The carboxy-terminal region of mammalian HSP90 is required for its dimerization and function in vivo.

The majority of mouse HSP90 exists as alpha-alpha and beta-beta homodimers. Truncation of the 15-kDa carboxy-terminal region of mouse HSP90 by digestion with the Ca(2+)-dependent protease m-calpain caused dissociation of the dimer. When expressed in a reticulocyte lysate, the full-length human HSP90 alpha formed a dimeric form. A plasmid harboring ...
human HSP90 alpha cDNA was constructed so that the carboxy-terminal 49 amino acid residues were removed when translated in vitro. This carboxy-terminally truncated human HSP90 alpha was found to exist as a monomer. In contrast, loss of the 118 amino acid residues from the amino terminus of human HSP90 alpha did not affect its in vitro dimerization. Introduction of an expression plasmid harboring the full-length human HSP90 alpha complements the lethality caused by the double mutations of two HSP90-related genes, hsp82 and hsc82, in a haploid strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The carboxy-terminally truncated human HSP90 alpha neither formed dimers in yeast cells nor rescued the lethal double mutant.
Mesh Terms:
Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Calpain, Heat-Shock Proteins, Humans, Leukemia L5178, Macromolecular Substances, Mammals, Mice, Molecular Sequence Data, Muscles, Peptide Fragments, Protein Biosynthesis, Rabbits, Restriction Mapping, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Transcription, Genetic, Tumor Cells, Cultured
Mol. Cell. Biol.
Date: Feb. 01, 1994
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