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NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 6, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7384
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- Johnson Cancer Research Center
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health [P20GM103420, P20GM103418]
- Directorate for Biological Sciences at the National Science Foundation [MCB-1412262]
- National Science Foundation [DBI/0722494]
- Div Of Molecular and Cellular Bioscience
- Direct For Biological Sciences [1412262] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Proteasome assembly is a complex process, requiring 66 subunits distributed over several subcomplexes to associate in a coordinated fashion. Ten proteasome-specific chaperones have been identified that assist in this process. For two of these, the Pba1-Pba2 dimer, it is well established that they only bind immature core particles (CPs) in vivo. In contrast, the regulatory particle (RP) utilizes the same binding surface but only interacts with the mature CP in vivo. It is unclear how these binding events are regulated. Here, we show that Pba1-Pba2 binds tightly to the immature CP, preventing RP binding. Changes in the CP that occur on maturation significantly reduce its affinity for Pba1-Pba2, enabling the RP to displace the chaperone. Mathematical modelling indicates that this 'affinity switch' mechanism has likely evolved to improve assembly efficiency by preventing the accumulation of stable, non-productive intermediates. Our work thus provides mechanistic insights into a crucial step in proteasome biogenesis.
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