Terminal regions confer plasticity to the tetrameric assembly of human HspB2 and HspB3
Heterogeneity in small heat shock proteins (sHsps) spans multiple spatiotemporal regimes – from fast fluctuations of part of the protein, to conformational variability of tertiary structure, plasticity of the interfaces, and polydispersity of the inter-converting, and co-assembling oligomers. This h...
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| author | Clark, A Egberts, W Kondrat, F Hilton, G Ray, N Cole, A Carver, J Benesch, J Keep, N Boelens, W Slingsby, C |
| author_facet | Clark, A Egberts, W Kondrat, F Hilton, G Ray, N Cole, A Carver, J Benesch, J Keep, N Boelens, W Slingsby, C |
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| description | Heterogeneity in small heat shock proteins (sHsps) spans multiple spatiotemporal regimes – from fast fluctuations of part of the protein, to conformational variability of tertiary structure, plasticity of the interfaces, and polydispersity of the inter-converting, and co-assembling oligomers. This heterogeneity and dynamic nature of sHsps has significantly hindered their structural characterisation. Atomic-coordinates are particularly lacking for vertebrate sHsps, where most available structures are of extensively truncated homomers. sHsps play important roles in maintaining protein levels in the cell and therefore in organismal health and disease. HspB2 and HspB3 are vertebrate sHsps that are found co-assembled in neuromuscular cells, and variants thereof are associated with disease. Here, we present the structure of human HspB2/B3, which crystallised as a hetero-tetramer in a 3:1 ratio. In the HspB2/B3 tetramer, the four α-crystallin domains (ACDs) assemble into a flattened tetrahedron which is pierced by two non-intersecting approximate dyads. Assembly is mediated by flexible “nuts and bolts” involving IXI/V motifs from terminal regions filling ACD pockets. Parts of the N-terminal region bind in an unfolded conformation into the anti-parallel shared ACD dimer grooves. Tracts of the terminal regions are not resolved, most likely due to their disorder in the crystal lattice. This first structure of a full-length human sHsp heteromer reveals the heterogeneous interactions of the terminal regions and suggests a plasticity that is important for the cytoprotective functions of sHsps. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:c059356f-b3bc-4ca0-958f-73ad422148192022-03-27T05:53:47ZTerminal regions confer plasticity to the tetrameric assembly of human HspB2 and HspB3Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:c059356f-b3bc-4ca0-958f-73ad42214819EnglishSymplectic Elements at OxfordAcademic Press2018Clark, AEgberts, WKondrat, FHilton, GRay, NCole, ACarver, JBenesch, JKeep, NBoelens, WSlingsby, CHeterogeneity in small heat shock proteins (sHsps) spans multiple spatiotemporal regimes – from fast fluctuations of part of the protein, to conformational variability of tertiary structure, plasticity of the interfaces, and polydispersity of the inter-converting, and co-assembling oligomers. This heterogeneity and dynamic nature of sHsps has significantly hindered their structural characterisation. Atomic-coordinates are particularly lacking for vertebrate sHsps, where most available structures are of extensively truncated homomers. sHsps play important roles in maintaining protein levels in the cell and therefore in organismal health and disease. HspB2 and HspB3 are vertebrate sHsps that are found co-assembled in neuromuscular cells, and variants thereof are associated with disease. Here, we present the structure of human HspB2/B3, which crystallised as a hetero-tetramer in a 3:1 ratio. In the HspB2/B3 tetramer, the four α-crystallin domains (ACDs) assemble into a flattened tetrahedron which is pierced by two non-intersecting approximate dyads. Assembly is mediated by flexible “nuts and bolts” involving IXI/V motifs from terminal regions filling ACD pockets. Parts of the N-terminal region bind in an unfolded conformation into the anti-parallel shared ACD dimer grooves. Tracts of the terminal regions are not resolved, most likely due to their disorder in the crystal lattice. This first structure of a full-length human sHsp heteromer reveals the heterogeneous interactions of the terminal regions and suggests a plasticity that is important for the cytoprotective functions of sHsps. |
| spellingShingle | Clark, A Egberts, W Kondrat, F Hilton, G Ray, N Cole, A Carver, J Benesch, J Keep, N Boelens, W Slingsby, C Terminal regions confer plasticity to the tetrameric assembly of human HspB2 and HspB3 |
| title | Terminal regions confer plasticity to the tetrameric assembly of human HspB2 and HspB3 |
| title_full | Terminal regions confer plasticity to the tetrameric assembly of human HspB2 and HspB3 |
| title_fullStr | Terminal regions confer plasticity to the tetrameric assembly of human HspB2 and HspB3 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Terminal regions confer plasticity to the tetrameric assembly of human HspB2 and HspB3 |
| title_short | Terminal regions confer plasticity to the tetrameric assembly of human HspB2 and HspB3 |
| title_sort | terminal regions confer plasticity to the tetrameric assembly of human hspb2 and hspb3 |
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