Specific orientation and two-dimensional crystallization of the proteasome at metal-chelating lipid interfaces |
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Authors: | Thess Andreas Hutschenreiter Silke Hofmann Matthias Tampé Robert Baumeister Wolfgang Guckenberger Reinhard |
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Institution: | Abteilung Molekulare Strukturbiologie, Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie, 82152 Martinsried, Germany. |
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Abstract: | The potential of a protein-engineered His tag to immobilize macromolecules in a predictable orientation at metal-chelating lipid interfaces was investigated using recombinant 20 S proteasomes His-tagged in various positions. Electron micrographs demonstrated that the orientation of proteasomes bound to chelating lipid films could be controlled via the location of their His tags: proteasomes His-tagged at their sides displayed exclusively side-on views, while proteasomes His-tagged at their ends displayed exclusively end-on views. The activity of proteasomes immobilized at chelating lipid interfaces was well preserved. In solution, His-tagged proteasomes hydrolyzed casein at rates comparable with wild-type proteasomes, unless the His tags were located in the vicinity of the N termini of alpha-subunits. The N termini of alpha-subunits might partly occlude the entrance channel in alpha-rings through which substrates enter the proteasome for subsequent degradation. A combination of electron micrographs and atomic force microscope topographs revealed a propensity of vertically oriented proteasomes to crystallize in two dimensions on fluid lipid films. The oriented immobilization of His-tagged proteins at biocompatible lipid interfaces will assist structural studies as well as the investigation of biomolecular interaction via a wide variety of surface-sensitive techniques including single-molecule analysis. |
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