Abstract
All chaperonins mediate ATP-dependent polypeptide folding by confining substrates within a central chamber. Intriguingly, the eukaryotic chaperonin TRiC (also called CCT) uses a built-in lid to close the chamber, whereas prokaryotic chaperonins use a detachable lid. Here we determine the mechanism of lid closure in TRiC using single-particle cryo-EM and comparative protein modeling. Comparison of TRiC in its open, nucleotide-free, and closed, nucleotide-induced states reveals that the interdomain motions leading to lid closure in TRiC are radically different from those of prokaryotic chaperonins, despite their overall structural similarity. We propose that domain movements in TRiC are coordinated through unique interdomain contacts within each subunit and, further, these contacts are absent in prokaryotic chaperonins. Our findings show how different mechanical switches can evolve from a common structural framework through modification of allosteric networks.
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The authors would like to thank M.L. Baker for his discussions and assistance quantifying the similarity between cryo-EM reconstructions and high-resolution structures. This research was supported by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), the NIH Roadmap Initiative for Medical Research, the US National Science Foundation and the Robert Welch Foundation.
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W.C. and J.F. designed and led the project; C.R.B. and A.S.M. carried out the protein preparations and cryo-EM measurements; C.R.B. and S.J.L. carried out the single-particle reconstruction and initial modeling; Y.C. carried out the normal mode analysis and refined the comparative models together with M.T. and A.S; C.R.B., A.S.M., W.C. and J.F. interpreted the data and wrote the manuscript; all authors made contributions to the final manuscript.
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Monomer transition from open to closed conformation. (MPG 6585 kb)
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Octamer transition from open to closed conformation. (MPG 25537 kb)
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Top view of the lowest frequency non-degenerate mode (mode 1) from normal mode analysis (NMA). (MPG 4955 kb)
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Side view of the lowest frequency non-degenerate mode (mode 1) from NMA. (MPG 5570 kb)
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Booth, C., Meyer, A., Cong, Y. et al. Mechanism of lid closure in the eukaryotic chaperonin TRiC/CCT. Nat Struct Mol Biol 15, 746–753 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nsmb.1436
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