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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2014

Deep classification of a large cryo-EM dataset defines the conformational landscape of the 26S proteasome.

Pia Unverdorben, Florian Beck, Paweł Śledź, Andreas Schweitzer, Günter Pfeifer, Jürgen M Plitzko, Wolfgang Baumeister, Friedrich Förster

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 118 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Pia UnverdorbenDepartment of Molecular Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, 82152 Martinsried, Germany.
Florian Beck
Paweł Śledź
Andreas Schweitzer
Günter Pfeifer
Jürgen M Plitzko
Wolfgang Baumeister
Friedrich Förster

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Abstract

The 26S proteasome is a 2.5 MDa molecular machine that executes the degradation of substrates of the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway. The molecular architecture of the 26S proteasome was recently established by cryo-EM approaches. For a detailed understanding of the sequence of events from the initial binding of polyubiquitylated substrates to the translocation into the proteolytic core complex, it is necessary to move beyond static structures and characterize the conformational landscape of the 26S proteasome. To this end we have subjected a large cryo-EM dataset acquired in the presence of ATP and ATP-γS to a deep classification procedure, which deconvolutes coexisting conformational states. Highly variable regions, such as the density assigned to the largest subunit, Rpn1, are now well resolved and rendered interpretable. Our analysis reveals the existence of three major conformations: in addition to the previously described ATP-hydrolyzing (ATPh) and ATP-γS conformations, an intermediate state has been found. Its AAA-ATPase module adopts essentially the same topology that is observed in the ATPh conformation, whereas the lid is more similar to the ATP-γS bound state. Based on the conformational ensemble of the 26S proteasome in solution, we propose a mechanistic model for substrate recognition, commitment, deubiquitylation, and translocation into the core particle.

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Models, MolecularMolecular ConformationCryoelectron MicroscopyDatabases, FactualImage Processing, Computer-AssistedProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexATP dependent 26S proteaseProteasome Endopeptidase Complexconformational switchingproteolysisproteostasisquality control

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PMID24706844
PMCPMC3992697

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