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荷兰代尔夫特理工大学Sander J. Tans研究团队发现，Hsp100解聚酶介导了多肽环的进行性挤出。相关论文于2020年1月29日在线发表于国际学术期刊《自然》。

Title: Processive extrusion of polypeptide loops by a Hsp100 disaggregase

Author: Mario J. Avellaneda, Kamila B. Franke, Vanda Sunderlikova, Bernd Bukau, Axel Mogk, Sander J. Tans

Issue&Volume: 2020-01-29

Abstract: The ability to reverse protein aggregation is vital to cells1,2. Hsp100 disaggregases such as ClpB and Hsp104 are proposed to catalyse this reaction by translocating polypeptide loops through their central pore3,4. This model of disaggregation is appealing, as it could explain how polypeptides entangled within aggregates can be extracted and subsequently refolded with the assistance of Hsp704,5. However, the model is also controversial, as the necessary motor activity has not been identified6,7,8 and recent findings indicate non-processive mechanisms such as entropic pulling or Brownian ratcheting9,10. How loop formation would be accomplished is also obscure. Indeed, cryo-electron microscopy studies consistently show single polypeptide strands in the Hsp100 pore11,12. Here, by following individual ClpB–substrate complexes in real time, we unambiguously demonstrate processive translocation of looped polypeptides. We integrate optical tweezers with fluorescent-particle tracking to show that ClpB translocates both arms of the loop simultaneously and switches to single-arm translocation when encountering obstacles. ClpB is notably powerful and rapid; it exerts forces of more than 50 pN at speeds of more than 500 residues per second in bursts of up to 28 residues. Remarkably, substrates refold while exiting the pore, analogous to co-translational folding. Our findings have implications for protein-processing phenomena including ubiquitin-mediated remodelling by Cdc48 (or its mammalian orthologue p97)13 and degradation by the 26S proteasome14.

DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-1964-y

Source: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-1964-y

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