Structure of a Blm10 Complex Reveals Common Mechanisms for Proteasome Binding and Gate Opening

Overview

Journal Mol Cell

Publisher Cell Press

Specialty Cell Biology

Date 2010 Mar 16

PMID 20227375

Citations 94

Authors

Kianoush Sadre-Bazzaz

Frank G Whitby

Howard Robinson

Tim Formosa

Christopher P Hill

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Abstract

The proteasome is an abundant protease that is critically important for numerous cellular pathways. Proteasomes are activated in vitro by three known classes of proteins/complexes, including Blm10/PA200. Here, we report a 3.4 A resolution crystal structure of a proteasome-Blm10 complex, which reveals that Blm10 surrounds the proteasome entry pore in the 1.2 MDa complex to form a largely closed dome that is expected to restrict access of potential substrates. This architecture and the observation that Blm10 induces a disordered proteasome gate structure challenge the assumption that Blm10 functions as an activator of proteolysis in vivo. The Blm10 C terminus binds in the same manner as seen for 11S activators and inferred for 19S/PAN activators and indicates a unified model for gate opening. We also demonstrate that Blm10 acts to maintain mitochondrial function. Consistent with the structural data, the C-terminal residues of Blm10 are needed for this activity.

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