3pv5

Structure of Legionella fallonii DegQ (N189G/P190G variant)

spinqualitylabelsall models 3pv5, resolution 2.40Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 3pv5 is a 4 chain structure with sequence from Atcc 700992. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Publication Abstract from PubMed Proteases of the HtrA family are key factors dealing with folding stress in the periplasmatic compartment of prokaryotes. In Escherichia coli, the well-characterized HtrA family members DegS and DegP counteract the accumulation of unfolded outer-membrane proteins under stress conditions. Whereas DegS serves as a folding-stress sensor, DegP is a chaperone-protease facilitating refolding or degradation of defective outer-membrane proteins. Here, we report the 2.15-A-resolution crystal structure of the second major chaperone-protease of the periplasm, DegQ from Legionella fallonii. DegQ assembles into large, cage-like 12-mers that form independently of unfolded substrate proteins. We provide evidence that 12-mer formation is essential for the degradation of substrate proteins but not for the chaperone activity of DegQ. In the current model for the regulation of periplasmatic chaperone-proteases, 6-meric assemblies represent important protease-resting states. However, DegQ is unable to form such 6-mers, suggesting divergent regulatory mechanisms for DegQ and DegP. To understand how the protease activity of DegQ is controlled, we probed its functional properties employing designed protein variants. Combining crystallographic, biochemical, and mutagenic data, we present a mechanistic model that suggests how protease activity of DegQ 12-mers is intrinsically regulated and how deleterious proteolysis by free DegQ 3-mers is prevented. Our study sheds light on a previously uncharacterized component of the prokaryotic stress-response system with implications for other members of the HtrA family. The Legionella HtrA homologue DegQ is a self-compartmentizing protease that forms large 12-meric assemblies.,Wrase R, Scott H, Hilgenfeld R, Hansen G Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Jun 28;108(26):10490-5. Epub 2011 Jun 13. PMID:21670246 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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