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Ma X, Lu C, Chen Y, Li S, Ma N, Tao X, Li Y, Wang J, Zhou M, Yan YB, Li P, Heydari K, Deng H, Zhang M, Yi C, Ge L. CCT2 is an aggrephagy receptor for clearance of solid protein aggregates. Cell 2022; 185:1325-1345.e22. [PMID: 35366418 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2022.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2020] [Revised: 12/13/2021] [Accepted: 03/01/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Protein aggregation is a hallmark of multiple human pathologies. Autophagy selectively degrades protein aggregates via aggrephagy. How selectivity is achieved has been elusive. Here, we identify the chaperonin subunit CCT2 as an autophagy receptor regulating the clearance of aggregation-prone proteins in the cell and the mouse brain. CCT2 associates with aggregation-prone proteins independent of cargo ubiquitination and interacts with autophagosome marker ATG8s through a non-classical VLIR motif. In addition, CCT2 regulates aggrephagy independently of the ubiquitin-binding receptors (P62, NBR1, and TAX1BP1) or chaperone-mediated autophagy. Unlike P62, NBR1, and TAX1BP1, which facilitate the clearance of protein condensates with liquidity, CCT2 specifically promotes the autophagic degradation of protein aggregates with little liquidity (solid aggregates). Furthermore, aggregation-prone protein accumulation induces the functional switch of CCT2 from a chaperone subunit to an autophagy receptor by promoting CCT2 monomer formation, which exposes the VLIR to ATG8s interaction and, therefore, enables the autophagic function.
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- Xinyu Ma
- State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Beijing, China; Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Beijing 100084, China; School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Beijing, China; Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Beijing 100084, China; School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Biochemistry, and Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery of the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Beijing, China; Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Beijing 100084, China; School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Beijing, China; Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Beijing 100084, China; School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Beijing, China; Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Beijing 100084, China; School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Beijing, China; Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Beijing 100084, China; School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Beijing, China; School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Beijing 100084, China; School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology & Frontier Research Center for Biological Structure, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Beijing, China; School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Beijing 100084, China; School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology & Frontier Research Center for Biological Structure, Beijing 100084, China
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- Cancer Research Laboratory FACS Core Facility, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology & Frontier Research Center for Biological Structure, Beijing 100084, China; MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Beijing, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
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- Department of Biochemistry, and Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery of the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Beijing, China; Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Beijing 100084, China; School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
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The TRiC/CCT Chaperonin and Its Role in Uncontrolled Proliferation. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2020; 1243:21-40. [PMID: 32297209 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-40204-4_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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The cell cycle is a sophisticated space-time regulated mechanism where a wide variety of protein modules and complexes associate functioning in a concerted manner to regulate and transfer the genetic material to daughter cells. CCT (chaperonin containing TCP-1, also known as TRiC) is a molecular machine that forms a high molecular weight complex (1000 KDa). CCT is emerging as a key molecule during mitosis due to its essential role in the folding of many important proteins involved in cell division (Cdh1, Plk1, p27, Cdc20, PP2a regulatory subunits, tubulin or actin) suggesting its involvement in uncontrolled proliferation. The assembly is formed by eight different subunits called CCTα, β, γ, δ, ε, ζ, η and θ in mammals corresponding to CCT1-8 in yeast. CCT/TRiC is organized in a unique intra- and inter-ring arrangement. The chaperonin monomers share a common domain structure including an equatorial domain, which contains all the inter-ring contacts, most of the intra-ring contacts and the ATP binding site, whose binding and hydrolysis triggers the conformational changes that take place during the functional cycle. All chaperonins display an open substrate-receptive conformation, where the unfolded protein is recognized and trapped, and a closed conformation where the substrate is isolated from the bulk of the intracellular environment. In this chapter we discuss the complex set of intra- and inter-ring allosteric signals during chaperonin function.
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Yamamoto YY, Uno Y, Sha E, Ikegami K, Ishii N, Dohmae N, Sekiguchi H, Sasaki YC, Yohda M. Asymmetry in the function and dynamics of the cytosolic group II chaperonin CCT/TRiC. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0176054. [PMID: 28463997 PMCID: PMC5413064 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0176054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2017] [Accepted: 04/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The eukaryotic group II chaperonin, the chaperonin-containing t-complex polypeptide 1 (CCT), plays an important role in cytosolic proteostasis. It has been estimated that as much as 10% of cytosolic proteins interact with CCT during their folding process. CCT is composed of 8 different paralogous subunits. Due to its complicated structure, molecular and biochemical investigations of CCT have been difficult. In this study, we constructed an expression system for CCT from a thermophilic fungus, Chaetomium thermophilum (CtCCT), by using E. coli as a host. As expected, we obtained recombinant CtCCT with a relatively high yield, and it exhibited fairly high thermal stability. We showed the advantages of the overproduction system by characterizing CtCCT variants containing ATPase-deficient subunits. For diffracted X-ray tracking experiment, we removed all surface exposed cysteine residues, and added cysteine residues at the tip of helical protrusions of selected two subunits. Gold nanocrystals were attached onto CtCCTs via gold-thiol bonds and applied for the analysis by diffracted X-ray tracking. Irrespective of the locations of cysteines, it was shown that ATP binding induces tilting motion followed by rotational motion in the CtCCT molecule, like the archaeal group II chaperonins. When gold nanocrystals were attached onto two subunits in the high ATPase activity hemisphere, the CtCCT complex exhibited a fairly rapid response to the motion. In contrast, the response of CtCCT, which had gold nanocrystals attached to the low-activity hemisphere, was slow. These results clearly support the possibility that ATP-dependent conformational change starts with the high-affinity hemisphere and progresses to the low-affinity hemisphere.
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- Yohei Y. Yamamoto
- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan
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- Biomedical Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- The United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Gifu University, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Biomolecular Characterization Unit, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Wako, Saitama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan
- Institute of Global Innovation Research, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan
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Yamamoto YY, Tsuchida K, Noguchi K, Ogawa N, Sekiguchi H, Sasaki YC, Yohda M. Characterization of group II chaperonins from an acidothermophilic archaeon Picrophilus torridus. FEBS Open Bio 2016; 6:751-64. [PMID: 27398315 PMCID: PMC4932455 DOI: 10.1002/2211-5463.12090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2016] [Revised: 05/14/2016] [Accepted: 05/16/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Chaperonins are a type of molecular chaperone that assist in the folding of proteins. Group II chaperonins play an important role in the proteostasis in the cytosol of archaea and eukarya. In this study, we expressed, purified, and characterized group II chaperonins from an acidothermophilic archaeon Picrophilus torridus. Two genes exist for group II chaperonins, and both of the gene products assemble to form double‐ring complexes similar to other archaeal group II chaperonins. One of the Picrophilus chaperonins, PtoCPNα, was able to refold denatured GFP at 50 °C. As expected, PtoCPNα exhibited an ATP‐dependent conformational change that is observed by the change in fluorescence and diffracted X‐ray tracking (DXT). In contrast, PtoCPNα lost its protein folding ability at moderate temperatures, becoming unable to interact with unfolded proteins. At lower temperatures, the release rate of the captured GFP from PtoCPNα was accelerated, and the affinity of denatured protein to PtoCPNα was weakened at the lower temperatures. Unexpectedly, in the DXT experiment, the fine motions were enhanced at the lower temperatures. Taken together, the results suggest that the fine tilting motions of the apical domain might correlate with the affinity of group II chaperonins for denatured proteins.
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- Yohei Y Yamamoto
- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Koganei Japan; Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Chiyoda, Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Koganei Japan
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- Instrumentation Analysis Center Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Koganei Japan
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- Department of Integrated Science in Physics and Biology College of Humanities and Sciences Nihon University Setagaya-ku Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Sciences University of Tokyo Kashiwa Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Koganei Japan
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Chaperonins are nanomachines that facilitate protein folding by undergoing energy (ATP)-dependent movements that are coordinated in time and space owing to complex allosteric regulation. They consist of two back-to-back stacked oligomeric rings with a cavity at each end where protein substrate folding can take place. Here, we focus on the GroEL/GroES chaperonin system from Escherichia coli and, to a lesser extent, on the more poorly characterized eukaryotic chaperonin CCT/TRiC. We describe their various functional (allosteric) states and how they are affected by substrates and allosteric effectors that include ATP, ADP, nonfolded protein substrates, potassium ions, and GroES (in the case of GroEL). We also discuss the pathways of intra- and inter-ring allosteric communication by which they interconvert and the coupling between allosteric transitions and protein folding reactions.
