Divalent cations stabilize GroEL under conditions of oxidative stress.

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Abstract

  • The divalent cations Mg(2+), Mn(2+), Zn(2+), Ca(2+), and Ni(2+) were found to protect against proteolysis a form of GroEL (ox-GroEL) prepared by exposing GroEL for 16h to 6mM hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)). K(+) and other monovalent cations did not have any effect. Divalent cations also induced a conformational change of ox-GroEL that led to the decrease of its large exposed hydrophobic surfaces (exposed with H(2)O(2)). Ox-GroEL incubated with a divalent cation behaved like N-GroEL in that it could transiently interact with H(2)O(2)-inactivated rhodanese (ox-rhodanese), whereas ox-GroEL alone could strongly interact with ox-rhodanese. Although, ox-GroEL incubated with a divalent cation could not recover the ATPase activity (66%) lost with H(2)O(2), it could facilitate the reactivation of ox-rhodanese (>86% of active rhodanese recovered), without requiring ATP or the co-chaperonin, GroES. This is the first report to demonstrate a role for the divalent cations on the structure and function of ox-GroEL.
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    Keywords

  • Cations, Chaperonin 60, Hydrogen Peroxide, Oxidative Stress, Oxygen
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    Author List

  • Melkani GC; Sielaff RL; Zardeneta G; Mendoza JA
  • Start Page

  • 625
  • End Page

  • 630
  • Volume

  • 368
  • Issue

  • 3