ATP-dependent Clp protease adaptor protein ClpS

ClpS
clpns with fragments
Identifiers
SymbolClpS
PfamPF02617
InterProIPR003769
SCOP21mbx / SCOPe / SUPFAM
Available protein structures:
Pfam  structures / ECOD  
PDBRCSB PDB; PDBe; PDBj
PDBsumstructure summary

ClpS is an N-recognin in the N-end rule pathway.[1] ClpS interacts with protein substrates that have a bulky hydrophobic residue (leucine, phenylalanine, tyrosine, and tryptophan) at the N-terminus. The protein substrate is then degraded by the ClpAP protease.[2][3]

In molecular biology, the ATP-dependent Clp protease adaptor protein ClpS is a bacterial protein. In the bacterial cytosol, ATP-dependent protein degradation is performed by several different chaperone-protease pairs, including ClpAP. ClpS directly influences the ClpAP machine by binding to the N-terminal domain of the chaperone ClpA. The degradation of ClpAP substrates, both SsrA-tagged proteins and ClpA itself, is specifically inhibited by ClpS. ClpS modifies ClpA substrate specificity, potentially redirecting degradation by ClpAP toward aggregated proteins.[4]

ClpS is a small alpha/beta protein that consists of three alpha-helices connected to three antiparallel beta-strands.[5] The protein has a globular shape, with a curved layer of three antiparallel alpha-helices over a twisted antiparallel beta-sheet. Dimerization of ClpS may occur through its N-terminal domain. This short extended N-terminal region in ClpS is followed by the central seven-residue beta-strand, which is flanked by two other beta-strands in a small beta-sheet.

  1. ^ Varshavsky A (August 2011). "The N-end rule pathway and regulation by proteolysis". Protein Science. 20 (8): 1298–345. doi:10.1002/pro.666. PMC 3189519. PMID 21633985.
  2. ^ Tasaki T, Sriram SM, Park KS, Kwon YT (10 April 2012). "The N-end rule pathway". Annual Review of Biochemistry. 81: 261–89. doi:10.1146/annurev-biochem-051710-093308. PMC 3610525. PMID 22524314.
  3. ^ Erbse A, Schmidt R, Bornemann T, Schneider-Mergener J, Mogk A, Zahn R, et al. (February 2006). "ClpS is an essential component of the N-end rule pathway in Escherichia coli". Nature. 439 (7077): 753–6. Bibcode:2006Natur.439..753E. doi:10.1038/nature04412. PMID 16467841. S2CID 4406838.
  4. ^ Dougan DA, Reid BG, Horwich AL, Bukau B (March 2002). "ClpS, a substrate modulator of the ClpAP machine". Molecular Cell. 9 (3): 673–83. doi:10.1016/S1097-2765(02)00485-9. PMID 11931773.
  5. ^ Zeth K, Ravelli RB, Paal K, Cusack S, Bukau B, Dougan DA (December 2002). "Structural analysis of the adaptor protein ClpS in complex with the N-terminal domain of ClpA". Nature Structural Biology. 9 (12): 906–11. doi:10.1038/nsb869. PMID 12426582. S2CID 28459237.