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- Ranit Gruber
- Department of Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science , Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Department of Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science , Rehovot 76100, Israel
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Skjærven L, Cuellar J, Martinez A, Valpuesta JM. Dynamics, flexibility, and allostery in molecular chaperonins. FEBS Lett 2015; 589:2522-32. [PMID: 26140986 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2015.06.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2015] [Revised: 06/18/2015] [Accepted: 06/23/2015] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The chaperonins are a family of molecular chaperones present in all three kingdoms of life. They are classified into Group I and Group II. Group I consists of the bacterial variants (GroEL) and the eukaryotic ones from mitochondria and chloroplasts (Hsp60), while Group II consists of the archaeal (thermosomes) and eukaryotic cytosolic variants (CCT or TRiC). Both groups assemble into a dual ring structure, with each ring providing a protective folding chamber for nascent and denatured proteins. Their functional cycle is powered by ATP binding and hydrolysis, which drives a series of structural rearrangements that enable encapsulation and subsequent release of the substrate protein. Chaperonins have elaborate allosteric mechanisms to regulate their functional cycle. Long-range negative cooperativity between the two rings ensures alternation of the folding chambers. Positive intra-ring cooperativity, which facilitates concerted conformational transitions within the protein subunits of one ring, has only been demonstrated for Group I chaperonins. In this review, we describe our present understanding of the underlying mechanisms and the structure-function relationships in these complex protein systems with a particular focus on the structural dynamics, allostery, and associated conformational rearrangements.
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- Lars Skjærven
- Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
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- Department of Macromolecular Structure, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Macromolecular Structure, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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Koike-Takeshita A, Mitsuoka K, Taguchi H. Asp-52 in combination with Asp-398 plays a critical role in ATP hydrolysis of chaperonin GroEL. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:30005-11. [PMID: 25202010 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.593822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The Escherichia coli chaperonin GroEL is a double-ring chaperone that assists protein folding with the aid of GroES and ATP. Asp-398 in GroEL is known as one of the critical residues on ATP hydrolysis because GroEL(D398A) mutant is deficient in ATP hydrolysis (<2% of the wild type) but not in ATP binding. In the archaeal Group II chaperonin, another aspartate residue, Asp-52 in the corresponding E. coli GroEL, in addition to Asp-398 is also important for ATP hydrolysis. We investigated the role of Asp-52 in GroEL and found that ATPase activity of GroEL(D52A) and GroEL(D52A/D398A) mutants was ∼ 20% and <0.01% of wild-type GroEL, respectively, indicating that Asp-52 in E. coli GroEL is also involved in the ATP hydrolysis. GroEL(D52A/D398A) formed a symmetric football-shaped GroEL-GroES complex in the presence of ATP, again confirming the importance of the symmetric complex during the GroEL ATPase cycle. Notably, the symmetric complex of GroEL(D52A/D398A) was extremely stable, with a half-time of ∼ 150 h (∼ 6 days), providing a good model to characterize the football-shaped complex.
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- Ayumi Koike-Takeshita
- From the Department of Applied Bioscience, Kanagawa Institute of Technology, 1030 Shimo-ogino, Atsugi, Kanagawa 243-0292, Japan
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- Technology Research Association for Next Generation Natural Products Chemistry, AIST Tokyo Waterfront, 2-3-26, Aomi, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0064, Japan, and
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- Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, B-56, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
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Yamamoto YY, Abe Y, Moriya K, Arita M, Noguchi K, Ishii N, Sekiguchi H, Sasaki YC, Yohda M. Inter-ring communication is dispensable in the reaction cycle of group II chaperonins. J Mol Biol 2014; 426:2667-78. [PMID: 24859336 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2014.05.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2014] [Revised: 05/09/2014] [Accepted: 05/15/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Chaperonins are ubiquitous molecular chaperones with the subunit molecular mass of 60kDa. They exist as double-ring oligomers with central cavities. An ATP-dependent conformational change of the cavity induces the folding of an unfolded protein that is captured in the cavity. In the group I chaperonins, which are present in eubacteria and eukaryotic organelles, inter-ring communication takes important role for the reaction cycle. However, there has been limited study on the inter-ring communication in the group II chaperonins that exist in archaea and the eukaryotic cytosol. In this study, we have constructed the asymmetric ring complex of a group II chaperonin using circular permutated covalent mutants. Although one ring of the asymmetric ring complex lacks ATPase or ATP binding activity, the other wild-type ring undergoes an ATP-dependent conformational change and maintains protein-folding activity. The results clearly demonstrate that inter-ring communication is dispensable in the reaction cycle of group II chaperonins.
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- Yohei Y Yamamoto
- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Biomedical Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8566, Japan
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- Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5198, Japan; CREST Sasaki Team, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Tokyo 102-0076, Japan
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- CREST Sasaki Team, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Tokyo 102-0076, Japan; Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8561, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan.
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Dissection of the ATP-dependent conformational change cycle of a group II chaperonin. J Mol Biol 2013; 426:447-59. [PMID: 24120682 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2013.09.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2013] [Revised: 09/15/2013] [Accepted: 09/25/2013] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Group II chaperonin captures an unfolded protein while in its open conformation and then mediates the folding of the protein during ATP-driven conformational change cycle. In this study, we performed kinetic analyses of the group II chaperonin from a hyperthermophilic archaeon, Thermococcus sp. KS-1 (TKS1-Cpn), by stopped-flow fluorometry and stopped-flow small-angle X-ray scattering to reveal the reaction cycle. Two TKS1-Cpn variants containing a Trp residue at position 265 or position 56 exhibit nearly the same fluorescence kinetics induced by rapid mixing with ATP. Fluorescence started to increase immediately after the start of mixing and reached a maximum at 1-2s after mixing. Only in the presence of K(+) that a gradual decrease in fluorescence was observed after the initial peak. Similar results were obtained by stopped-flow small-angle X-ray scattering. A rapid fluorescence increase, which reflects nucleotide binding, was observed for the mutant containing a Trp residue near the ATP binding site (K485W), irrespective of the presence or absence of K(+). Without K(+), a small, rapid fluorescence decrease followed the initial increase, and then a gradual decrease was observed. In contrast, with K(+), a large, rapid fluorescence decrease occurred just after the initial increase, and then the fluorescence gradually increased. Finally, we observed ATP binding signal and also subtle conformational change in an ATPase-deficient mutant with K485W mutation. Based on these results, we propose a reaction cycle model for group II chaperonins.
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Sekiguchi H, Nakagawa A, Moriya K, Makabe K, Ichiyanagi K, Nozawa S, Sato T, Adachi SI, Kuwajima K, Yohda M, Sasaki YC. ATP dependent rotational motion of group II chaperonin observed by X-ray single molecule tracking. PLoS One 2013; 8:e64176. [PMID: 23734192 PMCID: PMC3666759 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2013] [Accepted: 04/08/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Group II chaperonins play important roles in protein homeostasis in the eukaryotic cytosol and in Archaea. These proteins assist in the folding of nascent polypeptides and also refold unfolded proteins in an ATP-dependent manner. Chaperonin-mediated protein folding is dependent on the closure and opening of a built-in lid, which is controlled by the ATP hydrolysis cycle. Recent structural studies suggest that the ring structure of the chaperonin twists to seal off the central cavity. In this study, we demonstrate ATP-dependent dynamics of a group II chaperonin at the single-molecule level with highly accurate rotational axes views by diffracted X-ray tracking (DXT). A UV light-triggered DXT study with caged-ATP and stopped-flow fluorometry revealed that the lid partially closed within 1 s of ATP binding, the closed ring subsequently twisted counterclockwise within 2–6 s, as viewed from the top to bottom of the chaperonin, and the twisted ring reverted to the original open-state with a clockwise motion. Our analyses clearly demonstrate that the biphasic lid-closure process occurs with unsynchronized closure and a synchronized counterclockwise twisting motion.
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- Hiroshi Sekiguchi
- CREST Sasaki Team, Japan Science and Technology Agency, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa city, Chiba, Japan
- Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute, Sayo, Hyogo, Japan
- Foundation Advanced Technology Institute, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience and Institute for Molecular Science, National Institute of Natural Sciences, Okazaki, Japan
- Department of Functional Molecular Science, School of Physical Sciences, Graduate University for Advanced Studies (Sokendai), Okazaki, Japan
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- CREST Sasaki Team, Japan Science and Technology Agency, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa city, Chiba, Japan
- Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa city, Chiba, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- PREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan
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- Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience and Institute for Molecular Science, National Institute of Natural Sciences, Okazaki, Japan
- Department of Functional Molecular Science, School of Physical Sciences, Graduate University for Advanced Studies (Sokendai), Okazaki, Japan
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- Foundation Advanced Technology Institute, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- CREST Sasaki Team, Japan Science and Technology Agency, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa city, Chiba, Japan
- Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute, Sayo, Hyogo, Japan
- Foundation Advanced Technology Institute, Tokyo, Japan
- Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa city, Chiba, Japan
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Expression and functional characterization of the first bacteriophage-encoded chaperonin. J Virol 2012; 86:10103-11. [PMID: 22787217 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00940-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Chaperonins promote protein folding in vivo and are ubiquitously found in bacteria, archaea, and eukaryotes. The first viral chaperonin GroEL ortholog, gene product 146 (gp146), whose gene was earlier identified in the genome of bacteriophage EL, has been shown to be synthesized during phage propagation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa cells. The recombinant gp146 has been expressed in Escherichia coli and characterized by different physicochemical methods for the first time. Using serum against the recombinant protein, gp146's native substrate, the phage endolysin gp188, has been immunoprecipitated from the lysate of EL-infected bacteria and identified by mass spectrometry. In vitro experiments have shown that gp146 has a protective effect against endolysin thermal inactivation and aggregation, providing evidence of its chaperonin function. The phage chaperonin has been found to have the architecture and some properties similar to those of GroEL but not to require cochaperonin for its functional activity.
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Hildenbrand ZL, Bernal RA. Chaperonin-Mediated Folding of Viral Proteins. VIRAL MOLECULAR MACHINES 2012; 726:307-24. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-0980-9_13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Single-molecule fluorescence polarization study of conformational change in archaeal group II chaperonin. PLoS One 2011; 6:e22253. [PMID: 21779405 PMCID: PMC3136518 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2011] [Accepted: 06/17/2011] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Group II chaperonins found in archaea and in eukaryotic cytosol mediate protein folding without a GroES-like cofactor. The function of the cofactor is substituted by the helical protrusion at the tip of the apical domain, which forms a built-in lid on the central cavity. Although many studies on the change in lid conformation coupled to the binding and hydrolysis of nucleotides have been conducted, the molecular mechanism of lid closure remains poorly understood. Here, we performed a single-molecule polarization modulation to probe the rotation of the helical protrusion of a chaperonin from a hyperthermophilic archaeum, Thermococcus sp. strain KS-1. We detected approximately 35° rotation of the helical protrusion immediately after photorelease of ATP. The result suggests that the conformational change from the open lid to the closed lid state is responsible for the approximately 35° rotation of the helical protrusion.
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Kabir MA, Uddin W, Narayanan A, Reddy PK, Jairajpuri MA, Sherman F, Ahmad Z. Functional Subunits of Eukaryotic Chaperonin CCT/TRiC in Protein Folding. JOURNAL OF AMINO ACIDS 2011; 2011:843206. [PMID: 22312474 PMCID: PMC3268035 DOI: 10.4061/2011/843206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2011] [Accepted: 04/05/2011] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Molecular chaperones are a class of proteins responsible for proper folding of a large number of polypeptides in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. Newly synthesized polypeptides are prone to nonspecific interactions, and many of them make toxic aggregates in absence of chaperones. The eukaryotic chaperonin CCT is a large, multisubunit, cylindrical structure having two identical rings stacked back to back. Each ring is composed of eight different but similar subunits and each subunit has three distinct domains. CCT assists folding of actin, tubulin, and numerous other cellular proteins in an ATP-dependent manner. The catalytic cooperativity of ATP binding/hydrolysis in CCT occurs in a sequential manner different from concerted cooperativity as shown for GroEL. Unlike GroEL, CCT does not have GroES-like cofactor, rather it has a built-in lid structure responsible for closing the central cavity. The CCT complex recognizes its substrates through diverse mechanisms involving hydrophobic or electrostatic interactions. Upstream factors like Hsp70 and Hsp90 also work in a concerted manner to transfer the substrate to CCT. Moreover, prefoldin, phosducin-like proteins, and Bag3 protein interact with CCT and modulate its function for the fine-tuning of protein folding process. Any misregulation of protein folding process leads to the formation of misfolded proteins or toxic aggregates which are linked to multiple pathological disorders.
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- M Anaul Kabir
- Molecular Genetics Laboratory, School of Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kerala 673601, India
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Yébenes H, Mesa P, Muñoz IG, Montoya G, Valpuesta JM. Chaperonins: two rings for folding. Trends Biochem Sci 2011; 36:424-32. [PMID: 21723731 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2011.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2011] [Revised: 05/13/2011] [Accepted: 05/18/2011] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Chaperonins are ubiquitous chaperones found in Eubacteria, eukaryotic organelles (group I), Archaea and the eukaryotic cytosol (group II). They all share a common structure and a basic functional mechanism. Although a large amount of information has been gathered for the simpler group I, much less is known about group II chaperonins. Recent crystallographic and electron microscopy structures have provided new insights into the mechanism of these chaperonins and revealed important differences between group I and II chaperonins, mainly in the molecular rearrangements that take place during the functional cycle. These differences are evident for the most complex chaperonin, the eukaryotic cytosolic CCT, which highlights the uniqueness of this important molecular machine.
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- Hugo Yébenes
- Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), Campus de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Darwin 3, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Knee KM, Goulet DR, Zhang J, Chen B, Chiu W, King JA. The group II chaperonin Mm-Cpn binds and refolds human γD crystallin. Protein Sci 2011; 20:30-41. [PMID: 20981710 DOI: 10.1002/pro.531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Chaperonins assist in the folding of nascent and misfolded proteins, though the mechanism of folding within the lumen of the chaperonin remains poorly understood. The archeal chaperonin from Methanococcus marapaludis, Mm-Cpn, shares the eightfold double barrel structure with other group II chaperonins, including the eukaryotic TRiC/CCT, required for actin and tubulin folding. However, Mm-Cpn is composed of a single species subunit, similar to group I chaperonin GroEL, rather than the eight subunit species needed for TRiC/CCT. Features of the β-sheet fold have been identified as sites of recognition by group II chaperonins. The crystallins, the major components of the vertebrate eye lens, are β-sheet proteins with two homologous Greek key domains. During refolding in vitro a partially folded intermediate is populated, and partitions between productive folding and off-pathway aggregation. We report here that in the presence of physiological concentrations of ATP, Mm-Cpn suppressed the aggregation of HγD-Crys by binding the partially folded intermediate. The complex was sufficiently stable to permit recovery by size exclusion chromatography. In the presence of ATP, Mm-Cpn promoted the refolding of the HγD-Crys intermediates to the native state. The ability of Mm-Cpn to bind and refold a human β-sheet protein suggests that Mm-Cpn may be useful as a simplified model for the substrate recognition mechanism of TRiC/CCT.
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- Kelly M Knee
- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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Leigh JA, Albers SV, Atomi H, Allers T. Model organisms for genetics in the domain Archaea: methanogens, halophiles, Thermococcales and Sulfolobales. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2011; 35:577-608. [PMID: 21265868 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2011.00265.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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The tree of life is split into three main branches: eukaryotes, bacteria, and archaea. Our knowledge of eukaryotic and bacteria cell biology has been built on a foundation of studies in model organisms, using the complementary approaches of genetics and biochemistry. Archaea have led to some exciting discoveries in the field of biochemistry, but archaeal genetics has been slow to get off the ground, not least because these organisms inhabit some of the more inhospitable places on earth and are therefore believed to be difficult to culture. In fact, many species can be cultivated with relative ease and there has been tremendous progress in the development of genetic tools for both major archaeal phyla, the Euryarchaeota and the Crenarchaeota. There are several model organisms available for methanogens, halophiles, and thermophiles; in the latter group, there are genetic systems for Sulfolobales and Thermococcales. In this review, we present the advantages and disadvantages of working with each archaeal group, give an overview of their different genetic systems, and direct the neophyte archaeologist to the most appropriate model organism.
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- John A Leigh
- Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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Douglas NR, Reissmann S, Zhang J, Chen B, Jakana J, Kumar R, Chiu W, Frydman J. Dual action of ATP hydrolysis couples lid closure to substrate release into the group II chaperonin chamber. Cell 2011; 144:240-52. [PMID: 21241893 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2010.12.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2010] [Revised: 10/26/2010] [Accepted: 12/10/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Group II chaperonins are ATP-dependent ring-shaped complexes that bind nonnative polypeptides and facilitate protein folding in archaea and eukaryotes. A built-in lid encapsulates substrate proteins within the central chaperonin chamber. Here, we describe the fate of the substrate during the nucleotide cycle of group II chaperonins. The chaperonin substrate-binding sites are exposed, and the lid is open in both the ATP-free and ATP-bound prehydrolysis states. ATP hydrolysis has a dual function in the folding cycle, triggering both lid closure and substrate release into the central chamber. Notably, substrate release can occur in the absence of a lid, and lid closure can occur without substrate release. However, productive folding requires both events, so that the polypeptide is released into the confined space of the closed chamber where it folds. Our results show that ATP hydrolysis coordinates the structural and functional determinants that trigger productive folding.
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- Nicholai R Douglas
- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-5020, USA
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Sahlan M, Kanzaki T, Zako T, Maeda M, Yohda M. Analysis of the interaction mode between hyperthermophilic archaeal group II chaperonin and prefoldin using a platform of chaperonin oligomers of various subunit arrangements. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2010; 1804:1810-6. [PMID: 20451672 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2010.04.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2010] [Revised: 04/21/2010] [Accepted: 04/26/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Prefoldin is a co-chaperone that captures an unfolded protein substrate and transfers it to the group II chaperonin for completion of protein folding. Group II chaperonin of a hyperthermophilic archaeon, Thermococcus strain KS-1, interacts and cooperates with archaeal prefoldins. Although the interaction sites within chaperonin and prefoldin have been analyzed, the binding mode between jellyfish-like hexameric prefoldin and the double octameric ring group II chaperonin remains unclear. As prefoldin binds the chaperonin beta subunit more strongly than the alpha subunit, we analyzed the binding mode between prefoldin and chaperonin in the context of Thermococcus group II chaperonin complexes of various subunit compositions and arrangements. The oligomers exhibited various affinities for prefoldins according to the number and order of subunits. Binding affinity increased with the number of Cpnbeta subunits. Interestingly, chaperonin complexes containing two beta subunits adjacently exhibited stronger affinities than other chaperonin complexes containing the same number of beta subunits. The result suggests that all four beta tentacles of prefoldin interact with the helical protrusions of CPN in the PFD-CPN complex as the previously proposed model that two adjacent PFD beta subunits seem to interact with two CPN adjacent subunits.
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- Muhamad Sahlan
- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei-shi, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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Mukherjee K, Conway de Macario E, Macario AJL, Brocchieri L. Chaperonin genes on the rise: new divergent classes and intense duplication in human and other vertebrate genomes. BMC Evol Biol 2010; 10:64. [PMID: 20193073 PMCID: PMC2846930 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-10-64] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2009] [Accepted: 03/01/2010] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Background Chaperonin proteins are well known for the critical role they play in protein folding and in disease. However, the recent identification of three diverged chaperonin paralogs associated with the human Bardet-Biedl and McKusick-Kaufman Syndromes (BBS and MKKS, respectively) indicates that the eukaryotic chaperonin-gene family is larger and more differentiated than previously thought. The availability of complete genome sequences makes possible a definitive characterization of the complete set of chaperonin sequences in human and other species. Results We identified fifty-four chaperonin-like sequences in the human genome and similar numbers in the genomes of the model organisms mouse and rat. In mammal genomes we identified, besides the well-known CCT chaperonin genes and the three genes associated with the MKKS and BBS pathological conditions, a newly-defined class of chaperonin genes named CCT8L, represented in human by the two sequences CCT8L1 and CCT8L2. Comparative analyses from several vertebrate genomes established the monophyletic origin of chaperonin-like MKKS and BBS genes from the CCT8 lineage. The CCT8L gene originated from a later duplication also in the CCT8 lineage at the onset of mammal evolution and duplicated in primate genomes. The functionality of CCT8L genes in different species was confirmed by evolutionary analyses and in human by expression data. Detailed sequence analysis and structural predictions of MKKS, BBS and CCT8L proteins strongly suggested that they conserve a typical chaperonin-like core structure but that they are unlikely to form a CCT-like oligomeric complex. The characterization of many newly-discovered chaperonin pseudogenes uncovered the intense duplication activity of eukaryotic chaperonin genes. Conclusions In vertebrates, chaperonin genes, driven by intense duplication processes, have diversified into multiple classes and functionalities that extend beyond their well-known protein-folding role as part of the typical oligomeric chaperonin complex, emphasizing previous observations on the involvement of individual CCT monomers in microtubule elongation. The functional characterization of newly identified chaperonin genes will be a challenge for future experimental analyses.
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- Krishanu Mukherjee
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Florida, College of Medicine, 1660 SW Archer Road, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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Kanzaki T, Ushioku S, Nakagawa A, Oka T, Takahashi K, Nakamura T, Kuwajima K, Yamagishi A, Yohda M. Adaptation of a hyperthermophilic group II chaperonin to relatively moderate temperatures. Protein Eng Des Sel 2010; 23:393-402. [PMID: 20173200 DOI: 10.1093/protein/gzq010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Group II chaperonins exist in archaea and the eukaryotic cytosol, and mediate protein folding in an ATP-dependent manner. We have been studying the reaction mechanism of group II chaperonins using alpha chaperonin, the recombinant chaperonin alpha subunit homo-oligomer from a hyperthermophilic archaeon, Thermococcus sp. strain KS-1 (T. KS-1). Although the high stability and activity of T. KS-1 alpha chaperonin provided advantages for our study, its high thermophilicity caused the difficulty in using various analytical methods. To resolve this problem, we tried to adapt T. KS-1 alpha chaperonin to moderate temperatures by mutations. The comparison of amino acid sequences between 26 thermophilic and 17 mesophilic chaperonins showed that three amino acid replacements are likely responsible for the difference of their optimal temperatures. We introduced three single mutations and also their double combinations into T. KS-1 alpha chaperonin. Among them, K323R single mutant exhibited the improvements of the folding activity and the ATP-dependent conformational change ability at lower temperatures, such as 50 degrees C and 40 degrees C. Since K323 may secure helix 12 in the closed conformation by interacting with D198, the replacement of Lys to Arg likely induced the higher mobility of the built-in lid, resulting in the higher activity at relatively low temperatures.
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- Taro Kanzaki
- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei-shi, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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Construction and characterization of the hetero-oligomer of the group II chaperonin from the hyperthermophilic archaeon, Thermococcus sp. strain KS-1. Extremophiles 2009; 13:437-45. [PMID: 19229501 DOI: 10.1007/s00792-009-0229-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2008] [Accepted: 01/27/2009] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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The hyperthermophilic archaeon Thermococcus sp. strain KS-1 (T. KS-1) expresses two different chaperonin subunits, alpha and beta, for the folding of its proteins. The composition of the subunits in the hexadecameric double ring changes with temperature. The content of the beta subunit significantly increases according to the increase in temperature. The homo-oligomer of the beta subunit, Cpn beta, is more thermostable than that of the alpha subunit, Cpn alpha. Since Cpn alpha and Cpn beta also have different protein folding activities and interactions with prefoldin, the hetero-oligomer is thought to exhibit different characteristics according to the content of subunits. The hetero-oligomer of the T. KS-1 chaperonin has not been studied, however, because the alpha and beta subunits form hetero-oligomers of varying compositions when they are expressed simultaneously. In this study, we characterized the T. KS-1 chaperonin hetero-oligomer, Cpn alphabeta, containing both alpha and beta in the alternate order, which was constructed by the expression of alpha and beta subunits in a coordinated fashion and protease digestion. Cpn alphabeta protected citrate synthase from thermal aggregation, promoted the folding of acid-denatured GFP in an ATP-dependent manner, and exhibited an ATP-dependent conformational change. The yield of refolded GFP generated by Cpn alphabeta was almost equivalent to that generated by Cpn beta but lower than that generated by Cpn alpha. In contrast, Cpn alphabeta exhibited almost the same level of thermal stability as Cpn alpha, which was lower than that of Cpn beta. The affinity of Cpn alphabeta to prefoldin was found to be between those of Cpn alpha and Cpn beta, as expected.
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