人类蛋白质体的USP14调节的化通过时间解决的冷EM
Shuwen Zhang1,2, Shitao Zou1,2, Deyao Yin1,2
1State Key Laboratory for Artificial Microstructures and Mesoscopic Physics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Nature
|April 28, 2022
概括
通过编辑蛋白质基质来调节蛋白质酶14 (USP14). 这项研究显示USP14
科学领域:
- 生物化学和分子生物学
- 细胞生物学
- 结构生物学
背景情况:
- 无处不在的蛋白质的蛋白质分解是一个关键的细胞过程.
- 尤比基因特异蛋白酶14 (USP14) 作为一个关键调节剂,编辑与蛋白酶体结合的基质.
- 精确的USP14激活机制及其对蛋白质酶功能的调节在很大程度上仍未得到阐明.
研究的目的:
- 阐明USP14在蛋白质降解过程中调节26S蛋白酶的结构机制.
- 在基质加工过程中捕获人类USP14蛋白酶组的不同构造状态.
- 了解USP14,AAA-ATPase活动和双化之间的动态相互作用.
主要方法:
- 人类USP14与26S蛋白质组的高分辨率冷电子显微镜 (冷EM).
- 时间解析的冷电磁波,用于分析多基化蛋白质降解过程中的形状转变.
- 基质结和基质抑制的中间体的结构分析.
主要成果:
- 捕获了USP14蛋白质组复合体的13个不同的构造状态.
- 通过USP14诱导的两个平行蛋白质体状态转换的途径被确定.
- 通过USP14,可以在各个方面激活AAA-ATPase电机,刺激门的开放,并引入三个调节检查点.
- 动态的USP14-ATPase相互作用将ATPase活动与RPN11介导的双化脱.
结论:
- 这项研究提供了对USP14调节蛋白酶的完整功能周期的高分辨率结构见解.
- 建立了USP14在基质编辑和蛋白质酶门控制中的机制性理解.
- 这些发现为制定针对USP14的治疗策略奠定了基础.
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