[HSLU_ECOLI] ATPase subunit of a proteasome-like degradation complex; this subunit has chaperone activity. The binding of ATP and its subsequent hydrolysis by HslU are essential for unfolding of protein substrates subsequently hydrolyzed by HslV. HslU recognizes the N-terminal part of its protein substrates and unfolds these before they are guided to HslV for hydrolysis.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] [HSLV_ECOLI] Protease subunit of a proteasome-like degradation complex believed to be a general protein degrading machinery. The complex has been shown to be involved in the specific degradation of heat shock induced transcription factors such as RpoH and SulA. In addition, small hydrophobic peptides are also hydrolyzed by HslV. HslV has weak protease activity even in the absence of HslU, but this activity is induced more than 100-fold in the presence of HslU. HslU recognizes protein substrates and unfolds these before guiding them to HslV for hydrolysis. HslV is not believed to degrade folded proteins.[8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
BACKGROUND: The bacterial heat shock locus HslU ATPase and HslV peptidase together form an ATP-dependent HslVU protease. Bacterial HslVU is a homolog of the eukaryotic 26S proteasome. Crystallographic studies of HslVU should provide an understanding of ATP-dependent protein unfolding, translocation, and proteolysis by this and other ATP-dependent proteases. RESULTS: We present a 3.0 A resolution crystal structure of HslVU with an HslU hexamer bound at one end of an HslV dodecamer. The structure shows that the central pores of the ATPase and peptidase are next to each other and aligned. The central pore of HslU consists of a GYVG motif, which is conserved among protease-associated ATPases. The binding of one HslU hexamer to one end of an HslV dodecamer in the 3.0 A resolution structure opens both HslV central pores and induces asymmetric changes in HslV. CONCLUSIONS: Analysis of nucleotide binding induced conformational changes in the current and previous HslU structures suggests a protein unfolding-coupled translocation mechanism. In this mechanism, unfolded polypeptides are threaded through the aligned pores of the ATPase and peptidase and translocated into the peptidase central chamber.
Crystal structures of the HslVU peptidase-ATPase complex reveal an ATP-dependent proteolysis mechanism.,Wang J, Song JJ, Franklin MC, Kamtekar S, Im YJ, Rho SH, Seong IS, Lee CS, Chung CH, Eom SH Structure. 2001 Feb 7;9(2):177-84. PMID:11250202[15]
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References
↑Yoo SJ, Seol JH, Shin DH, Rohrwild M, Kang MS, Tanaka K, Goldberg AL, Chung CH. Purification and characterization of the heat shock proteins HslV and HslU that form a new ATP-dependent protease in Escherichia coli. J Biol Chem. 1996 Jun 14;271(24):14035-40. PMID:8662828
↑Rohrwild M, Coux O, Huang HC, Moerschell RP, Yoo SJ, Seol JH, Chung CH, Goldberg AL. HslV-HslU: A novel ATP-dependent protease complex in Escherichia coli related to the eukaryotic proteasome. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1996 Jun 11;93(12):5808-13. PMID:8650174
↑Seol JH, Yoo SJ, Shin DH, Shim YK, Kang MS, Goldberg AL, Chung CH. The heat-shock protein HslVU from Escherichia coli is a protein-activated ATPase as well as an ATP-dependent proteinase. Eur J Biochem. 1997 Aug 1;247(3):1143-50. PMID:9288941
↑Kanemori M, Nishihara K, Yanagi H, Yura T. Synergistic roles of HslVU and other ATP-dependent proteases in controlling in vivo turnover of sigma32 and abnormal proteins in Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol. 1997 Dec;179(23):7219-25. PMID:9393683
↑Seong IS, Oh JY, Yoo SJ, Seol JH, Chung CH. ATP-dependent degradation of SulA, a cell division inhibitor, by the HslVU protease in Escherichia coli. FEBS Lett. 1999 Jul 30;456(1):211-4. PMID:10452560
↑Kanemori M, Yanagi H, Yura T. Marked instability of the sigma(32) heat shock transcription factor at high temperature. Implications for heat shock regulation. J Biol Chem. 1999 Jul 30;274(31):22002-7. PMID:10419524
↑Burton RE, Baker TA, Sauer RT. Nucleotide-dependent substrate recognition by the AAA+ HslUV protease. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2005 Mar;12(3):245-51. Epub 2005 Feb 6. PMID:15696175 doi:10.1038/nsmb898
↑Yoo SJ, Seol JH, Shin DH, Rohrwild M, Kang MS, Tanaka K, Goldberg AL, Chung CH. Purification and characterization of the heat shock proteins HslV and HslU that form a new ATP-dependent protease in Escherichia coli. J Biol Chem. 1996 Jun 14;271(24):14035-40. PMID:8662828
↑Rohrwild M, Coux O, Huang HC, Moerschell RP, Yoo SJ, Seol JH, Chung CH, Goldberg AL. HslV-HslU: A novel ATP-dependent protease complex in Escherichia coli related to the eukaryotic proteasome. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1996 Jun 11;93(12):5808-13. PMID:8650174
↑Seol JH, Yoo SJ, Shin DH, Shim YK, Kang MS, Goldberg AL, Chung CH. The heat-shock protein HslVU from Escherichia coli is a protein-activated ATPase as well as an ATP-dependent proteinase. Eur J Biochem. 1997 Aug 1;247(3):1143-50. PMID:9288941
↑Kanemori M, Nishihara K, Yanagi H, Yura T. Synergistic roles of HslVU and other ATP-dependent proteases in controlling in vivo turnover of sigma32 and abnormal proteins in Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol. 1997 Dec;179(23):7219-25. PMID:9393683
↑Seong IS, Oh JY, Yoo SJ, Seol JH, Chung CH. ATP-dependent degradation of SulA, a cell division inhibitor, by the HslVU protease in Escherichia coli. FEBS Lett. 1999 Jul 30;456(1):211-4. PMID:10452560
↑Kanemori M, Yanagi H, Yura T. Marked instability of the sigma(32) heat shock transcription factor at high temperature. Implications for heat shock regulation. J Biol Chem. 1999 Jul 30;274(31):22002-7. PMID:10419524
↑Burton RE, Baker TA, Sauer RT. Nucleotide-dependent substrate recognition by the AAA+ HslUV protease. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2005 Mar;12(3):245-51. Epub 2005 Feb 6. PMID:15696175 doi:10.1038/nsmb898
↑Wang J, Song JJ, Franklin MC, Kamtekar S, Im YJ, Rho SH, Seong IS, Lee CS, Chung CH, Eom SH. Crystal structures of the HslVU peptidase-ATPase complex reveal an ATP-dependent proteolysis mechanism. Structure. 2001 Feb 7;9(2):177-84. PMID:11250202
