Protein disaggregation by HSP101
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ABSTRACT: Proteins that are vital to cell survival can become unfolded during heat stress, leading to the formation of toxic aggregates. Molecular chaperones, proteases and autophagic pathways are required to protect cells from the accumulation of protein aggregates. Small Heat Shock Proteins (sHSPs) form a first line of defense by binding to unfolding proteins to prevent irreversible protein aggregation and the complex is rapidly sequestered in stress granules during heat stress recovery. HSP101 subsequently accumulates on the surface of these insoluble foci to mediate protein disaggregation. The dynamics of this process is consistent between different cell types but indicates that protein homeostasis varies particularly between shoot and root cells. Immunoblot analysis revealed that a substantial portion of proteins present in these foci have ubiquitin moieties and protein disaggregation is necessary prior to proteasomal degradation. Co-immuno precipitation of HSP101 revealed an interaction with the 26S proteasome and localization studies revealed that HSP101 and RPN1 (Proteasome regulatory particle) initially accumulate in distinct cytosolic foci during heat stress but co-localize in the same foci during heat stress recovery which could spatiotemporal facilitate the degradation of the aggregated ubiquitinated proteins. To determine which proteins are degraded by the proteasome after disaggregation, we catalogued 620 proteins that are resolubilized by HSP101 during heat stress recovery. GO-annotation analysis revealed a significant enrichment for RNA-binding proteins, UBC13-MMS2 complex, transcription factors and ubiquitin-protein ligases. None of these proteins were preferentially targeted by the proteasome, indicating that ubiquitination occurs on a broad range of proteins and is important for the clearance of a diverse array of proteins.
INSTRUMENT(S): Q Exactive
ORGANISM(S): Arabidopsis Thaliana (mouse-ear Cress)
TISSUE(S): Plant Cell, Leaf
SUBMITTER: Fionn McLoughlin
LAB HEAD: Elizabeth Vierling
PROVIDER: PXD011483 | Pride | 2019-05-14
REPOSITORIES: Pride
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