Domain-specific chaperone-induced expansion is required for ß-actin folding : a comparison of ß-actin conformations upon interactions with GroEL and tail-less complex polypeptide 1 ring complex (TRiC)

• Actin, an abundant cytosolic protein in eukaryotic cells, is dependent on the interaction with the chaperonin tail-less complex polypeptide 1 ring complex (TRiC) to fold to the native state. The prokaryotic chaperonin GroEL also binds non-native ß-actin, but is unable to guide ß-actin toward the native state. In this study we identify conformational rearrangements in ß-actin, by observing similarities and differences in the action of the two chaperonins. A cooperative collapse of ß-actin from the denatured state to an aggregation-prone intermediate is observed, and insoluble aggregates are formed in the absence of chaperonin. In the presence of GroEL, however, >90% of the aggregation-prone actin intermediate is kept in solution, which shows that the binding of non-native actin to GroEL is effective. The action of GroEL on bound flourescein-labeled ß-actin was characterized, and the structural rearrangement was compared to the case of the ß-actin-TRiC complex, employing the homo fluorescence resonance energy transfer methodology previously used [Villebeck, L., Persson, M., Luan, S.-L., Hammarström, P., Lindgren, M., and Jonsson, B.-H. (2007) Biochemistry 46 (17), 5083-93]. The results suggest that the actin structure is rearranged by a "binding-induced expansion" mechanism in both TRiC and GroEL, but that binding to TRiC, in addition, causes a large and specific separation of two subdomains in the ß-actin molecule, leading to a distinct expansion of its ATP-binding cleft. Moreover, the binding of ATP and GroES has less effect on the GroEL-bound ß-actin molecule than the ATP binding to TRiC, where it leads to a major compaction of the ß-actin molecule. It can be concluded that the specific and directed rearrangement of the ß-actin structure, seen in the natural ß-actin-TRiC system, is vital for guiding ß-actin to the native state. © 2007 American Chemical Society.

Nyckelord

NATURAL SCIENCES

NATURVETENSKAP

Publikations- och innehållstyp

ref (ämneskategori)

art (ämneskategori)