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Wan T, Cao Y, Lai YJ, Pan Z, Li YZ, Zhuo L. Functional investigation of the two ClpPs and three ClpXs in Myxococcus xanthus DK1622. mSphere 2024; 9:e0036324. [PMID: 39189774 PMCID: PMC11423568 DOI: 10.1128/msphere.00363-24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2024] [Accepted: 07/16/2024] [Indexed: 08/28/2024] Open
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ClpXP is a protease complex that plays important roles in protein quality control and cell cycle regulation, but the functions of multiple ClpXs and multiple ClpPs in M. xanthus remain unknown. The genome of Myxococcus xanthus DK1622 contains two clpPs and three clpXs. The clpP1 and clpX1 genes are cotranscribed and are both essential, while the other copies are isolated in the genome and are deletable. The deletion of clpX2 caused the mutant to be deficient in fruiting body development, while the clpX3 gene is involved in resistance to thermal stress. Both ClpPs possess catalytic active sites, but only ClpP1 shows in vitro peptidase activity on the typical substrate Suc-LY-AMC. All of these clpP and clpX genes exhibit strong transcriptional upregulation in the stationary phase, and the transcription of the three clpX genes appears to be coordinated. Our results demonstrated that multiple ClpPs and multiple ClpXs are functionally divergent and may assist in the environmental adaptation and functional diversification of M. xanthus.IMPORTANCEClpXP is an important protease complex of bacteria and is involved in various physiological processes. Myxococcus xanthus DK1622 possesses two ClpPs and three ClpXs with unclear functions. We investigated the functions of these genes and demonstrated the essential roles of clpP1 and clpX1. Only ClpP1 has in vitro peptidase activity on Suc-LY-AMC, and the isolated clpX copies participate in distinct cellular processes. All of these genes exhibited significant transcriptional upregulation in the stationary phase. Divergent functions appear in multiple ClpPs and multiple ClpXs in M. xanthus DK1622.
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- Tianyu Wan
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Institute of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Institute of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Institute of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Institute of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Institute of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Institute of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, China
- Shenzhen Research Institute, Shandong University, Shenzhen, China
- Suzhou Research Institute, Shandong University, Suzhou, China
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Smith B, Gaur D, Walker N, Walter I, Wohlever ML. Energetic requirements and mechanistic plasticity in Msp1-mediated substrate extraction from lipid bilayers. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.09.23.614443. [PMID: 39386490 PMCID: PMC11463475 DOI: 10.1101/2024.09.23.614443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/12/2024]
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AAA+ proteins are essential molecular motors involved in numerous cellular processes, yet their mechanism of action in extracting membrane proteins from lipid bilayers remains poorly understood. One roadblock for mechanistic studies is the inability to generate subunit specific mutations within these hexameric proteins. Using the mitochondrial AAA+ protein Msp1 as a model, we created covalently linked dimers with varying combinations of wild type and catalytically inactive E193Q mutations. The wide range of ATPase rates in these constructs allows us to probe how Msp1 uses the energy from ATP hydrolysis to perform the thermodynamically unfavorable task of removing a transmembrane helix (TMH) from a lipid bilayer. Our in vitro and in vivo assays reveal a non-linear relationship between ATP hydrolysis and membrane protein extraction, suggesting a minimum ATP hydrolysis rate is required for effective TMH extraction. While structural data often supports a sequential clockwise/2-residue step (SC/2R) mechanism for ATP hydrolysis, our biochemical evidence suggests mechanistic plasticity in how Msp1 coordinates ATP hydrolysis between subunits, potentially allowing for robustness in processing challenging substrates. This study enhances our understanding of how Msp1 coordinates ATP hydrolysis to drive mechanical work and provides foundational insights about the minimum energetic requirements for TMH extraction and the coordination of ATP hydrolysis in AAA+ proteins.
