Spatial arrangement and functional role of α subunits of proteasome activator PA28 in hetero-oligomeric form
- Research Reactor Institute, Kyoto University, Osaka 590-0494 (Japan)
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, Nagoya 467-8603 (Japan)
- J-PARC Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Ibaraki 319-1195 (Japan)
- Department of Biotechnology, Maebashi Institute of Technology, Gunma 371-0816 (Japan)
- Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo 156-8506 (Japan)
Highlights: ► Homologous α and β subunits are alternatively arranged in the PA28 heptameric ring. ► The flexible loops of the three α subunits surround the site of substrate entry. ► The loops serve as gatekeepers that selectively hinder passage of longer peptides. - Abstract: A major form of proteasome activator PA28 is a heteroheptamer composed of interferon-γ-inducible α and β subunits, which share approximately 50% amino acid identity and possess distinct insert loops. This activator forms a complex with the 20S proteasome and thereby stimulates proteasomal degradation of peptides in an ATP-independent manner, giving rise to smaller antigenic peptides presented by major histocompatibility complex class I molecules. In this study, we performed biophysical and biochemical characterization of the structure and function of the PA28 hetero-oligomer. Deuteration-assisted small-angle neutron scattering demonstrated three α and four β subunits are alternately arranged in the heptameric ring. In this arrangement, PA28 loops surround the central pore of the heptameric ring (site for peptide entry). Activating the 20S proteasome with a PA28 mutant that lacked the α subunit loops cleaved model substrates longer than a nonapeptide with better efficiency when compared to wild-type PA28. Based on these data, we hypothesize that the flexible PA28 loops act as gatekeepers, which function to select the length of peptide substrates to be transported between the proteolytic chamber and the extra-proteasomal medium.
- OSTI ID:
- 22416599
- Journal Information:
- Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, Vol. 432, Issue 1; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2013 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0006-291X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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