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Nat Struct Biol ; 7(7): 586-93, 2000 Jul.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10876246

ABSTRACT

The 70 kDa heat shock proteins (the Hsp70 family) assist refolding of their substrates through ATP-controlled binding. We have analyzed mutants of DnaK, an Hsp70 homolog, altered in key residues of its substrate binding domain. Substrate binding occurs by a dynamic mechanism involving: a hydrophobic pocket for a single residue that is crucial for affinity, a two-layered closing device involving independent action of an alpha-helical lid and an arch, and a superimposed allosteric mechanism of ATP-controlled opening of the substrate binding cavity that operates largely through a beta-structured subdomain. Correlative evidence from mutational analysis suggests that the ADP and ATP states of DnaK differ in the frequency of the conformational changes in the alpha-helical lid and beta-domain that cause opening of the substrate binding cavity. The affinity for substrates, as defined by this mechanism, determines the efficiency of DnaJ-mediated and ATP hydrolysis mediated locking-in of substrates and chaperone activity of DnaK.


Subject(s)
Escherichia coli Proteins , Escherichia coli , HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins/chemistry , HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins/metabolism , Molecular Chaperones/chemistry , Molecular Chaperones/metabolism , Mutation/genetics , Sigma Factor , Adenosine Diphosphate/metabolism , Adenosine Diphosphate/pharmacology , Adenosine Triphosphatases/chemistry , Adenosine Triphosphatases/genetics , Adenosine Triphosphatases/metabolism , Adenosine Triphosphate/metabolism , Adenosine Triphosphate/pharmacology , Allosteric Site/drug effects , Bacterial Proteins/chemistry , Bacterial Proteins/genetics , Bacterial Proteins/metabolism , Catalytic Domain , Enzyme Activation , Escherichia coli/chemistry , Escherichia coli/genetics , Escherichia coli/metabolism , Genetic Complementation Test , HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins/genetics , Heat-Shock Proteins/metabolism , Hydrolysis/drug effects , Kinetics , Models, Biological , Models, Molecular , Molecular Chaperones/genetics , Phenotype , Protein Binding/drug effects , Protein Structure, Secondary/drug effects , Thermodynamics , Transcription Factors/metabolism
2.
J Mol Biol ; 289(4): 1131-44, 1999 Jun 18.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10369787

ABSTRACT

Hsp70 chaperones assist protein folding through ATP-regulated transient association with substrates. Substrate binding by Hsp70 is controlled by DnaJ co-chaperones which stimulate Hsp70 to hydrolyze ATP and, consequently, to close its substrate binding cavity allowing trapping of substrates. We analyzed the interaction of the Escherichia coli Hsp70 homologue, DnaK, with DnaJ using surface plasmon resonance (SPR) spectroscopy. Resonance signals of complex kinetic characteristics were detected when DnaK was passed over a sensor chip with coupled DnaJ. This interaction was specific as it was not detected with a functionally defective DnaJ mutant protein, DnaJ259, that carries a mutation in the HPD signature motif of the conserved J-domain. Detectable DnaK-DnaJ interaction required ATP hydrolysis by DnaK and was competitively inhibited by chaperone substrates of DnaK. For DnaK mutant proteins with amino acid substitutions in the substrate binding cavity that affect substrate binding, the strength of detected interaction with DnaJ decreased proportionally with increased strength of the substrate binding defects. These findings indicate that the detected response signals resulted from DnaJ and ATP hydrolysis-dependent association of DnaJ as substrate for DnaK. Although not considered as physiologically relevant, this association allowed us to experimentally unravel the mechanism of DnaJ action. Accordingly, DnaJ stimulates ATP hydrolysis only after association of a substrate with the substrate binding cavity of DnaK. Further analysis revealed that this coupling mechanism required the J-domain of DnaJ and was also functional for natural DnaK substrates, and thus is central to the mechanism of action of the DnaK chaperone system.


Subject(s)
Adenosine Triphosphatases/metabolism , Bacterial Proteins/metabolism , Escherichia coli Proteins , HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins/metabolism , Heat-Shock Proteins/metabolism , Molecular Chaperones/metabolism , Sigma Factor , Adenosine Triphosphatases/genetics , Adenosine Triphosphate/metabolism , Bacterial Proteins/genetics , Binding Sites , Biosensing Techniques , HSP40 Heat-Shock Proteins , HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins/genetics , Hydrolysis , Molecular Chaperones/genetics , Mutagenesis , Substrate Specificity , Surface Plasmon Resonance , Transcription Factors/metabolism
3.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ; 96(10): 5452-7, 1999 May 11.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10318904

ABSTRACT

Hsp70 chaperones assist a large variety of protein folding processes within the entire lifespan of proteins. Central to these activities is the regulation of Hsp70 by DnaJ cochaperones. DnaJ stimulates Hsp70 to hydrolyze ATP, a key step that closes its substrate-binding cavity and thus allows stable binding of substrate. We show that DnaJ stimulates ATP hydrolysis by Escherichia coli Hsp70, DnaK, very efficiently to >1000-fold, but only if present at high (micromolar) concentration. In contrast, the chaperone activity of DnaK in luciferase refolding was maximal at several hundredfold lower concentration of DnaJ. However, DnaJ was capable of maximally stimulating the DnaK ATPase even at this low concentration, provided that protein substrate was present, indicating synergistic action of DnaJ and substrate. Peptide substrates were poorly effective in this synergistic action. DnaJ action required binding of protein substrates to the central hydrophobic pocket of the substrate-binding cavity of DnaK, as evidenced by the reduced ability of DnaJ to stimulate ATP hydrolysis by a DnaK mutant with defects in substrate binding. At high concentrations, DnaJ itself served as substrate for DnaK in a process considered to be unphysiological. Mutant analysis furthermore revealed that DnaJ-mediated stimulation of ATP hydrolysis requires communication between the ATPase and substrate-binding domains of DnaK. This mechanism thus allows DnaJ to tightly couple ATP hydrolysis by DnaK with substrate binding and to avoid jamming of the DnaK chaperone with peptides. It probably is conserved among Hsp70 family members and is proposed to account for their functional diversity.


Subject(s)
Escherichia coli Proteins , HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins/metabolism , Heat-Shock Proteins/metabolism , Adenosine Triphosphate/metabolism , Benzophenones/metabolism , Binding Sites , Enzyme Activation , Escherichia coli , HSP40 Heat-Shock Proteins , HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins/genetics , Luciferases/chemistry , Mutation , Protein Binding , Protein Denaturation , Protein Folding
4.
FEMS Microbiol Lett ; 170(1): 119-23, 1999 Jan 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9919660

ABSTRACT

The DnaK chaperone system is involved in various cellular processes such as the control of the folded and oligomeric state of proteins under stress and non-stress conditions. In this study we functionally characterised the homologues of the DnaK system from Clostridium acetobutylicum DnaK, DnaJ, GrpE and OrfA were heterologously synthesised in Escherichia coli and affinity purified via a His-tag. By optimising the stoichiometry, we were able to refold guanidinium hydrochloride-denatured firefly luciferase in vitro with 22% of the yield obtained with the E. coli DnaK system. In addition, C. acetobutylicum DnaJ could stimulate the E. coli DnaK ATPase by a factor of 55. Furthermore, the DnaK system from C. acetobutylicum was able to prevent the aggregation of OrfA from C. acetobutylicum, which is similar to the repressor HrcA of CIRCE-regulated heat shock genes in Bacillus subtilis.


Subject(s)
Bacterial Proteins/metabolism , Clostridium/metabolism , Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial , HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins/metabolism , Heat-Shock Proteins/metabolism , Molecular Chaperones/metabolism , Adenosine Triphosphatases/metabolism , Bacterial Proteins/chemistry , Bacterial Proteins/genetics , Clostridium/genetics , Escherichia coli/genetics , Escherichia coli/metabolism , Escherichia coli Proteins , Guanidine/pharmacology , HSP40 Heat-Shock Proteins , HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins/genetics , Heat-Shock Proteins/genetics , Luciferases/chemistry , Luciferases/metabolism , Molecular Chaperones/genetics , Protein Folding , Recombinant Proteins/metabolism
5.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ; 95(26): 15229-34, 1998 Dec 22.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9860951

ABSTRACT

Hsp70 chaperones assist protein folding by ATP-controlled cycles of substrate binding and release. ATP hydrolysis is the rate-limiting step of the ATPase cycle that causes locking in of substrates into the substrate-binding cavity of Hsp70. This key step is strongly stimulated by DnaJ cochaperones. We show for the Escherichia coli Hsp70 homolog, DnaK, that stimulation by DnaJ requires the linked ATPase and substrate-binding domains of DnaK. Functional interaction with DnaJ is affected by mutations in an exposed channel located in the ATPase domain of DnaK. It is proposed that binding to this channel, possibly involving the J-domain, allows DnaJ to couple substrate binding with ATP hydrolysis by DnaK. Evolutionary conservation of the channel and the J-domain suggests conservation of the mechanism of action of DnaJ proteins.


Subject(s)
Adenosine Triphosphatases/chemistry , Escherichia coli Proteins , HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins/chemistry , HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins/metabolism , Heat-Shock Proteins/chemistry , Heat-Shock Proteins/metabolism , Protein Structure, Secondary , Adenosine Triphosphatases/metabolism , Binding Sites , Escherichia coli/genetics , Escherichia coli/metabolism , HSP40 Heat-Shock Proteins , HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins/genetics , Kinetics , Luciferases/chemistry , Luciferases/metabolism , Models, Molecular , Molecular Chaperones/chemistry , Molecular Chaperones/metabolism , Mutagenesis, Site-Directed , Protein Folding
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