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ArticleScience (New York, N.Y.)2016

Atomic structure of Hsp90-Cdc37-Cdk4 reveals that Hsp90 traps and stabilizes an unfolded kinase.

Kliment A Verba, Ray Yu-Ruei Wang, Akihiko Arakawa, Yanxin Liu, Mikako Shirouzu, Shigeyuki Yokoyama, David A Agard

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Article in Science (New York, N.Y.), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 237 papers.

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237citing papers in PubMed
25.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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237 citing papers in PubMed, 436 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Kliment A VerbaHoward Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) and the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
Ray Yu-Ruei WangHoward Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) and the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
Akihiko ArakawaRIKEN Systems and Structural Biology Center, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan.
Yanxin LiuHoward Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) and the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
Mikako ShirouzuRIKEN Systems and Structural Biology Center, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan.
Shigeyuki YokoyamaRIKEN Systems and Structural Biology Center, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan.
David A AgardHoward Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) and the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA. agard@msg.ucsf.edu.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute · USSystems Biology Institute · JP

Funding

TRD #3: An automated and streamlined pipeline for in-situ molecular microscopyP41GM103310 · NIGMS · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI DE MARCO, ALEX, KIEFT, JEFFREY S · 2012 to 2021
$14.7M
Structural Basis of Protein HomeostasisU01GM098254 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI AGARD, DAVID A., FRYDMAN, JUDITH · 2012 to 2014
$3.2M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIGMS NIH HHS 9 P41 GM103310NIGMS NIH HHS P41 GM103310NIGMS NIH HHS U01 GM098254
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Hsp90 molecular chaperone and its Cdc37 cochaperone help stabilize and activate more than half of the human kinome. However, both the mechanism by which these chaperones assist their "client" kinases and the reason why some kinases are addicted to Hsp90 while closely related family members are independent are unknown. Our structural understanding of these interactions is lacking, as no full-length structures of human Hsp90, Cdc37, or either of these proteins with a kinase have been elucidated. Here we report a 3.9 angstrom cryo-electron microscopy structure of the Hsp90-Cdc37-Cdk4 kinase complex. Surprisingly, the two lobes of Cdk4 are completely separated with the β4-β5 sheet unfolded. Cdc37 mimics part of the kinase N lobe, stabilizing an open kinase conformation by wedging itself between the two lobes. Finally, Hsp90 clamps around the unfolded kinase β5 strand and interacts with exposed N- and C-lobe interfaces, protecting the kinase in a trapped unfolded state. On the basis of this structure and an extensive amount of previously collected data, we propose unifying conceptual and mechanistic models of chaperone-kinase interactions.

Indexed as

Protein UnfoldingAnimalsCell Cycle ProteinsChaperoninsCyclin-Dependent Kinase 4Enzyme StabilityHSP90 Heat-Shock ProteinsHumansModels, MolecularMultiprotein ComplexesProtein Structure, SecondarySf9 CellsCDC37 protein, humanCDK4 protein, humanCell Cycle ProteinsChaperoninsCyclin-Dependent Kinase 4HSP90AB1 protein, humanHSP90 Heat-Shock ProteinsMultiprotein Complexes

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PMID27339980
PMCPMC5373496
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