SELF-ASSOCIATION OF THE MOLECULAR CHAPERONE HSC70
SELF-ASSOCIATION OF THE MOLECULAR CHAPERONE HSC70
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DOI:
10.1021/bi00046a037
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发表时间:
1995-11-21
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
LADJIMI, MM
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作者:
BENAROUDJ, N;BATELIER, G;LADJIMI, MM
The self association properties of the molecular chaperone HSC70 have been analyzed by a wide range of biochemical and biophysical techniques. Nondenaturing gel electrophoresis and crosslinking studies show the presence of multiple species going from monomer to at least trimer. Size-exclusion chromatography gives two overlapping peaks, a major one corresponding to species having the molecular mass of monomer (70 kDa) and a minor broad one corresponding to species with a molecular mass range of 150-300 kDa. Progressive dilution of the protein leads to an increase in the size of the monomer peak at the expense of that of the oligomeric peak, thus indicating a concentration-dependent chemical equilibrium. Sedimentation velocity reveals the presence of three species, whose proportions were dependent on concentration, but whose sedimentation coefficients, S-20,S-W, of 4.3, 6.6, and 8.5 S did not vary with concentration, indicative of a slowly equilibrating system. Sedimentation equilibrium studies confirmed these results and showed a dissociation into monomers at low concentrations and an association into dimers and trimers at high concentrations. The multiple sedimentation equilibrium datasets, obtained at various initial loading concentrations as well as different rotor speeds, were fitted to a single set of equilibrium constants by a monomer-dimer-trimer association model in which the association constants for the monomer-dimer and dimer-trimer equilibrium were respectively K-1-2 = 1.1 X 10(5) M(-1) and K-2-3 = 0.9 X 10(5) M(-1). Interestingly, an isodesmic, indefinite type of association describes the data almost equally well with a single constant of 1.2 x 10(5) M(-1). Altogether, these results indicate that HSC70 slowly and reversibly self-associates in solution, likely in an unlimited fashion, and might have implications for the chaperone function of-this protein.