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- Baylee Smith
- University of Pittsburgh, Department of Cell Biology
- Previously at University of Toledo, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
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- University of Pittsburgh, Department of Cell Biology
- Previously at University of Toledo, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
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- University of Pittsburgh, Department of Cell Biology
- University of Illinois, Department of Microbiology
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- University of Pittsburgh, Department of Cell Biology
- Ohio State University, Department of Molecular Genetics
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- University of Pittsburgh, Department of Cell Biology
- Previously at University of Toledo, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
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van Wijk KJ. Intra-chloroplast proteases: A holistic network view of chloroplast proteolysis. THE PLANT CELL 2024; 36:3116-3130. [PMID: 38884601 PMCID: PMC11371162 DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koae178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2024] [Revised: 06/12/2024] [Accepted: 06/12/2024] [Indexed: 06/18/2024]
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Different proteases and peptidases are present within chloroplasts and nonphotosynthetic plastids to process precursor proteins and to degrade cleaved chloroplast transit peptides and damaged, misfolded, or otherwise unwanted proteins. Collectively, these proteases and peptidases form a proteolysis network, with complementary activities and hierarchies, and build-in redundancies. Furthermore, this network is distributed across the different intra-chloroplast compartments (lumen, thylakoid, stroma, envelope). The challenge is to determine the contributions of each peptidase (system) to this network in chloroplasts and nonphotosynthetic plastids. This will require an understanding of substrate recognition mechanisms, degrons, substrate, and product size limitations, as well as the capacity and degradation kinetics of each protease. Multiple extra-plastidial degradation pathways complement these intra-chloroplast proteases. This review summarizes our current understanding of these intra-chloroplast proteases in Arabidopsis and crop plants with an emphasis on considerations for building a qualitative and quantitative network view.
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- Klaas J van Wijk
- Section of Plant Biology, School of Integrative Plant Sciences (SIPS), Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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Ishikawa F, Homma M, Tanabe G, Uchihashi T. Protein degradation by a component of the chaperonin-linked protease ClpP. Genes Cells 2024; 29:695-709. [PMID: 38965067 PMCID: PMC11448347 DOI: 10.1111/gtc.13141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2024] [Revised: 06/03/2024] [Accepted: 06/19/2024] [Indexed: 07/06/2024]
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In cells, proteins are synthesized, function, and degraded (dead). Protein synthesis (spring) is important for the life of proteins. However, how proteins die is equally important for organisms. Proteases are secreted from cells and used as nutrients to break down external proteins. Proteases degrade unwanted and harmful cellular proteins. In eukaryotes, a large enzyme complex called the proteasome is primarily responsible for cellular protein degradation. Prokaryotes, such as bacteria, have similar protein degradation systems. In this review, we describe the structure and function of the ClpXP complex in the degradation system, which is an ATP-dependent protease in bacterial cells, with a particular focus on ClpP.
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- Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of EngineeringNagoya UniversityNagoyaJapan
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- Division of Material Science, Graduate School of ScienceNagoya UniversityNagoyaJapan
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Cooney I, Schubert HL, Cedeno K, Fisher ON, Carson R, Price JC, Hill CP, Shen PS. Visualization of the Cdc48 AAA+ ATPase protein unfolding pathway. Nat Commun 2024; 15:7505. [PMID: 39209885 PMCID: PMC11362554 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-51835-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2023] [Accepted: 08/20/2024] [Indexed: 09/04/2024] Open
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The Cdc48 AAA+ ATPase is an abundant and essential enzyme that unfolds substrates in multiple protein quality control pathways. The enzyme includes two conserved AAA+ ATPase motor domains, D1 and D2, that assemble as hexameric rings with D1 stacked above D2. Here, we report an ensemble of native structures of Cdc48 affinity purified from budding yeast lysate in complex with the adaptor Shp1 in the act of unfolding substrate. Our analysis reveals a continuum of structural snapshots that spans the entire translocation cycle. These data uncover elements of Shp1-Cdc48 interactions and support a 'hand-over-hand' mechanism in which the sequential movement of individual subunits is closely coordinated. D1 hydrolyzes ATP and disengages from substrate prior to D2, while D2 rebinds ATP and re-engages with substrate prior to D1, thereby explaining the dominant role played by the D2 motor in substrate translocation/unfolding.
