5vc7

VCP like ATPase from T. acidophilum (VAT) - conformation 1VCP like ATPase from T. acidophilum (VAT) - conformation 1

5vc7, resolution 3.90Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Structural highlights 5vc7 is a 6 chain structure with sequence from Thermoplasma acidophilum DSM 1728. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Method: Electron Microscopy, Resolution 3.9Å Ligands: Experimental data: Check Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Function VAT_THEAC Publication Abstract from PubMed AAA+ unfoldases are thought to unfold substrate through the central pore of their hexameric structures, but how this process occurs is not known. VAT, the Thermoplasma acidophilum homologue of eukaryotic CDC48/p97, works in conjunction with the proteasome to degrade misfolded or damaged proteins. We show that in the presence of ATP, VAT with its regulatory N-terminal domains removed unfolds other VAT complexes as substrate. We captured images of this transient process by electron cryomicroscopy (cryo-EM) to reveal the structure of the substrate-bound intermediate. Substrate binding breaks the six-fold symmetry of the complex, allowing five of the six VAT subunits to constrict into a tight helix that grips an ~80 A stretch of unfolded protein. The structure suggests a processive hand-over-hand unfolding mechanism, where each VAT subunit releases the substrate in turn before re-engaging further along the target protein, thereby unfolding it. Structure of a AAA+ unfoldase in the process of unfolding substrate.,Ripstein ZA, Huang R, Augustyniak R, Kay LE, Rubinstein JL Elife. 2017 Apr 8;6. pii: e25754. doi: 10.7554/eLife.25754. PMID:28390173 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.