Structural highlights
Function
[LON_ECOLI] ATP-dependent serine protease that mediates the selective degradation of mutant and abnormal proteins as well as certain short-lived regulatory proteins, including some antitoxins. Required for cellular homeostasis and for survival from DNA damage and developmental changes induced by stress. Degrades polypeptides processively to yield small peptide fragments that are 5 to 10 amino acids long. Binds to DNA in a double-stranded, site-specific manner. Endogenous substrates include the regulatory proteins RcsA and SulA, the transcriptional activator SoxS, and UmuD. Its overproduction specifically inhibits translation through at least two different pathways, one of them being the YoeB-YefM toxin-antitoxin system.[1] [2] [3]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
The crystal structure of the small, mostly helical alpha domain of the AAA+ module of the Escherichia coli ATP-dependent protease Lon has been solved by single isomorphous replacement combined with anomalous scattering and refined at 1.9A resolution to a crystallographic R factor of 17.9%. This domain, comprising residues 491-584, was obtained by chymotrypsin digestion of the recombinant full-length protease. The alpha domain of Lon contains four alpha helices and two parallel strands and resembles similar domains found in a variety of ATPases and helicases, including the oligomeric proteases HslVU and ClpAP. The highly conserved "sensor-2" Arg residue is located at the beginning of the third helix. Detailed comparison with the structures of 11 similar domains established the putative location of the nucleotide-binding site in this first fragment of Lon for which a crystal structure has become available.
Crystal structure of the AAA+ alpha domain of E. coli Lon protease at 1.9A resolution.,Botos I, Melnikov EE, Cherry S, Khalatova AG, Rasulova FS, Tropea JE, Maurizi MR, Rotanova TV, Gustchina A, Wlodawer A J Struct Biol. 2004 Apr-May;146(1-2):113-22. PMID:15037242[4]
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References
- ↑ Thomas-Wohlever J, Lee I. Kinetic characterization of the peptidase activity of Escherichia coli Lon reveals the mechanistic similarities in ATP-dependent hydrolysis of peptide and protein substrates. Biochemistry. 2002 Jul 30;41(30):9418-25. PMID:12135363
- ↑ Vineyard D, Patterson-Ward J, Lee I. Single-turnover kinetic experiments confirm the existence of high- and low-affinity ATPase sites in Escherichia coli Lon protease. Biochemistry. 2006 Apr 11;45(14):4602-10. PMID:16584195 doi:10.1021/bi052377t
- ↑ Duval V, Nicoloff H, Levy SB. Combined inactivation of lon and ycgE decreases multidrug susceptibility by reducing the amount of OmpF porin in Escherichia coli. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2009 Nov;53(11):4944-8. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00787-09., Epub 2009 Aug 31. PMID:19721064 doi:10.1128/AAC.00787-09
- ↑ Botos I, Melnikov EE, Cherry S, Khalatova AG, Rasulova FS, Tropea JE, Maurizi MR, Rotanova TV, Gustchina A, Wlodawer A. Crystal structure of the AAA+ alpha domain of E. coli Lon protease at 1.9A resolution. J Struct Biol. 2004 Apr-May;146(1-2):113-22. PMID:15037242 doi:10.1016/j.jsb.2003.09.003
