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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 283, Issue 3, Pages 1381-1390Publisher
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M706189200
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Thermal stress might lead to protein aggregation in the cell. Reactivation of protein aggregates depends on Hsp100 and Hsp70 chaperones. We focus in this study on the ability of DnaK, the bacterial representative of the Hsp70 family, to interact with different aggregated model substrates. Our data indicate that DnaK binding to large protein aggregates is mediated by DnaJ, and therefore it depends on its affinity for the cochaperone. Mutations in the structural region of DnaK known as the latch decrease the affinity of the chaperone for DnaJ, resulting in a defective activity as protein aggregate-removing agent. As expected, the chaperone activity is recovered when DnaJ concentration is raised to overcome the lower affinity of the mutant for the cochaperone, suggesting that a minimum number of aggregate-bound DnaK molecules is necessary for its efficient reactivation. Our results provide the first experimental evidence of DnaJ-mediated recruiting of ATP-DnaK molecules to the aggregate surface.
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