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Subunit asymmetry and roles of conformational switching in the hexameric AAA+ ring of ClpX.


ABSTRACT: The hexameric AAA+ ring of Escherichia coli ClpX, an ATP-dependent machine for protein unfolding and translocation, functions with the ClpP peptidase to degrade target substrates. For efficient function, ClpX subunits must switch between nucleotide-loadable (L) and nucleotide-unloadable (U) conformations, but the roles of switching are uncertain. Moreover, it is controversial whether working AAA+-ring enzymes assume symmetric or asymmetric conformations. Here, we show that a covalent ClpX ring with one subunit locked in the U conformation catalyzes robust ATP hydrolysis, with each unlocked subunit able to bind and hydrolyze ATP, albeit with highly asymmetric position-specific affinities. Preventing U↔L interconversion in one subunit alters the cooperativity of ATP hydrolysis and reduces the efficiency of substrate binding, unfolding and degradation, showing that conformational switching enhances multiple aspects of wild-type ClpX function. These results support an asymmetric and probabilistic model of AAA+-ring activity.

SUBMITTER: Stinson BM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4424054 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Subunit asymmetry and roles of conformational switching in the hexameric AAA+ ring of ClpX.

Stinson Benjamin M BM   Baytshtok Vladimir V   Schmitz Karl R KR   Baker Tania A TA   Sauer Robert T RT  

Nature structural & molecular biology 20150413 5


The hexameric AAA+ ring of Escherichia coli ClpX, an ATP-dependent machine for protein unfolding and translocation, functions with the ClpP peptidase to degrade target substrates. For efficient function, ClpX subunits must switch between nucleotide-loadable (L) and nucleotide-unloadable (U) conformations, but the roles of switching are uncertain. Moreover, it is controversial whether working AAA+-ring enzymes assume symmetric or asymmetric conformations. Here, we show that a covalent ClpX ring w  ...[more]

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