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Changes in the quaternary structure and function of MjHSP16.5 attributable to deletion of the I–X–I motif and introduction of the substitution, R107G in the a-crystallin domain

Quinlan, R.A.; Zhang, Y.; Lansbury, A.; Williamson, I.; Pohl, E.; Sun, F.

Changes in the quaternary structure and function of MjHSP16.5 attributable to deletion of the I–X–I motif and introduction of the substitution, R107G in the a-crystallin domain Thumbnail


Authors

Y. Zhang

A. Lansbury

I. Williamson

F. Sun



Abstract

The archael small heat-shock protein (sHSP), MjHSP16.5, forms a 24-subunit oligomer with octahedral symmetry. Here, we demonstrate that the IXI motif present in the C-terminal domain is necessary for the oligomerization of MjHSP16.5. Removal increased the in vitro chaperone activity with citrate synthase as the client protein. Less predictable were the effects of the R107G substitution in MjHSP16.5 because of the differences in the oligomerization of metazoan and non-metazoan sHSPs. We present the crystal structure for MjHSP16.5 R107G and compare this with an improved (2.5 Å) crystal structure for wild-type (WT) MjHSP16.5. Although no significant structural differences were found in the crystal, using cryo-electron microscopy, we identified two 24mer species with octahedral symmetry for the WT MjHSP16.5 both at room temperature and at 60°C, all showing two major species with the same diameter of 12.4 nm. Similarly, at room temperature, there are also two kinds of 12.4 nm oligomers for R107G MjHSP16.5, but in the 60°C sample, a larger 24mer species with a diameter of 13.6 nm was observed with significant changes in the fourfold symmetry axis and dimer–dimer interface. This highly conserved arginine, therefore, contributes to the quaternary organization of non-metazoan sHSP oligomers. Potentially, the R107G substitution has functional consequences as R107G MjHSP16.5 was far superior to the WT protein in protecting βL-crystallin against heat-induced aggregation.

Citation

Quinlan, R., Zhang, Y., Lansbury, A., Williamson, I., Pohl, E., & Sun, F. (2013). Changes in the quaternary structure and function of MjHSP16.5 attributable to deletion of the I–X–I motif and introduction of the substitution, R107G in the a-crystallin domain. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 368(1617), Article 20120327. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2012.0327

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Jan 1, 2013
Deposit Date Feb 11, 2013
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Print ISSN 0962-8436
Electronic ISSN 1471-2970
Publisher The Royal Society
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 368
Issue 1617
Article Number 20120327
DOI https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2012.0327
Keywords Chaperone/small heat-shock proteins, Desminopathy/crystallinopathy, IXI motif, Structure and function, CRYAB/αB-crystallin/R120G, Cryo-electron microscopy.

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