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Heat activates the AAA+ HslUV protease by melting an axial autoinhibitory plug

Journal Article · · Cell Reports
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  1. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States); Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY (United States). Sloan Kettering Institute
  2. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
  3. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States); Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA (United States)
At low temperatures, protein degradation by the AAA+ HslUV protease is very slow. New crystal structures reveal that residues in the intermediate domain of the HslU6 unfoldase can plug its axial channel, blocking productive substrate binding and subsequent unfolding, translocation, and degradation by the HslV12 peptidase. Biochemical experiments with wild-type and mutant enzymes support a model in which heat-induced melting of this autoinhibitory plug activates HslUV proteolysis.
Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)
Sponsoring Organization:
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS); National Institutes of Health (NIH); USDOE Office of Science (SC)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
1763080
Journal Information:
Cell Reports, Journal Name: Cell Reports Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 34; ISSN 2211-1247
Publisher:
ElsevierCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
ENGLISH

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