A structural model for GroEL-polypeptide recognition.

ABSTRACT: A monomeric peptide fragment of GroEL, consisting of residues 191-376, is a mini-chaperone with a functional chaperoning activity. We have solved the crystal structure at 1.7 A resolution of GroEL(191-376) with a 17-residue N-terminal tag. The N-terminal tag of one molecule binds in the active site of a neighboring molecule in the crystal. This appears to mimic the binding of a peptide substrate molecule. Seven substrate residues are bound in a relatively extended conformation. Interactions between the substrate and the active site are predominantly hydrophobic, but there are also four hydrogen bonds between the main chain of the substrate and side chains of the active site. Although the preferred conformation of a bound substrate is essentially extended, the flexibility of the active site

SUBMITTER: Buckle AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC20480 | biostudies-literature | 1997 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature