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一种太大而无法封装的蛋白质的GroEL/GroES介导折叠
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
概括
沙佩罗宁GroEL和GroES通过一种新的机制协助线粒体化酶折叠,其中包括基质释放以进行溶液重新折叠,而不是cis封装. 这一过程对于酶的功能和稳定性至关重要.
科学领域:
- 生物化学 生物化学
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 细胞生物学 细胞生物学
背景情况:
- 护卫剂GroEL有助于蛋白质折叠,但其对于腔过大的基质的机制尚不清楚.
- 线粒体氨基酸酶,一种铁硫聚合酶,聚合在缺少沙佩罗宁的细胞中,这表明沙佩罗宁在其稳定性中的作用.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究 chaperonin GroEL 和 GroES 促进酵母线粒体酸酶折叠的机制.
- 为了确定青酶折叠是否涉及cis封装或另一个替代途径.
主要方法:
- 在体内和体外对酵母线粒体酸酶的折叠测定.
- 在存在或缺少ATP和辅助因子的情况下利用了GroEL和GroES伴侣素.
- 观察到蛋白质结合,释放和重新折叠的动态.
主要成果:
- 氨基酶折叠需要GroEL和GroES,通过多个结合和释放周期进行.
- 折叠不涉及cis封装;相反,GroES与转环结合,释放甲尼酶以进行溶液重新折叠.
- 在重新折叠后,GroEL与apoaconitase结合,在Fe(4) S(4) 辅因子形成时释放活性全酶,独立于ATP/GroES.
结论:
- 沙佩罗宁GroEL/GroES采用一种非正规的机制来进行大型基质折叠,释放基质进行细胞外再折叠.
- 这种机制对于防止聚合和确保线粒体酸酶的正确折叠和功能至关重要.
- 最后的成熟阶段涉及GroEL介导的活性全酶在辅因子结合后的释放.
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