the ATPase and the core particle gate, a conformational state likely to facilitate substrate translocation. Two types of intersubunit modules formed by the large ATPase domain of one ATPase subunit and the small ATPase domain of its neighbor exist. They resemble the contacts observed in the crystal structures of ClpX and proteasome-activating nucleotidase, respectively. The ClpX-like contacts are positioned consecutively and give rise to helical shape in the hexamer, whereas the proteasome-activating nucleotidase-like contact is required to close the ring. Conformational switching between these forms allows adopting different helical conformations in different nucleotide states. We postulate that ATP hydrolysis by the regulatory particle ATPase (Rpt) 5 subunit initiates a cascade of conformational changes, leading to pulling of the substrate, which is primarily executed by Rpt1, Rpt2, and Rpt6.
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- Paweł Śledź
- Department of Molecular Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
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Sergeeva OA, Chen B, Haase-Pettingell C, Ludtke SJ, Chiu W, King JA. Human CCT4 and CCT5 chaperonin subunits expressed in Escherichia coli form biologically active homo-oligomers. J Biol Chem 2013; 288:17734-44. [PMID: 23612981 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.443929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Chaperonins are a family of chaperones that encapsulate their substrates and assist their folding in an ATP-dependent manner. The ubiquitous eukaryotic chaperonin, TCP-1 ring complex (TRiC), is a hetero-oligomeric complex composed of two rings, each formed from eight different CCT (chaperonin containing TCP-1) subunits. Each CCT subunit may have distinct substrate recognition and ATP hydrolysis properties. We have expressed each human CCT subunit individually in Escherichia coli to investigate whether they form chaperonin-like double ring complexes. CCT4 and CCT5, but not the other six CCT subunits, formed high molecular weight complexes within the E. coli cells that sedimented about 20S in sucrose gradients. When CCT4 and CCT5 were purified, they were both organized as two back-to-back rings of eight subunits each, as seen by negative stain and cryo-electron microscopy. This morphology is consistent with that of the hetero-oligomeric double-ring TRiC purified from bovine testes and HeLa cells. Both CCT4 and CCT5 homo-oligomers hydrolyzed ATP at a rate similar to human TRiC and were active as assayed by luciferase refolding and human γD-crystallin aggregation suppression and refolding. Thus, both CCT4 and CCT5 homo-oligomers have the property of forming 8-fold double rings absent the other subunits, and these complexes carry out chaperonin reactions without other partner subunits.
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- Oksana A Sergeeva
- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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