title: Evidence for a lipochaperonin: association of active protein-folding GroESL oligomers with lipids can stabilize membranes under heat shock conditions.
abstract: During heat shock, structural changes in proteins and membranes may lead to cell death. While GroE and other chaperone proteins are involved in the prevention of stress-induced protein aggregation and in the recovery of protein structures, a mechanism for short-term membrane stabilization during stress remains to be established. We found that GroEL chaperonin can associate with model lipid membranes. Binding was apparently governed by the composition and the physical state of the host bilayer. Limited proteolysis of GroEL oligomers by proteinase K, which removes selectively the conserved glycine- and methionine-rich C terminus, leaving the chaperonin oligomer intact, prevented chaperonin association with lipid membranes. GroEL increased the lipid order in the liquid crystalline state, yet remained functional as a protein-folding chaperonin. This suggests that, during stress, chaperonins can assume the functions of assisting the folding of both soluble and membrane-associated proteins while concomitantly stabilizing lipid membranes.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biochemistry, Biological Research Centre, Szeged, Hungary.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Török
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Horváth
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Goloubinoff
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kovács
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Glatz
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Balogh
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vígh
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000378:metabolism; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000502:physiology*; D018835:Chaperonin 10 / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D018834:Chaperonin 60 / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D004795:Enzyme Stability; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000378:metabolism*; D005454:Fluorescence Polarization; D005998:Glycine; D006358:Hot Temperature; D007700:Kinetics; D008051:Lipid Bilayers; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008291:Malate Dehydrogenase / Q000737:chemistry; D008563:Membrane Lipids / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D008715:Methionine; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000201:enzymology; D017510:Protein Folding; D055503:Protein Multimerization; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D018835:Chaperonin 10; D018834:Chaperonin 60; D008051:Lipid Bilayers; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008563:Membrane Lipids; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D008715:Methionine; D008291:Malate Dehydrogenase; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; D005998:Glycine