Abdelhakim Aliaa H, Oakes Elizabeth C, Sauer Robert T, Baker Tania A
Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Mol Cell. 2008 Apr 11;30(1):39-50. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2008.02.013.
Clp/Hsp100 ATPases remodel and disassemble multiprotein complexes, yet little is known about how they preferentially recognize these complexes rather than their constituent subunits. We explore how substrate multimerization modulates recognition by the ClpX unfoldase using a natural substrate, MuA transposase. MuA is initially monomeric but forms a stable tetramer when bound to transposon DNA. Destabilizing this tetramer by ClpX promotes an essential transition in the phage Mu recombination pathway. We show that ClpX interacts more tightly with tetrameric than with monomeric MuA. Residues exposed only in the MuA tetramer are important for enhanced recognition--which requires the N domain of ClpX--as well as for a high maximal disassembly rate. We conclude that an extended set of potential enzyme contacts are exposed upon assembly of the tetramer and function as internal guides to recruit ClpX, thereby ensuring that the tetrameric complex is a high-priority substrate.
Clp/Hsp100 ATP酶可重塑并拆解多蛋白复合物,但对于它们如何优先识别这些复合物而非其组成亚基,我们却知之甚少。我们利用天然底物MuA转座酶,探究底物多聚化如何调节ClpX解折叠酶的识别过程。MuA最初是单体,但与转座子DNA结合时会形成稳定的四聚体。ClpX使该四聚体不稳定,从而促进噬菌体Mu重组途径中的关键转变。我们发现,ClpX与四聚体MuA的相互作用比与单体MuA更为紧密。仅在MuA四聚体中暴露的残基对于增强识别(这需要ClpX的N结构域)以及高最大拆解速率很重要。我们得出结论,四聚体组装时会暴露一组扩展的潜在酶接触位点,并作为内部引导物来招募ClpX,从而确保四聚体复合物是高优先级底物。