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Analysis of the alphaB-crystallin domain responsible for inhibiting tubulin aggregation.


ABSTRACT: The cytoskeleton has a unique property such that changes of conformation result in polymerization into a filamentous form. alphaB-Crystallin, a small heat shock protein (sHsp), has chaperone activities for various substrates, including proteins constituting the cytoskeleton, such as actin; intermediate filament; and tubulin. However, it is not clear whether the "alpha-crystallin domain" common to sHsps also has chaperone activity for the protein cytoskeleton. To investigate the possibility that the C-terminal alpha-crystallin domain of alpha-crystallin has the aggregation-preventing ability for tubulin, we constructed an N-terminal domain deletion mutant of alphaB-crystallin. We characterized its structural properties and chaperone activities. Far-ultraviolet (UV) circular dichroism measurements showed that secondary structure in the alpha-crystallin domain of the deletion mutant is maintained. Ultracentrifuge analysis of molecular masses indicated that the deletion mutant formed smaller oligomers than did the full-length protein. Chaperone activity assays demonstrated that the N-terminal domain deletion mutant suppressed heat-induced aggregation of tubulin well. Comparison of chaperone activities for 2 other substrates (citrate synthase and alcohol dehydrogenase) showed that it was less effective in the suppression of their aggregation. These results show that alphaB-crystallin recognizes a variety of substrates and especially that alpha-crystallin domain binds free cytoskeletal proteins. We suggest that this feature would be advantageous in its functional role of holding or folding multiple proteins denatured simultaneously under stress conditions.

SUBMITTER: Ohto-Fujita E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1949327 | biostudies-literature | 2007

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Analysis of the alphaB-crystallin domain responsible for inhibiting tubulin aggregation.

Ohto-Fujita Eri E   Fujita Yoshinobu Y   Atomi Yoriko Y  

Cell stress & chaperones 20070101 2


The cytoskeleton has a unique property such that changes of conformation result in polymerization into a filamentous form. alphaB-Crystallin, a small heat shock protein (sHsp), has chaperone activities for various substrates, including proteins constituting the cytoskeleton, such as actin; intermediate filament; and tubulin. However, it is not clear whether the "alpha-crystallin domain" common to sHsps also has chaperone activity for the protein cytoskeleton. To investigate the possibility that  ...[more]

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