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Publication Abstract from PubMed

Bacterial ClpB and yeast Hsp104 are homologous Hsp100 protein disaggregases that serve critical functions in proteostasis by solubilizing protein aggregates. Two AAA+ nucleotide binding domains (NBDs) power polypeptide translocation through a central channel comprised of a hexameric spiral of protomers that contact substrate via conserved pore-loop interactions. Here we report cryo-EM structures of a hyperactive ClpB variant bound to the model substrate, casein in the presence of slowly hydrolysable ATPgammaS, which reveal the translocation mechanism. Distinct substrate-gripping interactions are identified for NBD1 and NBD2 pore loops. A trimer of N-terminal domains define a channel entrance that binds the polypeptide substrate adjacent to the topmost NBD1 contact. NBD conformations at the seam interface reveal how ATP hydrolysis-driven substrate disengagement and re-binding are precisely tuned to drive a directional, stepwise translocation cycle.

Structural basis for substrate gripping and translocation by the ClpB AAA+ disaggregase.,Rizo AN, Lin J, Gates SN, Tse E, Bart SM, Castellano LM, DiMaio F, Shorter J, Southworth DR Nat Commun. 2019 Jun 3;10(1):2393. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-10150-y. PMID:31160557^[1]

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