title: Structural and mechanistic consequences of polypeptide binding by GroEL.
abstract: The remarkable ability of the chaperonin GroEL to recognise a diverse range of non-native states of proteins constitutes one of the most fascinating molecular recognition events in protein chemistry. Recent structural studies have revealed a possible model for substrate binding by GroEL and a high-resolution image of the GroEL-GroES folding machinery has provided important new insights into our understanding of the mechanism of action of this chaperonin. Studies with a variety of model substrates reveal that the binding of substrate proteins to GroEL is not just a passive event, but can result in significant changes in the structure and stability of the bound polypeptide. The potential impact of this on the mechanism of chaperonin-assisted folding is not fully understood, but provides exciting scope for further experiment.
authors.affiliation: School of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, UK.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Coyle
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jaeger
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gross
authors.forename: C V
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Radford
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D018834:Chaperonin 60 / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D011487:Protein Conformation; D017510:Protein Folding; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D018834:Chaperonin 60; D010455:Peptides