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- Ian Cooney
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
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Mindrebo JT, Lander GC. Structural and mechanistic studies on human LONP1 redefine the hand-over-hand translocation mechanism. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.06.24.600538. [PMID: 38979310 PMCID: PMC11230189 DOI: 10.1101/2024.06.24.600538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/10/2024]
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AAA+ enzymes use energy from ATP hydrolysis to remodel diverse cellular targets. Structures of substrate-bound AAA+ complexes suggest that these enzymes employ a conserved hand-over-hand mechanism to thread substrates through their central pore. However, the fundamental aspects of the mechanisms governing motor function and substrate processing within specific AAA+ families remain unresolved. We used cryo-electron microscopy to structurally interrogate reaction intermediates from in vitro biochemical assays to inform the underlying regulatory mechanisms of the human mitochondrial AAA+ protease, LONP1. Our results demonstrate that substrate binding allosterically regulates proteolytic activity, and that LONP1 can adopt a configuration conducive to substrate translocation even when the ATPases are bound to ADP. These results challenge the conventional understanding of the hand-over-hand translocation mechanism, giving rise to an alternative model that aligns more closely with biochemical and biophysical data on related enzymes like ClpX, ClpA, the 26S proteasome, and Lon protease.
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- Jeffrey T. Mindrebo
- Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, Scripps Research; La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, Scripps Research; La Jolla, CA, USA
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Key J, Gispert S, Auburger G. Knockout Mouse Studies Show That Mitochondrial CLPP Peptidase and CLPX Unfoldase Act in Matrix Condensates near IMM, as Fast Stress Response in Protein Assemblies for Transcript Processing, Translation, and Heme Production. Genes (Basel) 2024; 15:694. [PMID: 38927630 PMCID: PMC11202940 DOI: 10.3390/genes15060694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2024] [Revised: 05/23/2024] [Accepted: 05/24/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024] Open
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LONP1 is the principal AAA+ unfoldase and bulk protease in the mitochondrial matrix, so its deletion causes embryonic lethality. The AAA+ unfoldase CLPX and the peptidase CLPP also act in the matrix, especially during stress periods, but their substrates are poorly defined. Mammalian CLPP deletion triggers infertility, deafness, growth retardation, and cGAS-STING-activated cytosolic innate immunity. CLPX mutations impair heme biosynthesis and heavy metal homeostasis. CLPP and CLPX are conserved from bacteria to humans, despite their secondary role in proteolysis. Based on recent proteomic-metabolomic evidence from knockout mice and patient cells, we propose that CLPP acts on phase-separated ribonucleoprotein granules and CLPX on multi-enzyme condensates as first-aid systems near the inner mitochondrial membrane. Trimming within assemblies, CLPP rescues stalled processes in mitoribosomes, mitochondrial RNA granules and nucleoids, and the D-foci-mediated degradation of toxic double-stranded mtRNA/mtDNA. Unfolding multi-enzyme condensates, CLPX maximizes PLP-dependent delta-transamination and rescues malformed nascent peptides. Overall, their actions occur in granules with multivalent or hydrophobic interactions, separated from the aqueous phase. Thus, the role of CLPXP in the matrix is compartment-selective, as other mitochondrial peptidases: MPPs at precursor import pores, m-AAA and i-AAA at either IMM face, PARL within the IMM, and OMA1/HTRA2 in the intermembrane space.
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- Experimental Neurology, Clinic of Neurology, University Hospital, Goethe University Frankfurt, Heinrich Hoffmann Str. 7, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany; (J.K.); (S.G.)
