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El polipéptido complejo T-1 es una subunidad de una partícula heteromérica en el citosol eucariota
V A Lewis1, G M Hynes, D Zheng
1Institute of Cancer Research, Chester Beatty Laboratories, London, UK.
Nature
|July 16, 1992
Resumen
El polipéptido complejo T-1 (TCP1) es una proteína citosólica que se encuentra en una partícula heterooligomérica única. Esta partícula es esta partícula.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Biología Molecular Biología Molecular
- Biología celular Biología celular.
- La bioquímica es la bioquímica.
Sus antecedentes:
- El polipéptido-1 del complejo T (TCP1) está codificado por el complejo t murino y se expresa en la mayoría de las células, notablemente regulado durante la espermatogénesis.
- Las secuencias TCP1 de mamíferos muestran una alta identidad (>96%) entre sí y una identidad significativa (>60%) con ortólogos de levadura y Drosophila, lo que sugiere una función conservada.
- TCP1 es esencial en la levadura y se supone que es el equivalente citosólico de mamíferos de groEL, un chaperón molecular.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para caracterizar la estructura nativa y la composición de murino y TCP1 humano.
- Para investigar el papel potencial de TCP1 como una maquinaria de plegamiento de proteínas citosólicas.
Principales métodos:
- Se utilizó la microscopía electrónica de manchas negativas para determinar las características estructurales de la partícula TCP1.
- El análisis bioquímico se empleó para identificar proteínas asociadas dentro del complejo TCP1 nativo.
Principales resultados:
- El TCP1 murino y humano existe como una gran partícula heterooligomérica (800K-950K) en el citosol.
- Esta partícula está asociada con cuatro a seis proteínas no identificadas y dos proteínas de choque térmico Hsp70.
- La microscopía electrónica reveló una estructura única de dos anillos apilados, de 12 a 16 nm de diámetro.
Conclusiones:
- TCP1, a pesar de las similitudes con las proteínas de la chaperonina 60, es bioquímica y estructuralmente distinta.
- TCP1 puede ser parte de una nueva familia de moléculas citosólicas eucariotas involucradas en el plegamiento de las proteínas.
- Es probable que las asociaciones heteroméricas jueguen un papel en la regulación de la función TCP1.
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