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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-7-27
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Hsp90 is a ubiquitous, well-conserved molecular chaperone involved in the folding and stabilization of diverse proteins. Beyond its capacity for general protein folding, Hsp90 influences a wide array of cellular signaling pathways that underlie key biological and disease processes. It has been proposed that Hsp90 functions as a molecular clamp, dimerizing through its carboxy-terminal domain and utilizing ATP binding and hydrolysis to drive large conformational changes including transient dimerization of the amino-terminal and middle domains. We have determined the 2.6 A X-ray crystal structure of the carboxy-terminal domain of htpG, the Escherichia coli Hsp90. This structure reveals a novel fold and that dimerization is dependent upon the formation of a four-helix bundle. Remarkably, proximal to the helical dimerization motif, each monomer projects a short helix into solvent. The location, flexibility, and amphipathic character of this helix suggests that it may play a role in substrate binding and hence chaperone activity.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0969-2126
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1087-97
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15274928-Adenosine Triphosphate, pubmed-meshheading:15274928-Amino Acid Motifs, pubmed-meshheading:15274928-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:15274928-Bacterial Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15274928-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:15274928-Crystallography, X-Ray, pubmed-meshheading:15274928-Dimerization, pubmed-meshheading:15274928-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:15274928-Escherichia coli, pubmed-meshheading:15274928-Escherichia coli Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15274928-HSP90 Heat-Shock Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15274928-Hydrolysis, pubmed-meshheading:15274928-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:15274928-Models, Biological, pubmed-meshheading:15274928-Models, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:15274928-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:15274928-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:15274928-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:15274928-Protein Conformation, pubmed-meshheading:15274928-Protein Folding, pubmed-meshheading:15274928-Protein Structure, Secondary, pubmed-meshheading:15274928-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:15274928-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
The crystal structure of the carboxy-terminal dimerization domain of htpG, the Escherichia coli Hsp90, reveals a potential substrate binding site.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't