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- Title
Genetic selection designed to stabilize proteins uncovers a chaperone called Spy.
- Authors
Shu Quan; Koldewey, Philipp; Tapley, Tim; Kirsch, Nadine; Ruane, Karen M.; Pfizenmaier, Jennifer; Rong Shi; Hofmann, Stephan; Foit, Linda; Ren, Guoping; Jakob, Ursula; Zhaohui Xu; Cygler, Miroslaw; Bardwell, James C. A.
- Abstract
To optimize the in vivo folding of proteins, we linked protein stability to antibiotic resistance, thereby forcing bacteria to effectively fold and stabilize proteins. When we challenged Escherichia coli to stabilize a very unstable periplasmic protein, it massively overproduced a periplasmic protein called Spy, which increases the steady-state levels of a set of unstable protein mutants up to 700-fold. In vitro studies demonstrate that the Spy protein is an effective ATP-independent chaperone that suppresses protein aggregation and aids protein refolding. Our strategy opens up new routes for chaperone discovery and the custom tailoring of the in vivo folding environment. Spy forms thin, apparently flexible cradle-shaped dimers. The structure of Spy is unlike that of any previously solved chaperone, making it the prototypical member of a new class of small chaperones that facilitate protein refolding in the absence of energy cofactors.
- Publication
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, 2011, Vol 18, Issue 3, p262
- ISSN
1545-9993
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1038/nsmb.2016