ジャーナル: Nat Struct Mol Biol / 年: 2019 タイトル: The structure and oxidation of the eye lens chaperone αA-crystallin. 著者: Christoph J O Kaiser / Carsten Peters / Philipp W N Schmid / Maria Stavropoulou / Juan Zou / Vinay Dahiya / Evgeny V Mymrikov / Beate Rockel / Sam Asami / Martin Haslbeck / Juri Rappsilber / ...著者: Christoph J O Kaiser / Carsten Peters / Philipp W N Schmid / Maria Stavropoulou / Juan Zou / Vinay Dahiya / Evgeny V Mymrikov / Beate Rockel / Sam Asami / Martin Haslbeck / Juri Rappsilber / Bernd Reif / Martin Zacharias / Johannes Buchner / Sevil Weinkauf / 要旨: The small heat shock protein αA-crystallin is a molecular chaperone important for the optical properties of the vertebrate eye lens. It forms heterogeneous oligomeric ensembles. We determined the ...The small heat shock protein αA-crystallin is a molecular chaperone important for the optical properties of the vertebrate eye lens. It forms heterogeneous oligomeric ensembles. We determined the structures of human αA-crystallin oligomers by combining cryo-electron microscopy, cross-linking/mass spectrometry, NMR spectroscopy and molecular modeling. The different oligomers can be interconverted by the addition or subtraction of tetramers, leading to mainly 12-, 16- and 20-meric assemblies in which interactions between N-terminal regions are important. Cross-dimer domain-swapping of the C-terminal region is a determinant of αA-crystallin heterogeneity. Human αA-crystallin contains two cysteines, which can form an intramolecular disulfide in vivo. Oxidation in vitro requires conformational changes and oligomer dissociation. The oxidized oligomers, which are larger than reduced αA-crystallin and destabilized against unfolding, are active chaperones and can transfer the disulfide to destabilized substrate proteins. The insight into the structure and function of αA-crystallin provides a basis for understanding its role in the eye lens.
超分子 #1: Reduced recombinant human alphaA-crystallin
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名称: Reduced recombinant human alphaA-crystallin / タイプ: complex / ID: 1 / 親要素: 0 / 含まれる分子: all 詳細: Recombinant wild type full-length human alphaA-crystallin purified in the presence of reductant.
凍結剤: ETHANE / チャンバー内温度: 293 K / 装置: HOMEMADE PLUNGER 詳細: Diluted equilibrated specimen was added to glow-discharged (30s) grids. Sample was blotted 30s after sample application and immediately plunged..
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Specimen was thawed, diluted to the final concentration and equilibrated at 310K for 3h.