Characterization of a small tRNA-binding protein that interacts with the archaeal proteasome complex.

ABSTRACT: The proteasome system allows the elimination of functional or structurally impaired proteins. This includes the degradation of nascent peptides. In Archaea, how the proteasome complex interacts with the translational machinery remains to be described. Here, we characterized a small orphan protein, Q9UZY3 (UniProt ID), conserved in Thermococcales. The protein was identified in native pull-down experiments using the proteasome regulatory complex (proteasome-activating nucleotidase [PAN]) as bait. X-ray crystallography and small-angle X-ray scattering experiments revealed that the protein is monomeric and adopts a β-barrel core structure with an oligonucleotide/oligosaccharide-binding (OB)-fold, typically found in translation elongation factors. Mobility shift experiment showed that Q9UZY3 di

SUBMITTER: Hogrel G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9540759 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature