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El factor desencadenante y la DnaK cooperan en el plegamiento de proteínas recién sintetizadas
E Deuerling1, A Schulze-Specking, T Tomoyasu
1Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie, Freiburg, Germany.
Nature
|August 24, 1999
Resumen
El factor desencadenante, una chaperona asociada a los ribosomas, es crucial para el plegamiento de las proteínas en E. coli. Su cooperación con Hsp70 DnaK evita la agregación de proteínas y asegura la viabilidad celular.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Microbiología Microbiología.
- Biología Molecular Biología Molecular
- El plegamiento de las proteínas.
Sus antecedentes:
- El papel de las chaperonas moleculares en el plegamiento de la proteína naciente no se entiende completamente.
- En E. coli, GroEL y Hsp70 DnaK no son esenciales para el plegamiento a temperaturas moderadas.
- El factor desencadenante asociado al ribosoma es un acompañante importante para los polipéptidos nacientes.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para investigar la función in vivo del factor desencadenante en el plegamiento de las proteínas.
- Para determinar la relación funcional entre el factor desencadenante y DnaK.
- Para dilucidar los mecanismos cooperativos de las chaperonas en E. coli.
Principales métodos:
- Los mutantes de la deleción de genes (delta tig::kan) fueron creados en E. coli.
- Se analizaron las mutaciones combinadas (delta tig::kan y delta dnaK).
- La agregación de proteínas y la asociación con DnaK se evaluaron bajo diversas condiciones.
Principales resultados:
- E. coli que carece de factor desencadenante no mostró defectos de crecimiento o plegamiento.
- La combinación del factor desencadenante y las deficiencias de DnaK resultaron en letalidad sintética.
- El agotamiento de DnaK en las células deficientes de factor desencadenante condujo a una agregación masiva de proteínas citosólicas.
Conclusiones:
- El factor desencadenante exhibe actividad de chaperón in vivo para el plegamiento general de las proteínas.
- El factor desencadenante y el DnaK cooperan para garantizar el plegamiento adecuado de las proteínas y la viabilidad celular.
- Ninguna de las chaperonas es esencial individualmente para el plegamiento y la viabilidad a temperaturas de crecimiento intermedias.
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