Conformational selection in substrate recognition by Hsp70 chaperones

Moritz Marcinowski, Mathias Rosam, Christine Seitz, Johannes Elferich, Julia Behnke, Claudia Bello, Matthias J. Feige, Christian F.W. Becker, Iris Antes, Johannes Buchner

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Abstract

Hsp70s are molecular chaperones involved in the folding and assembly of proteins. They recognize hydrophobic amino acid stretches in their substrate binding groove. However, a detailed understanding of substrate specificity is still missing. Here, we use the endoplasmic reticulum-resident Hsp70 BiP to identify binding sites in a natural client protein. Two sites are mutually recognized and form stable Hsp70-substrate complexes. In silico and in vitro analyses revealed an extended substrate conformation as a crucial factor for interaction and show an unexpected plasticity of the substrate binding groove. The basic binding mechanism is conserved among different Hsp70s.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)466-474
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Molecular Biology
Volume425
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 8 Feb 2013

Keywords

  • BiP
  • Hsp70
  • Keywords
  • antibody
  • molecular chaperone
  • substrate conformation

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