La chaperonina GroEL/ES modula el mecanismo y acelera la velocidad de plegamiento del dominio TIM-barril
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¹H NMR of Conformationally Flexible Molecules: Temporal Resolution
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Florian Georgescauld1, Kristina Popova1, Amit J Gupta1
1Department of Cellular Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18, 82159 Martinsried, Germany.
Cell
|May 13, 2014
Resumen
El sistema de chaperonina GroEL/ES acelera el plegamiento de las proteínas promoviendo la formación de estructuras segmentales en sustratos como DapA. Este plegamiento asistido por la chaperonina es crucial para las proteínas que no pueden plegarse eficientemente por sí mismas, evitando la agregación.
Área de la Ciencia:
- La bioquímica es la bioquímica.
- Biología Molecular Biología Molecular
- Dinámica del plegamiento de las proteínas.
Sus antecedentes:
- El sistema de chaperonina GroEL/ES actúa como una jaula plegable de proteínas.
- Muchos sustratos GroEL poseen un pliegue de barril (βα) 8 TIM, pero el mecanismo de plegado asistido por chaperonina sigue sin estar claro.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para investigar el mecanismo de plegado de la proteína de barril (βα) 8 TIM DapA.
- Para aclarar cómo el sistema de chaperonina GroEL/ES facilita el plegado de sus sustratos.
Principales métodos:
- Utilizamos el intercambio hidrógeno/deuterio y la espectrometría de masas para analizar el plegamiento de DapA a resolución de péptido.
- Comparó las vías de plegado espontáneo con el plegado asistido por GroEL/ES.
Principales resultados:
- El plegamiento espontáneo de DapA implica la adquisición simultánea de la estructura en todos los elementos del barril TIM.
- GroEL/ES acelera el plegamiento de DapA más de 30 veces al catalizar la formación de estructuras segmentarias.
- También se observó la formación de estructuras segmentarias en un homólogo independiente de GroEL/ES, lo que sugiere efectos de confinamiento.
Conclusiones:
- La independencia de la chaperonina se correlaciona con las propiedades plegables logradas a través del confinamiento en la jaula GroEL / ES.
- La catálisis de plegado mediada por GroEL/ES es esencial para que ciertas proteínas alcancen su estado nativo de manera eficiente y eviten el plegamiento incorrecto.
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