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Ghanbarpour, Alireza, Cohen, Steven E., Fei, Xue, Kinman, Laurel F., Bell, Tristan A., Zhang, Jia Jia, Baker, Tania A., Davis, Joseph H., Sauer, Robert T. |
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Nature Communications; 11/10/2023, Vol. 14 Issue 1, p1-10, 10p |
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AAA+ proteases degrade intracellular proteins in a highly specific manner. E. coli ClpXP, for example, relies on a C-terminal ssrA tag or other terminal degron sequences to recognize proteins, which are then unfolded by ClpX and subsequently translocated through its axial channel and into the degradation chamber of ClpP for proteolysis. Prior cryo-EM structures reveal that the ssrA tag initially binds to a ClpX conformation in which the axial channel is closed by a pore-2 loop. Here, we show that substrate-free ClpXP has a nearly identical closed-channel conformation. We destabilize this closed-channel conformation by deleting residues from the ClpX pore-2 loop. Strikingly, open-channel ClpXP variants degrade non-native proteins lacking degrons faster than the parental enzymes in vitro but degraded GFP-ssrA more slowly. When expressed in E. coli, these open channel variants behave similarly to the wild-type enzyme in assays of filamentation and phage-Mu plating but resulted in reduced growth phenotypes at elevated temperatures or when cells were exposed to sub-lethal antibiotic concentrations. Thus, channel closure is an important determinant of ClpXP degradation specificity. The translocation channel of ClpXP, which must open for degradation, is closed by an axial pore-2 loop when recognizing the ssrA degron. Here the authors show that the channel is also closed in the absence of substrate in cryo-EM structures and find that mutational destabilization of the closed-channel conformation changes substrate specificity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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