4YLC

Crystal Structure of Del-C4 mutant of hsp14.1 from Sulfolobus solfatataricus P2

Summary for 4YLC

• Entry DOI: 10.2210/pdb4ylc/pdb
• Related: 4YL9 4YLB
• Descriptor: Heat shock protein Hsp20, CHLORIDE ION (3 entities in total)
• Functional Keywords: small heat shock protein, molecular chaperone, sshsp14.1, chaperone
• Biological source: Sulfolobus solfataricus (strain 98/2)
• Total number of polymer chains: 8
• Total formula weight: 112032.69

Authors

Liu, L.,Chen, J.Y.,Yun, C.H. (deposition date: 2015-03-05, release date: 2015-11-04, Last modification date: 2024-03-20)

Primary citation

Liu, L.,Chen, J.Y.,Yang, B.,Wang, F.H.,Wang, Y.H.,Yun, C.H.
Active-State Structures of a Small Heat-Shock Protein Revealed a Molecular Switch for Chaperone Function
Structure, 23:2066-2075, 2015

PubMed Abstract: Small heat-shock proteins (sHsps) maintain cellular homeostasis by binding to denatured client proteins to prevent aggregation. Numerous studies indicate that the N-terminal domain (NTD) of sHsps is responsible for binding to client proteins, but the binding mechanism and chaperone activity regulation remain elusive. Here, we report the crystal structures of the wild-type and mutants of an sHsp from Sulfolobus solfataricus representing the inactive and active state of this protein, respectively. All three structures reveal well-defined NTD, but their conformations are remarkably different. The mutant NTDs show disrupted helices presenting a reformed hydrophobic surface compatible with recognizing client proteins. Our functional data show that mutating key hydrophobic residues in this region drastically altered the chaperone activity of this sHsp. These data suggest a new model in which a molecular switch located in NTD facilitates conformational changes for client protein binding.

PubMed: 26439766
DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2015.08.015

Experimental method

X-RAY DIFFRACTION (3.1 Å)