Mechanism of the Rpn13-induced activation of Uch37
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China). Inst. of Biophysics. National Lab. of Biomacromolecules; OSTI
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China). Inst. of Biophysics. National Lab. of Biomacromolecules
- ShanghaiTech Univ. (China). iHuman Inst.
- Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao (China). Qingdao Inst. of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology. Shandong Provincial Key Lab. of Energy Genetics
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States). Physics Division
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). X-ray Science Division
- Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow (Russian Federation). Inst. of Crystallography
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China). Inst. of High Energy Physics. Center for Multi-disciplinary Research
- The Military General Hospital of Beijing PLA, Beijing (China). Dept. of Nerosurgery
Uch37 is a de-ubiquitinating enzyme that is activated by Rpn13 and involved in the proteasomal degradation of proteins. The full-length Uch37 was shown to exhibit low iso-peptidase activity and is thought to be auto-inhibited. Structural comparisons revealed that within a homodimer of Uch37, each of the catalytic domains was blocking the other’s ubiquitin (Ub)-binding site. This blockage likely prevented Ub from entering the active site of Uch37 and might form the basis of auto-inhibition. To understand the mode of auto-inhibition clearly and shed light on the activation mechanism of Uch37 by Rpn13, we investigated the Uch37-Rpn13 complex using a combination of mutagenesis, biochemical, NMR, and smallangle X-ray scattering (SAXS) techniques. Our results also proved that Uch37 oligomerized in solution and had very low activity against the fluorogenic substrate ubiquitin-7-amino-4-methylcoumarin (Ub-AMC) of de-ubiquitinating enzymes. Uch37ΔHb,Hc,KEKE, a truncation removal of the C-terminal extension region (residues 256– 329) converted oligomeric Uch37 into a monomeric form that exhibited iso-peptidase activity comparable to that of a truncation-containing the Uch37 catalytic domain only. We also demonstrated that Rpn13C (Rpn13 residues 270– 407) could disrupt the oligomerization of Uch37 by sequestering Uch37 and forming a Uch37-Rpn13 complex. Uch37 was activated in such a complex, exhibiting 12-fold-higher activity than Uch37 alone. Time-resolved SAXS (TR-SAXS) and FRET experiments supported the proposed mode of auto-inhibition and the activation mechanism of Uch37 by Rpn13. Rpn13 activated Uch37 by forming a 1:1 stoichiometric complex in which the active site of Uch37 was accessible to Ub.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- Ministry of Health of China; Ministry of Science and Technology of China; National Basic Research Program; National Center for Research Resources; National Institutes of Health (NIH); National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231; AC02-06CH11357
- OSTI ID:
- 1815417
- Journal Information:
- Protein & Cell, Journal Name: Protein & Cell Journal Issue: 8 Vol. 5; ISSN 1674-800X
- Publisher:
- SpringerCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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