Single-molecule denaturation and degradation of proteins by the AAA+ ClpXP protease

This article contains supporting information online at www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/ 0910484106/DCSupplemental.

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Main Authors: Shin, Yongdae (Contributor), Brau, Ricardo R. (Contributor), Martin, Andreas (Contributor), Kenniston, Jon A. (Contributor), Lang, Matthew J. (Contributor), Baker, Tania (Contributor), Davis, Joseph Harry (Contributor), Sauer, Robert T (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering (Contributor), Sauer, Robert T. (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: National Academy of Sciences, 2010-09-17T13:36:36Z.
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100 1 0 |a Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology  |e contributor 
100 1 0 |a Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering  |e contributor 
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100 1 0 |a Martin, Andreas  |e contributor 
100 1 0 |a Kenniston, Jon A.  |e contributor 
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100 1 0 |a Baker, Tania  |e contributor 
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700 1 0 |a Sauer, Robert T  |e author 
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520 |a This article contains supporting information online at www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/ 0910484106/DCSupplemental. 
520 |a ClpXP is an ATP-fueled molecular machine that unfolds and degrades target proteins. ClpX, an AAA+ enzyme, recognizes specific proteins, and then uses cycles of ATP hydrolysis to denature any native structure and to translocate the unfolded polypeptide into ClpP for degradation. Here, we develop and apply single-molecule fluorescence assays to probe the kinetics of protein denaturation and degradation by ClpXP. These assays employ a single-chain variant of the ClpX hexamer, linked via a single biotin to a streptavidin-coated surface, and fusion substrates with an Nterminal fluorophore and a C-terminal GFP-titin-ssrA module. In the presence of adenosine 5'-[γ-thio]triphosphate (ATPγS), ClpXP degrades the titin-ssrA portion of these substrates but stalls when it encounters GFP. Exchange into ATP then allows synchronous resumption of denaturation and degradation of GFP and any downstream domains. GFP unfolding can be monitored directly, because intrinsic fluorescence is quenched by denaturation. The time required for complete degradation coincides with loss of the substrate fluorophore from the protease complex. Fitting singlemolecule data for a set of related substrates provides time constants for ClpX unfolding, translocation, and a terminal step that may involve product release. Comparison of these single-molecule results with kinetics measured in bulk solution indicates similar levels of microscopic and macroscopic ClpXP activity. These results support a stochastic engagement/unfolding mechanism that ultimately results in highly processive degradation and set the stage for more detailed single-molecule studies of machine function. 
520 |a Howard Hughes Medical Institute 
520 |a National Institutes of Health (U.S) (AI-15706) 
520 |a National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Career Award 0643745) 
520 |a Samsŏng Munhwa Chaedan (Korea) (Samsung Scholarship) 
546 |a en_US 
690 |a molecular machine 
690 |a protein degradation 
690 |a single-molecule fluorescence 
690 |a protein unfolding 
690 |a protein translocation 
655 7 |a Article 
773 |t Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America