Abstract:
:In the past decade, the eubacterial group I chaperonin GroEL became the paradigm of a protein folding machine. More recently, electron microscopy and X-ray crystallography offered insights into the structure of the thermosome, the archetype of the group II chaperonins which also comprise the chaperonin from the eukaryotic cytosol TRiC. Some structural differences from GroEL were revealed, namely the existence of a built-in lid provided by the helical protrusions of the apical domains instead of a GroES-like co-chaperonin. These structural studies provide a framework for understanding the differences in the mode of action between the group II and the group I chaperonins. In vitro analyses of the folding of non-native substrates coupled to ATP binding and hydrolysis are progressing towards establishing a functional cycle for group II chaperonins. A protein complex called GimC/prefoldin has recently been found to cooperate with TRiC in vivo, and its characterization is under way.
journal_name
J Mol Bioljournal_title
Journal of molecular biologyauthors
Gutsche I,Essen LO,Baumeister Wdoi
10.1006/jmbi.1999.3008keywords:
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Has Abstractpub_date
1999-10-22 00:00:00pages
295-312issue
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0022-2836issn
1089-8638pii
S0022-2836(99)93008-5journal_volume
293pub_type
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