Tracing an allosteric pathway regulating the activity of the HslV protease
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Abstract
The HslU-HslV complex functions as a bacterial proteasome, degrading substrate polypeptides to preserve cellular homeostasis. Here, we use methyl-Transverse Relaxation-Optimized Spectroscopy (TROSY) and highly deuterated, methyl-protonated samples to study the 230 kDa dodecameric HslV protease component that is structurally homologous to the stacked pair of β7-rings of the proteasome. Chemical shift assignments for over 95% of the methyl groups are reported. From the pH dependence of methyl chemical shifts, a pKa of 7.7 is measured for the amine group of the catalytic residue T1, confirming that it can act as a proton acceptor during the initial step in substrate proteolysis. Analyses involving a series of single site mutants in HslV, localized to HslU binding sites or regions undergoing significant changes on HslU binding, have identified hot spots whose perturbation leads to an allosteric pathway of propagated changes in structure and ultimately, substrate proteolysis efficiency. HslV plasticity is explored through methyl-TROSY (13)C relaxation dispersion experiments that are sensitive to millisecond timescale dynamics. The data support a dynamic coupling between residues involved in both HslU and substrate binding and residues localized to the active sites of HslV that facilitate the allostery between these distal sites. An important role for dynamics has also been observed in the archaeal proteasome, suggesting a more generally conserved role of motion in the function of these barrel-like protease structures.
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Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
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| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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