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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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