Structural highlights
Function[CLPP_HUMAN] Clp cleaves peptides in various proteins in a process that requires ATP hydrolysis. Clp may be responsible for a fairly general and central housekeeping function rather than for the degradation of specific substrates. Publication Abstract from PubMedThe mitochondrial caseinolytic protease P (ClpP) plays a central role in mitochondrial protein quality control by degrading misfolded proteins. Using genetic and chemical approaches, we showed that hyperactivation of the protease selectively kills cancer cells, independently of p53 status, by selective degradation of its respiratory chain protein substrates and disrupts mitochondrial structure and function, while it does not affect non-malignant cells. We identified imipridones as potent activators of ClpP. Through biochemical studies and crystallography, we show that imipridones bind ClpP non-covalently and induce proteolysis by diverse structural changes. Imipridones are presently in clinical trials. Our findings suggest a general concept of inducing cancer cell lethality through activation of mitochondrial proteolysis. Mitochondrial ClpP-Mediated Proteolysis Induces Selective Cancer Cell Lethality.,Ishizawa J, Zarabi SF, Davis RE, Halgas O, Nii T, Jitkova Y, Zhao R, St-Germain J, Heese LE, Egan G, Ruvolo VR, Barghout SH, Nishida Y, Hurren R, Ma W, Gronda M, Link T, Wong K, Mabanglo M, Kojima K, Borthakur G, MacLean N, Ma MCJ, Leber AB, Minden MD, Houry W, Kantarjian H, Stogniew M, Raught B, Pai EF, Schimmer AD, Andreeff M Cancer Cell. 2019 May 13;35(5):721-737.e9. doi: 10.1016/j.ccell.2019.03.014. Epub, 2019 May 2. PMID:31056398[1] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See AlsoReferences
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