title: (Mg-ATP)-dependent self-assembly of molecular chaperone GroEL.
abstract: The important Escherichia coli heat-shock protein GroEL of relative molecular mass 57,259 is a typical molecular chaperone. It possesses ATPase activity and interacts in ATP-driven reactions with non-folded proteins to stimulate their correct folding and/or assembly by preventing the formation of improper protein structures or aggregates. As GroEL is isolated and functions as a 20-25S tetradecameric particle (GroELp), the question arises--what is the mechanism of its own assembly? Here we show the (Mg-ATP)-dependent self-stimulation ('self-chaperoning') in vitro of GroELp reassembly from its monomeric state.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Protein Research, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow Region.
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Lissin
authors.lastname: Venyaminov SYu
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Girshovich
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D018834:Chaperonin 60; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000378:metabolism*; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008970:Molecular Weight; D011487:Protein Conformation; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D018834:Chaperonin 60; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate