Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405.
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405.
J Biol Chem. 2011 Sep 2;286(35):30401-30408. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M111.255935. Epub 2011 Jul 10.
In mediating protein folding, chaperonin GroEL and cochaperonin GroES form an enclosed chamber for substrate proteins in an ATP-dependent manner. The essential role of the double ring assembly of GroEL is demonstrated by the functional deficiency of the single ring GroEL(SR). The GroEL(SR)-GroES is highly stable with minimal ATPase activity. To restore the ATP cycle and the turnover of the folding chamber, we sought to weaken the GroEL(SR)-GroES interaction systematically by concatenating seven copies of groES to generate groES(7). GroES Ile-25, Val-26, and Leu-27, residues on the GroEL-GroES interface, were substituted with Asp on different groES modules of groES(7). GroES(7) variants activate ATP activity of GroEL(SR), but only some restore the substrate folding function of GroEL(SR), indicating a direct role of GroES in facilitating substrate folding through its dynamics with GroEL. Active GroEL(SR)-GroES(7) systems may resemble mammalian mitochondrial chaperonin systems.
在介导蛋白质折叠过程中,伴侣蛋白 GroEL 和共伴侣蛋白 GroES 以 ATP 依赖的方式形成一个封闭的腔室来容纳底物蛋白。GroEL 双环组装的重要作用是由单环 GroEL(SR)的功能缺陷证明的。GroEL(SR)-GroES 具有高度稳定性和最小的 ATPase 活性。为了恢复 ATP 循环和折叠腔室的周转率,我们试图通过串联 7 个 groES 拷贝来系统地削弱 GroEL(SR)-GroES 相互作用,从而生成 groES(7)。GroES 上位于 GroEL-GroES 界面上的 Ile-25、Val-26 和 Leu-27 残基被 groES(7)中的不同 groES 模块上的 Asp 取代。GroES(7)变体激活 GroEL(SR)的 ATP 活性,但只有一些能够恢复 GroEL(SR)的底物折叠功能,这表明 GroES 通过与 GroEL 的动态相互作用直接促进底物折叠。活性 GroEL(SR)-GroES(7)系统可能类似于哺乳动物线粒体伴侣蛋白系统。