ABSTRACT
p97 processes ubiquitinated substrates and plays a central role in cellular protein homeostasis. Here, we report a series of cryo-EM structures of the substrate-engaged human p97 complex with resolutions ranging from 2.9 to 3.8 Å that captured 'power-stroke'-like motions of both the D1 and D2 ATPase rings of p97. A key feature of these structures is the critical conformational changes of the intersubunit signaling (ISS) motifs, which tighten the binding of nucleotides and neighboring subunits and contribute to the spiral staircase conformation of the D1 and D2 rings. In addition, we determined the cryo-EM structure of human p97 in complex with NMS-873, a potent p97 inhibitor, at a resolution of 2.4 Å. The structures showed that NMS-873 binds at a cryptic groove in the D2 domain and interacts with the ISS motif, preventing its conformational change and thus blocking substrate translocation allosterically.
Subject(s)
Adenosine Triphosphate/chemistry , Protein Folding , Proteostasis/physiology , Signal Transduction/physiology , Valosin Containing Protein/metabolism , Acetanilides/pharmacology , Animals , Benzothiazoles/pharmacology , Cryoelectron Microscopy , Endoplasmic Reticulum/metabolism , Endoplasmic Reticulum-Associated Degradation/physiology , Humans , Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/metabolism , Nuclear Proteins/metabolism , Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex/metabolism , Protein Conformation , Ubiquitinated Proteins/metabolism , Valosin Containing Protein/antagonists & inhibitorsSubject(s)
Adenosine Triphosphate/chemistry , Protein Folding , Proteostasis/physiology , Signal Transduction/physiology , Valosin Containing Protein/metabolism , Animals , Endoplasmic Reticulum/metabolism , Endoplasmic Reticulum-Associated Degradation/physiology , Humans , Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex/metabolismABSTRACT
Members of the Cell Stress Society International (CSSI), Patricija van Oosten-Hawle (University of Leeds, UK), Mehdi Mollapour (SUNY Upstate Medical University, USA), Andrew Truman (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA) organized a new virtual meeting format which took place on November 5-6, 2020. The goal of this congress was to provide an international platform for scientists to exchange data and ideas among the Cell Stress and Chaperones community during the Covid-19 pandemic. Here we will highlight the summary of the meeting and acknowledge those who were honored by the CSSI.