Flynn J M, Levchenko I, Seidel M, Wickner S H, Sauer R T, Baker T A
Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 Sep 11;98(19):10584-9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.191375298. Epub 2001 Sep 4.
The ssrA tag, an 11-aa peptide added to the C terminus of proteins stalled during translation, targets proteins for degradation by ClpXP and ClpAP. Mutational analysis of the ssrA tag reveals independent, but overlapping determinants for its interactions with ClpX, ClpA, and SspB, a specificity-enhancing factor for ClpX. ClpX interacts with residues 9-11 at the C terminus of the tag, whereas ClpA recognizes positions 8-10 in addition to residues 1-2 at the N terminus. SspB interacts with residues 1-4 and 7, N-terminal to the ClpX-binding determinants, but overlapping the ClpA determinants. As a result, SspB and ClpX work together to recognize ssrA-tagged substrates efficiently, whereas SspB inhibits recognition of these substrates by ClpA. Thus, dissection of the recognition signals within the ssrA tag provides insight into how multiple proteins function in concert to modulate proteolysis.
ssrA标签是一种在翻译过程中停滞的蛋白质C末端添加的11个氨基酸的肽,它将蛋白质靶向由ClpXP和ClpAP进行降解。对ssrA标签的突变分析揭示了其与ClpX、ClpA和SspB(一种ClpX的特异性增强因子)相互作用的独立但重叠的决定因素。ClpX与标签C末端的9-11位残基相互作用,而ClpA除了识别N末端的1-2位残基外,还识别8-10位。SspB与ClpX结合决定因素N末端的1-4位和7位残基相互作用,但与ClpA决定因素重叠。因此,SspB和ClpX共同作用以有效识别带有ssrA标签的底物,而SspB抑制ClpA对这些底物的识别。因此,剖析ssrA标签内的识别信号有助于深入了解多种蛋白质如何协同作用来调节蛋白水解。