期刊
BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL
卷 436, 期 -, 页码 313-319出版社
PORTLAND PRESS LTD
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20110246
关键词
dimeric GTPase; GDP-dissociation-inhibitor function (GDI function); G-protein; protein translocation; substrate-based regulation
资金
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [SFB-807, P17]
- Center of Excellence 'Macromolecular Complexes' Frankfurt
- Volkswagenstiftung
- interdisciplinary Ph.D. programme 'Molecular Machines: Mechanisms and Functional Interconnections' of the Land Baden-Wurttemberg
GTPases act as molecular switches to control many cellular processes, including signalling, protein translation and targeting. Switch activity can be regulated by external effector proteins or intrinsic properties, such as dimerization. The recognition and translocation of pre-proteins into chloroplasts [via the TOC/TIC (translocator at the outer envelope membrane of chloroplasts/inner envelope membrane of chloroplasts)] is controlled by two homologous receptor GTPases, Toc33 and Toc159, whose reversible dimerization is proposed to regulate translocation of incoming proteins in a GTP-dependent manner. Toc33 is a homodimerizing GTPase. Functional analysis suggests that homodimerization is a key step in the translocation process, the molecular functions of which, as well as the elements regulating this event, are largely unknown. In the present study, we show that homodimerization reduces the rate of nucleotide exchange, which is consistent with the observed orientation of the monomers in the crystal structure. Pre-protein binding induces a dissociation of the Toc33 homodimer and results in the exchange of GDP for GTP. Thus homodimerization does not serve to activate the GTPase activity as discussed many times previously, but to control the nucleotide-loading state. We discuss this novel regulatory mode and its impact on the current models of protein import into the chloroplast.
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