6n2i
Lon protease AAA+ domain
Structural highlights
FunctionLON_ECOLI ATP-dependent serine protease that mediates the selective degradation of mutant and abnormal proteins as well as certain short-lived regulatory proteins, including some antitoxins. Required for cellular homeostasis and for survival from DNA damage and developmental changes induced by stress. Degrades polypeptides processively to yield small peptide fragments that are 5 to 10 amino acids long. Binds to DNA in a double-stranded, site-specific manner. Endogenous substrates include the regulatory proteins RcsA and SulA, the transcriptional activator SoxS, and UmuD. Its overproduction specifically inhibits translation through at least two different pathways, one of them being the YoeB-YefM toxin-antitoxin system.[1] [2] [3] Publication Abstract from PubMedLonA proteases and ClpB chaperones are key components of the protein quality control system in bacterial cells. LonA proteases form a unique family of AAA(+) proteins due to the presence of an unusual N-terminal region comprised of two domains: a beta-structured N-domain and an alpha-helical domain, including the coiled-coil fragment, which is referred to as HI(CC). The arrangement of helices in the HI(CC) domain is reminiscent of the structure of the H1 domain of the first AAA(+) module of ClpB chaperones. It has been hypothesized that LonA proteases with a single AAA(+) module may also contain a part of another AAA(+) module, the full version of which is present in ClpB. Here, we established and tested the structural basis of this hypothesis using the known crystal structures of various fragments of LonA proteases and ClpB chaperones, as well as the newly determined structure of the Escherichia coli LonA fragment (235-584). The similarities and differences in the corresponding domains of LonA proteases and ClpB chaperones were examined in structural terms. The results of our analysis, complemented by the finding of a singular match in the location of the most conserved axial pore-1 loop between the LonA NB domain and the NB2 domain of ClpB, support our hypothesis that there is a structural and functional relationship between two coil-coil fragments and implies a similar mechanism of engagement of the pore-1 loops in the AAA(+) modules of LonAs and ClpBs. New insights into structural and functional relationships between LonA proteases and ClpB chaperones.,Rotanova TV, Andrianova AG, Kudzhaev AM, Li M, Botos I, Wlodawer A, Gustchina A FEBS Open Bio. 2019 Jun 25. doi: 10.1002/2211-5463.12691. PMID:31237118[4] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. References
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