Journal
ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION D-STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY
Volume 72, Issue -, Pages 1290-1297Publisher
INT UNION CRYSTALLOGRAPHY
DOI: 10.1107/S2059798316018064
Keywords
ER stress; molecular chaperones; PERK; crystal structure; misfolded proteins
Funding
- NIH [R01 GM080261]
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PERK is one of the major sensor proteins which can detect the protein-folding imbalance generated by endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress. It remains unclear how the sensor protein PERK is activated by ER stress. It has been demonstrated that the PERK luminal domain can recognize and selectively interact with misfolded proteins but not native proteins. Moreover, the PERK luminal domain may function as a molecular chaperone to directly bind to and suppress the aggregation of a number of misfolded model proteins. The data strongly support the hypothesis that the PERK luminal domain can interact directly with misfolded proteins to induce ER stress signaling. To illustrate the mechanism by which the PERK luminal domain interacts with misfolded proteins, the crystal structure of the human PERK luminal domain was determined to 3.2 angstrom resolution. Two dimers of the PERK luminal domain constitute a tetramer in the asymmetric unit. Superimposition of the PERK luminal domain molecules indicated that the beta-sandwich domain could adopt multiple conformations. It is hypothesized that the PERK luminal domain may utilize its flexible beta-sandwich domain to recognize and interact with a broad range of misfolded proteins.
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