Overlapping Recognition Determinants Within the SsrA Degradation Tag Allow Modulation of Proteolysis

Overview

Journal Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

Specialty Science

Date 2001 Sep 6

PMID 11535833

Citations 135

Authors

J M Flynn

I Levchenko

M Seidel

S H Wickner

R T Sauer

T A Baker

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Abstract

The ssrA tag, an 11-aa peptide added to the C terminus of proteins stalled during translation, targets proteins for degradation by ClpXP and ClpAP. Mutational analysis of the ssrA tag reveals independent, but overlapping determinants for its interactions with ClpX, ClpA, and SspB, a specificity-enhancing factor for ClpX. ClpX interacts with residues 9-11 at the C terminus of the tag, whereas ClpA recognizes positions 8-10 in addition to residues 1-2 at the N terminus. SspB interacts with residues 1-4 and 7, N-terminal to the ClpX-binding determinants, but overlapping the ClpA determinants. As a result, SspB and ClpX work together to recognize ssrA-tagged substrates efficiently, whereas SspB inhibits recognition of these substrates by ClpA. Thus, dissection of the recognition signals within the ssrA tag provides insight into how multiple proteins function in concert to modulate proteolysis.

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