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Defining Hsp33's Redox-regulated Chaperone Activity and Mapping Conformational Changes on Hsp33 Using Hydrogen-deuterium Exchange Mass Spectrometry
Published on: June 7, 2018
Hsp47 and other ER-resident molecular chaperones form heterocomplexes with each other and with collagen type IV
L R Ferreira1, K Norris, T Smith
1Department of Oral Pathology, University of Maryland at Baltimore 21201, USA.
Abstract:
Collagen type IV is a genetically distinct secretory protein that constitutes a major component of the basement membranes. Despite the differences between collagen types I and IV, it appears that collagen IV alpha-chain translation/translocation through the ER should follow similar pathways to those established for procollagen I. Using a collagen IV-producing mouse teratocarcinoma cell line, we sought to determine if evolving nascent chains of collagen IV are associated with Hsp47 and other ER-resident molecular chaperones. We show that Hsp47, Grp78 and Grp94 appear to form heteromeric complexes associated with each other and with nascent chains of collagen IV. In addition, we investigated whether ATP depletion, a condition known to promote stable association of Grp78 and Grp94 proteins with their chaperone substrates, extended this response to include a chaperone independent of ATP, Hsp47. These studies reveal that ATP depletion increased the levels of newly synthesized collagen IV associated with Hsp47, Grp78, Grp94 and with each other. These results indicate that Hsp47, Grp78 and Grp94 exist as oligomers and form heterocomplexes during the maturation of newly synthesized collagen IV chains.
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