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GroEL/GroESによるタンパク質の折りたたみで,タンパク質は大きすぎて封入できない
T K Chaudhuri1, G W Farr, W A Fenton
1Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, Boyer Center, New Haven, CT 06510, USA.
Cell
|October 24, 2001
まとめ
チャペロニンGroELとGroESは,シス封入ではなく,溶液の再折りのために基板の解放を含む新しいメカニズムを通じてミトコンドリアアコニタゼの折り畳みを支援します. このプロセスは,酵素の機能と安定性にとって極めて重要です.
科学分野:
- バイオケミストリー バイオケミストリー
- 分子生物学は分子生物学である.
- 細胞生物学 細胞生物学
背景:
- チャペロニンGroELはタンパク質の折り畳みを支援するが,シス腔には大きすぎる基板に対するメカニズムは不明である.
- ミトコンドリアアコニタゼは,鉄硫黄のクラスター酵素であり,チャペロニン欠乏細胞に集積し,その安定性におけるチャペロニンの役割を示唆しています.
研究 の 目的:
- チャペロニンGroELとGroESが酵母ミトコンドリアアコニタゼの折り畳みを促進するメカニズムを調査する.
- アコニタゼの折りたたみには,シス封じ込めまたは代替経路が含まれているかどうかを判断する.
主な方法:
- イーストミトコンドリアアコニテーゼのin vivoおよびin vitro折り畳み分析.
- 利用されたGroELとGroESのチャペロニンは,ATPとコファクターの存在と不在で.
- タンパク質の結合,放出,再折りダイナミクスを観察した.
主要な成果:
- アコニタゼの折り畳みには,GroELとGroESの両方が必要であり,複数の結合と放出サイクルを経て進行します.
- 折りたたみにはシス封じ込みは不要で,代わりに,GroESがトランスリングに結合すると,溶液再折りたたみのためのアコニタゼが放出されます.
- GroELは,アポアコニタゼをリフォールドした後に結合し,ATP/GroESから独立してFe(4) S(4) コファクター形成時に活性ホロ酵素を放出します.
結論:
- チャペロニンGroEL/GroESは,大きな基板の折りたたみのための非法定的なメカニズムを採用し,細胞外再折りたたみのための基板を解放します.
- このメカニズムは,結合を防止し,ミトコンドリアアコニタゼの適切な折り畳みと機能を確保するために不可欠です.
- 最終的な成熟段階は,コファクターの組み込み後にGroEL媒介による活性ホロ酵素の放出を含む.
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