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Krantz BA. Anthrax Toxin: Model System for Studying Protein Translocation. J Mol Biol 2024; 436:168521. [PMID: 38458604 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2024.168521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2023] [Revised: 02/08/2024] [Accepted: 03/04/2024] [Indexed: 03/10/2024]
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Dedicated translocase channels are nanomachines that often, but not always, unfold and translocate proteins through narrow pores across the membrane. Generally, these molecular machines utilize external sources of free energy to drive these reactions, since folded proteins are thermodynamically stable, and once unfolded they contain immense diffusive configurational entropy. To catalyze unfolding and translocate the unfolded state at appreciable timescales, translocase channels often utilize analogous peptide-clamp active sites. Here we describe how anthrax toxin has been used as a biophysical model system to study protein translocation. The tripartite bacterial toxin is composed of an oligomeric translocase channel, protective antigen (PA), and two enzymes, edema factor (EF) and lethal factor (LF), which are translocated by PA into mammalian host cells. Unfolding and translocation are powered by the endosomal proton gradient and are catalyzed by three peptide-clamp sites in the PA channel: the α clamp, the ϕ clamp, and the charge clamp. These clamp sites interact nonspecifically with the chemically complex translocating chain, serve to minimize unfolded state configurational entropy, and work cooperatively to promote translocation. Two models of proton gradient driven translocation have been proposed: (i) an extended-chain Brownian ratchet mechanism and (ii) a proton-driven helix-compression mechanism. These models are not mutually exclusive; instead the extended-chain Brownian ratchet likely operates on β-sheet sequences and the helix-compression mechanism likely operates on α-helical sequences. Finally, we compare and contrast anthrax toxin with other related and unrelated translocase channels.
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- Bryan A Krantz
- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, School of Dentistry, University of Maryland, Baltimore, 650 W. Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
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Feng HW, Zhao Y, Gao YL, Liu DT, Huo LJ. Caseinolytic mitochondrial matrix peptidase X is essential for homologous chromosome synapsis and recombination during meiosis of male mouse germ cells. Asian J Androl 2024; 26:165-174. [PMID: 37856231 PMCID: PMC10919424 DOI: 10.4103/aja202343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2023] [Accepted: 08/16/2023] [Indexed: 10/21/2023] Open
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Meiosis is the process of producing haploid gametes through a series of complex chromosomal events and the coordinated action of various proteins. The mitochondrial protease complex (ClpXP), which consists of caseinolytic mitochondrial matrix peptidase X (ClpX) and caseinolytic protease P (ClpP) and mediates the degradation of misfolded, damaged, and oxidized proteins, is essential for maintaining mitochondrial homeostasis. ClpXP has been implicated in meiosis regulation, but its precise role is currently unknown. In this study, we engineered an inducible male germ cell-specific knockout caseinolytic mitochondrial matrix peptidase X ( ClpxcKO ) mouse model to investigate the function of ClpX in meiosis. We found that disrupting Clpx in male mice induced germ cell apoptosis and led to an absence of sperm in the epididymis. Specifically, it caused asynapsis of homologous chromosomes and impaired meiotic recombination, resulting in meiotic arrest in the zygotene-to-pachytene transition phase. The loss of ClpX compromised the double-strand break (DSB) repair machinery by markedly reducing the recruitment of DNA repair protein RAD51 homolog 1 (RAD51) to DSB sites. This dysfunction may be due to an insufficient supply of energy from the aberrant mitochondria in ClpxcKO spermatocytes, as discerned by electron microscopy. Furthermore, ubiquitination signals on chromosomes and the expression of oxidative phosphorylation subunits were both significantly attenuated in ClpxcKO spermatocytes. Taken together, we propose that ClpX is essential for maintaining mitochondrial protein homeostasis and ensuring homologous chromosome pairing, synapsis, and recombination in spermatocytes during meiotic prophase I.
