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| Title | Structural basis for ATP-driven double-ring assembly of the human mitochondrial Hsp60 chaperonin. |
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| Journal, issue, pages | bioRxiv, Year 2025 |
| Publish date | Oct 5, 2025 |
Authors | Igor Tascón / Jorge P López-Alonso / Yoel Shkolnisky / David Gil-Cartón / Jesús Vilchez-Garcia / Alberto G Berruezo / Yacob Gómez-Llorente / Radhika Malik / Fady Jebara / Malay Patra / Joel A Hirsch / Abdussalam Azem / Iban Ubarretxena-Belandia |
| PubMed Abstract | The ATP-driven mHsp60:mHsp10 chaperonin system assists protein folding within the mitochondrial matrix of human cells. Substrate protein folding has been proposed to occur through interconnected ...The ATP-driven mHsp60:mHsp10 chaperonin system assists protein folding within the mitochondrial matrix of human cells. Substrate protein folding has been proposed to occur through interconnected single- and double-ring pathways. In the absence of nucleotide, mHsp60 exists in equilibrium between free protomers and heptameric single rings, while the formation of double rings requires ATP. Here, we present cryo-electron microscopy structures of mHsp60 in the apo state, bound to ATP, and bound to ATP in complex with the cochaperonin mHsp10. ATP binding to single-ring apo mHsp60 triggers coordinated conformational changes in the intermediate and apical domains, resulting in a highly dynamic apical region within the ring. Extensive inter-subunit rearrangements flatten the equatorial surface of each ring, thereby enabling inter-ring contacts that stitch the rings together to form double-ring mHsp60 . Collectively, these structures define the structural basis of ATP-driven double-ring assembly of a human mitochondrial chaperonin responsible for maintaining mitochondrial protein homeostasis. |
External links | bioRxiv / PubMed:41256524 / PubMed Central |
| Methods | EM (single particle) |
| Resolution | 2.44 - 3.96 Å |
| Structure data | EMDB-19930, PDB-9es0: EMDB-19931, PDB-9es1: EMDB-19932, PDB-9es2: EMDB-19933, PDB-9es3: EMDB-19934, PDB-9es4: EMDB-19935, PDB-9es5: EMDB-19936, PDB-9es6: EMDB-51890, PDB-9h5s: EMDB-51891, PDB-9h5t: EMDB-51892, PDB-9h5u: EMDB-51893, PDB-9h5v: |
| Chemicals | ![]() ChemComp-ATP: ![]() ChemComp-MG: ![]() ChemComp-K: ![]() ChemComp-HOH: ![]() ChemComp-ADP: ![]() ChemComp-BEF: |
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Keywords | CHAPERONE / mitochondrial / D7-symmetry / C7-symmetry |
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