Subunit Topology of Two 20S Proteasomes from Haloferax volcanii
AUTOR(ES)
Kaczowka, Steven J.
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
Haloferax volcanii, a halophilic archaeon, synthesizes three different proteins (α1, α2, and β) which are classified in the 20S proteasome superfamily. The α1 and β proteins alone form active 20S proteasomes; the role of α2, however, is not clear. To address this, α2 was synthesized with an epitope tag and purified by affinity chromatography from recombinant H. volcanii. The α2 protein copurified with α1 and β in a complex with an overall structure and peptide-hydrolyzing activity comparable to those of the previously described α1-β proteasome. Supplementing buffers with 10 mM CaCl2 stabilized the halophilic proteasomes in the absence of salt and enabled them to be separated by native gel electrophoresis. This facilitated the discovery that wild-type H. volcanii synthesizes more than one type of 20S proteasome. Two 20S proteasomes, the α1-β and α1-α2-β proteasomes, were identified during stationary phase. Cross-linking of these enzymes, coupled with available structural information, suggested that the α1-β proteasome was a symmetrical cylinder with α1 rings on each end. In contrast, the α1-α2-β proteasome appeared to be asymmetrical with homo-oligomeric α1 and α2 rings positioned on separate ends. Inter-α-subunit contacts were only detected when the ratio of α1 to α2 was perturbed in the cell using recombinant technology. These results support a model that the ratio of α proteins may modulate the composition and subunit topology of 20S proteasomes in the cell.
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