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- Hai-Wei Feng
- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Education Ministry of China, College of Animal Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Fertility Regulation, Reproductive Medicine Center, The University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen 518053, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Fertility Regulation, Reproductive Medicine Center, The University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen 518053, China
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- Maternal-Fetal Medicine Institute, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Shenzhen Baoan Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Jinan University, Shenzhen 518100, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Fertility Regulation, Reproductive Medicine Center, The University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen 518053, China
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Education Ministry of China, College of Animal Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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Ishikawa F, Homma M, Tanabe G, Uchihashi T. [Protein degradation in bacteria: focus on the ClpP protease]. Nihon Saikingaku Zasshi 2024; 79:1-13. [PMID: 38382970 DOI: 10.3412/jsb.79.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2024]
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Proteins in the cells are born (synthesized), work, and die (decomposed). In the life of a protein, its birth is obviously important, but how it dies is equally important in living organisms. Proteases secreted into the outside of cells are used to decompose the external proteins and the degradation products are taken as the nutrients. On the other hand, there are also proteases that decompose unnecessary or harmful proteins which are generated in the cells. In eukaryotes, a large enzyme complex called the proteasome is primarily responsible for degradation of such proteins. Bacteria, which are prokaryotes, have a similar system as the proteasome. We would like to explain the bacterial degradation system of proteins or the death of proteins, which is performed by ATP-dependent protease Clp, with a particular focus on the ClpXP complex, and with an aspect as a target for antibiotics against bacteria.
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- Division of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University
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Ghanbarpour A, Sauer RT, Davis JH. A proteolytic AAA+ machine poised to unfold a protein substrate. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.12.14.571662. [PMID: 38168193 PMCID: PMC10760120 DOI: 10.1101/2023.12.14.571662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2024]
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AAA+ proteolytic machines unfold proteins prior to degradation. Cryo-EM of a ClpXP-substrate complex reveals a postulated but heretofore unseen intermediate in substrate unfolding/degradation. The natively folded substrate is drawn tightly against the ClpX channel by interactions between axial pore loops and the substrate degron tail, and by contacts with the native substrate that are, in part, enabled by movement of one ClpX subunit out of the typically observed hexameric spiral.
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- Alireza Ghanbarpour
- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
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- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
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- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
- Program in Computational and Systems Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
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Ghanbarpour A, Cohen SE, Fei X, Kinman LF, Bell TA, Zhang JJ, Baker TA, Davis JH, Sauer RT. A closed translocation channel in the substrate-free AAA+ ClpXP protease diminishes rogue degradation. Nat Commun 2023; 14:7281. [PMID: 37949857 PMCID: PMC10638403 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43145-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2022] [Accepted: 11/01/2023] [Indexed: 11/12/2023] Open
Abstract
AAA+ proteases degrade intracellular proteins in a highly specific manner. E. coli ClpXP, for example, relies on a C-terminal ssrA tag or other terminal degron sequences to recognize proteins, which are then unfolded by ClpX and subsequently translocated through its axial channel and into the degradation chamber of ClpP for proteolysis. Prior cryo-EM structures reveal that the ssrA tag initially binds to a ClpX conformation in which the axial channel is closed by a pore-2 loop. Here, we show that substrate-free ClpXP has a nearly identical closed-channel conformation. We destabilize this closed-channel conformation by deleting residues from the ClpX pore-2 loop. Strikingly, open-channel ClpXP variants degrade non-native proteins lacking degrons faster than the parental enzymes in vitro but degraded GFP-ssrA more slowly. When expressed in E. coli, these open channel variants behave similarly to the wild-type enzyme in assays of filamentation and phage-Mu plating but resulted in reduced growth phenotypes at elevated temperatures or when cells were exposed to sub-lethal antibiotic concentrations. Thus, channel closure is an important determinant of ClpXP degradation specificity.
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- Alireza Ghanbarpour
- Department of Biology Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- Department of Biology Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- Department of Biology Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- Department of Biology Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- Department of Biology Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- Department of Biology Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- Department of Biology Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- Department of Biology Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
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- Department of Biology Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
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Cooney I, Schubert HL, Cedeno K, Lin HJL, Price JC, Hill CP, Shen PS. Visualization of the Cdc48 AAA+ ATPase protein unfolding pathway. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.05.13.540638. [PMID: 38654823 PMCID: PMC11037871 DOI: 10.1101/2023.05.13.540638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/26/2024]
Abstract
The Cdc48 AAA+ ATPase is an abundant and essential enzyme that unfolds substrates in multiple protein quality control pathways. The enzyme includes two conserved AAA+ ATPase cassettes, D1 and D2, that assemble as hexameric rings with D1 stacked above D2. Here, we report an ensemble of structures of Cdc48 affinity purified from lysate in complex with the adaptor Shp1 in the act of unfolding substrate. Our analysis reveals a continuum of structural snapshots that spans the entire translocation cycle. These data reveal new elements of Shp1-Cdc48 binding and support a "hand-over-hand" mechanism in which the sequential movement of individual subunits is closely coordinated. D1 hydrolyzes ATP and disengages from substrate prior to D2, while D2 rebinds ATP and re-engages with substrate prior to D1, thereby explaining the dominant role played by D2 in substrate translocation/unfolding.
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- Ian Cooney
- Department of Biochemistry, 15 N. Medical Drive East, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, 15 N. Medical Drive East, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, 15 N. Medical Drive East, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, C100 BNSN, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, 84602, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, C100 BNSN, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, 84602, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, 15 N. Medical Drive East, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, 15 N. Medical Drive East, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA
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Wedam R, Greer YE, Wisniewski DJ, Weltz S, Kundu M, Voeller D, Lipkowitz S. Targeting Mitochondria with ClpP Agonists as a Novel Therapeutic Opportunity in Breast Cancer. Cancers (Basel) 2023; 15:cancers15071936. [PMID: 37046596 PMCID: PMC10093243 DOI: 10.3390/cancers15071936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2023] [Revised: 03/20/2023] [Accepted: 03/21/2023] [Indexed: 04/14/2023] Open
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Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed malignancy worldwide and the leading cause of cancer mortality in women. Despite the recent development of new therapeutics including targeted therapies and immunotherapy, triple-negative breast cancer remains an aggressive form of breast cancer, and thus improved treatments are needed. In recent decades, it has become increasingly clear that breast cancers harbor metabolic plasticity that is controlled by mitochondria. A myriad of studies provide evidence that mitochondria are essential to breast cancer progression. Mitochondria in breast cancers are widely reprogrammed to enhance energy production and biosynthesis of macromolecules required for tumor growth. In this review, we will discuss the current understanding of mitochondrial roles in breast cancers and elucidate why mitochondria are a rational therapeutic target. We will then outline the status of the use of mitochondria-targeting drugs in breast cancers, and highlight ClpP agonists as emerging mitochondria-targeting drugs with a unique mechanism of action. We also illustrate possible drug combination strategies and challenges in the future breast cancer clinic.
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- Rohan Wedam
- Women's Malignancies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Women's Malignancies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Women's Malignancies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Women's Malignancies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Women's Malignancies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Women's Malignancies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Women's Malignancies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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The SspB adaptor drives structural changes in the AAA+ ClpXP protease during ssrA-tagged substrate delivery. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2023; 120:e2219044120. [PMID: 36730206 PMCID: PMC9963277 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2219044120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Energy-dependent protein degradation by the AAA+ ClpXP protease helps maintain protein homeostasis in bacteria and eukaryotic organelles of bacterial origin. In Escherichia coli and many other proteobacteria, the SspB adaptor assists ClpXP in degrading ssrA-tagged polypeptides produced as a consequence of tmRNA-mediated ribosome rescue. By tethering these incomplete ssrA-tagged proteins to ClpXP, SspB facilitates their efficient degradation at low substrate concentrations. How this process occurs structurally is unknown. Here, we present a cryo-EM structure of the SspB adaptor bound to a GFP-ssrA substrate and to ClpXP. This structure provides evidence for simultaneous contacts of SspB and ClpX with the ssrA tag within the tethering complex, allowing direct substrate handoff concomitant with the initiation of substrate translocation. Furthermore, our structure reveals that binding of the substrate·adaptor complex induces unexpected conformational changes within the spiral structure of the AAA+ ClpX hexamer and its interaction with the ClpP tetradecamer.
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Mukherjee S, Mepperi J, Sahu P, Barman DK, Kotamarthi HC. Single-Molecule Optical Tweezers As a Tool for Delineating the Mechanisms of Protein-Processing Mechanoenzymes. ACS OMEGA 2023; 8:87-97. [PMID: 36643560 PMCID: PMC9835622 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c06044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2022] [Accepted: 12/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Mechanoenzymes convert chemical energy from the hydrolysis of nucleotide triphosphates to mechanical energy for carrying out cellular functions ranging from DNA unwinding to protein degradation. Protein-processing mechanoenzymes either remodel the protein structures or translocate them across cellular compartments in an energy-dependent manner. Optical-tweezer-based single-molecule force spectroscopy assays have divulged information on details of chemo-mechanical coupling, directed motion, as well as mechanical forces these enzymes are capable of generating. In this review, we introduce the working principles of optical tweezers as a single-molecule force spectroscopy tool and assays developed to decipher the properties such as unfolding kinetics, translocation velocities, and step sizes by protein remodeling mechanoenzymes. We focus on molecular motors involved in protein degradation and disaggregation, i.e., ClpXP, ClpAP, and ClpB, and insights provided by single-molecule assays on kinetics and stepping dynamics during protein unfolding and translocation. Cellular activities such as protein synthesis, folding, and translocation across membranes are also energy dependent, and the recent single-molecule studies decoding the role of mechanical forces on these processes have been discussed.
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Lee G, Kim RS, Lee SB, Lee S, Tsai FT. Deciphering the mechanism and function of Hsp100 unfoldases from protein structure. Biochem Soc Trans 2022; 50:1725-1736. [PMID: 36454589 PMCID: PMC9784670 DOI: 10.1042/bst20220590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2022] [Revised: 11/11/2022] [Accepted: 11/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Hsp100 chaperones, also known as Clp proteins, constitute a family of ring-forming ATPases that differ in 3D structure and cellular function from other stress-inducible molecular chaperones. While the vast majority of ATP-dependent molecular chaperones promote the folding of either the nascent chain or a newly imported polypeptide to reach its native conformation, Hsp100 chaperones harness metabolic energy to perform the reverse and facilitate the unfolding of a misfolded polypeptide or protein aggregate. It is now known that inside cells and organelles, different Hsp100 members are involved in rescuing stress-damaged proteins from a previously aggregated state or in recycling polypeptides marked for degradation. Protein degradation is mediated by a barrel-shaped peptidase that physically associates with the Hsp100 hexamer to form a two-component system. Notable examples include the ClpA:ClpP (ClpAP) and ClpX:ClpP (ClpXP) proteases that resemble the ring-forming FtsH and Lon proteases, which unlike ClpAP and ClpXP, feature the ATP-binding and proteolytic domains in a single polypeptide chain. Recent advances in electron cryomicroscopy (cryoEM) together with single-molecule biophysical studies have now provided new mechanistic insight into the structure and function of this remarkable group of macromolecular machines.
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- Grace Lee
- Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
- Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
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- Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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- Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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- Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
- Advanced Technology Core for Macromolecular X-ray Crystallography, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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- Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
- Advanced Technology Core for Macromolecular X-ray Crystallography, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
- Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Catalytic cycling of human mitochondrial Lon protease. Structure 2022; 30:1254-1268.e7. [PMID: 35870450 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2022.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2021] [Revised: 03/21/2022] [Accepted: 06/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The mitochondrial Lon protease (LonP1) regulates mitochondrial health by removing redundant proteins from the mitochondrial matrix. We determined LonP1 in eight nucleotide-dependent conformational states by cryoelectron microscopy (cryo-EM). The flexible assembly of N-terminal domains had 3-fold symmetry, and its orientation depended on the conformational state. We show that a conserved structural motif around T803 with a high similarity to the trypsin catalytic triad is essential for proteolysis. We show that LonP1 is not regulated by redox potential, despite the presence of two conserved cysteines at disulfide-bonding distance in its unfoldase core. Our data indicate how sequential ATP hydrolysis controls substrate protein translocation in a 6-fold binding change mechanism. Substrate protein translocation, rather than ATP hydrolysis, is a rate-limiting step, suggesting that LonP1 is a Brownian ratchet with ATP hydrolysis preventing translocation reversal. 3-fold rocking motions of the flexible N-domain assembly may assist thermal unfolding of the substrate protein.
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Judy RM, Sheedy CJ, Gardner BM. Insights into the Structure and Function of the Pex1/Pex6 AAA-ATPase in Peroxisome Homeostasis. Cells 2022; 11:2067. [PMID: 35805150 PMCID: PMC9265785 DOI: 10.3390/cells11132067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2022] [Revised: 06/25/2022] [Accepted: 06/26/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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The AAA-ATPases Pex1 and Pex6 are required for the formation and maintenance of peroxisomes, membrane-bound organelles that harbor enzymes for specialized metabolism. Together, Pex1 and Pex6 form a heterohexameric AAA-ATPase capable of unfolding substrate proteins via processive threading through a central pore. Here, we review the proposed roles for Pex1/Pex6 in peroxisome biogenesis and degradation, discussing how the unfolding of potential substrates contributes to peroxisome homeostasis. We also consider how advances in cryo-EM, computational structure prediction, and mechanisms of related ATPases are improving our understanding of how Pex1/Pex6 converts ATP hydrolysis into mechanical force. Since mutations in PEX1 and PEX6 cause the majority of known cases of peroxisome biogenesis disorders such as Zellweger syndrome, insights into Pex1/Pex6 structure and function are important for understanding peroxisomes in human health and disease.
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA; (R.M.J.); (C.J.S.)
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Lin J, Shorter J, Lucius AL. AAA+ proteins: one motor, multiple ways to work. Biochem Soc Trans 2022; 50:895-906. [PMID: 35356966 PMCID: PMC9115847 DOI: 10.1042/bst20200350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2021] [Revised: 03/14/2022] [Accepted: 03/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Numerous ATPases associated with diverse cellular activities (AAA+) proteins form hexameric, ring-shaped complexes that function via ATPase-coupled translocation of substrates across the central channel. Cryo-electron microscopy of AAA+ proteins processing substrate has revealed non-symmetric, staircase-like hexameric structures that indicate a sequential clockwise/2-residue step translocation model for these motors. However, for many of the AAA+ proteins that share similar structural features, their translocation properties have not yet been experimentally determined. In the cases where translocation mechanisms have been determined, a two-residue translocation step-size has not been resolved. In this review, we explore Hsp104, ClpB, ClpA and ClpX as examples to review the experimental methods that have been used to examine, in solution, the translocation mechanisms employed by AAA+ motor proteins. We then ask whether AAA+ motors sharing similar structural features can have different translocation mechanisms. Finally, we discuss whether a single AAA+ motor can adopt multiple translocation mechanisms that are responsive to different challenges imposed by the substrate or the environment. We suggest that AAA+ motors adopt more than one translocation mechanism and are tuned to switch to the most energetically efficient mechanism when constraints are applied.
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- JiaBei Lin
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, U.S.A
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