Structure of the Cdc48 segregase in the act of unfolding an authentic substrate.

The cellular machine Cdc48 functions in multiple biological pathways by segregating its protein substrates from a variety of stable environments such as organelles or multi-subunit complexes. Despite extensive studies, the mechanism of Cdc48 has remained obscure, and its reported structures are inconsistent with models of substrate translocation proposed for other ...
AAA+ ATPases (adenosine triphosphatases). Here, we report a 3.7-angstrom-resolution structure of Cdc48 in complex with an adaptor protein and a native substrate. Cdc48 engages substrate by adopting a helical configuration of substrate-binding residues that extends through the central pore of both of the ATPase rings. These findings indicate a unified hand-over-hand mechanism of protein translocation by Cdc48 and other AAA+ ATPases.
Mesh Terms:
Cryoelectron Microscopy, Immunoprecipitation, Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, Protein Domains, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins, Substrate Specificity, Valosin Containing Protein
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Date: Dec. 02, 2018
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