Regulation of the σE stress response by DegS: How the PDZ domain keeps the protease inactive in the resting state and allows integration of different OMP-derived stress signals upon folding stress
| Autor: | Tim Clausen, Michael Ehrmann, Juliane Kurt, T. Krojer, Sonja Hasenbein, Corinna Wilken, Justyna Sawa, Hanna Hasselblatt, Robert Kurzbauer, Rebecca Kirk |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Molecular Protein Folding Protein Conformation medicine.medical_treatment PDZ domain Allosteric regulation Sigma Factor Plasma protein binding Biology Crystallography X-Ray Models Biological Protein structure Escherichia coli Genetics medicine Amino Acid Sequence Sequence Deletion Protease Escherichia coli Proteins Protein Structure Tertiary Cell biology Biochemistry Unfolded protein response Protein folding sense organs Bacterial outer membrane Biologie Research Paper Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins Protein Binding Signal Transduction Transcription Factors Developmental Biology |
| Popis: | The unfolded protein response of Escherichia coli is triggered by the accumulation of unassembled outer membrane proteins (OMPs) in the cellular envelope. The PDZ-protease DegS recognizes these mislocalized OMPs and initiates a proteolytic cascade that ultimately leads to the σE-driven expression of a variety of factors dealing with folding stress in the periplasm and OMP assembly. The general features of how OMPs activate the protease function of DegS have not yet been systematically addressed. Furthermore, it is unknown how the PDZ domain keeps the protease inactive in the resting state, which is of crucial importance for the functioning of the entire σE stress response. Here we show in atomic detail how DegS is able to integrate the information of distinct stress signals that originate from different OMPs containing a ϕ-x-Phe C-terminal motif. A dedicated loop of the protease domain, loop L3, serves as a versatile sensor for allosteric ligands. L3 is capable of interacting differently with ligands but reorients in a conserved manner to activate DegS. Our data also indicate that the PDZ domain directly inhibits protease function in the absence of stress signals by wedging loop L3 in a conformation that ultimately disrupts the proteolytic site. Thus, the PDZ domain and loop L3 of DegS define a novel molecular switch allowing strict regulation of the σE stress response system. |
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