L23タンパク質は,リボソームのチャペロン・ドッキング・サイトとして機能する
Günter Kramer1, Thomas Rauch, Wolfgang Rist
1Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie, Universität Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Strasse 7, 79104 Freiburg, Germany.
Nature
|September 13, 2002
まとめ
E. coli のリボソーム関連トリガーファクタータンパク質の折り畳みは,リボソームタンパク質 L23.23 によって促進されます. この重要なタンパク質はドッキングサイトとして機能し,タンパク質合成とチャペロンアシストの折り畳みを直接結びつける.
科学分野:
- 分子生物学は分子生物学である.
- タンパク質の折りたたみ
- 細胞生物学 細胞生物学
背景:
- トランスレーション中に出現する新生ポリペプチドは,リボソーム関連シャペロンと相互作用して,適切な折り畳みをします.
- Escherichia coliでは,トリガーファクターは,細胞タンパク質の折りたたみのための重要なリボソーム結合チャペロンです.
研究 の 目的:
- トリガーファクターのリボソーム結合モチーフを特定する.
- ペプチド出口トンネルにおけるトリガーファクターとリボソームタンパク質の相互作用を解明する.
主な方法:
- トリガーファクターのアミノ端末領域におけるリボソーム結合モチーフの特定.
- リボソームタンパク質L23およびL29とのトリガーファクターの相互作用をマッピングするためのクロスリンク実験.
- L23の変異分析により,トリガー因子結合と細胞活性を評価する.
主要な成果:
- リボソーム結合モチーフはトリガーファクターで特定されました.
- トリガーファクターは,リボソームタンパク質L23およびL29とのクロスリンクが示されました.
- L23の変異はトリガーファクターとリボソームの相互作用を妨害し,タンパク質の集積と条件付きの致死性を引き起こした.
結論:
- 必須のリボソームタンパク質L23は,リボソーム上のトリガーファクターのドッキングサイトとして機能します.
- この相互作用は,タンパク質バイオシンセシスのプロセスと,チャペロン・アシスタド・タンパク質の折り畳みを直接結びつける.
- L23は,トリガーファクターのリボソームと後のタンパク質の折りたたみとの関連に不可欠です.
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