Cage assembly of DegP protease is not required for substrate-dependent regulation of proteolytic activity or high-temperature cell survival
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Kim, Seokhee
Sauer, Robert T
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May 2012
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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National Academy of Sciences
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Kim, S., and R. T. Sauer. “Cage Assembly of DegP Protease Is Not Required for Substrate-dependent Regulation of Proteolytic Activity or High-temperature Cell Survival.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109.19 (2012): 7263–7268.
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Abstract
DegP, a member of the highly conserved HtrA family, performs quality-control degradation of misfolded proteins in the periplasm of Gram-negative bacteria and is required for high-temperature survival of Escherichia coli. Substrate binding transforms DegP from an inactive oligomer containing two trimers into active polyhedral cages, typically containing four or eight trimers. Although these observations suggest a causal connection, we show that cage assembly and proteolytic activation can be uncoupled. Indeed, DegP variants that remain trimeric, hexameric, or dodecameric in the presence or absence of substrate still display robust and positively cooperative substrate degradation in vitro and, most importantly, sustain high-temperature bacterial growth as well as the wild-type enzyme. Our results support a model in which substrate binding converts inactive trimers into proteolytically active trimers, and simultaneously leads to cage assembly by enhancing binding of PDZ1 domains in one trimer to PDZ2′ domains in neighboring trimers. Thus, both processes depend on substrate binding, but they can be uncoupled without loss of biological function. We discuss potential coupling mechanisms and why cage formation may have evolved if it is not required for DegP proteolysis.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology
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https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1204791109
