title: Allosteric control by ATP of non-folded protein binding to GroEL.
abstract: Co-operativity in ATP hydrolysis by GroEL can be described by a model in which each ring of GroEL is in equilibrium between a low (T) and high (R) affinity state for ATP. According to this model, the GroEL double-ring is in equilibrium between three states: TT, TR and RR. In order to find out which states bind non-folded proteins, we measured the co-operativity in ATP hydrolysis by GroEL in the absence and presence of non-folded alpha-lactalbumin, under equilibrium conditions between GroEL and the non-folded protein. The non-folded protein is found to bind preferentially the T state of GroEL rings and to stimulate the ATPase activity of GroEL by (1) a direct effect on GroEL rings in the T state and (2) a shift in the equilibrium from the RR state toward the more active TR state. The coupling between co-operativity in ATP hydrolysis by GroEL and protein substrate binding and release by this molecular chaperone is shown.
authors.affiliation: Department of Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yifrach
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Horovitz
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000378:metabolism; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism*; D000494:Allosteric Regulation; D018834:Chaperonin 60 / Q000378:metabolism*; D006868:Hydrolysis; D007700:Kinetics; D007768:Lactalbumin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D017510:Protein Folding; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D018834:Chaperonin 60; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D007768:Lactalbumin; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases