title: Cofactor Tpr2 combines two TPR domains and a J domain to regulate the Hsp70/Hsp90 chaperone system.
abstract: In the eukaryotic cytosol, Hsp70 and Hsp90 cooperate with various co-chaperone proteins in the folding of a growing set of substrates, including the glucocorticoid receptor (GR). Here, we analyse the function of the co-chaperone Tpr2, which contains two chaperone-binding TPR domains and a DnaJ homologous J domain. In vivo, an increase or decrease in Tpr2 expression reduces GR activation, suggesting that Tpr2 is required at a narrowly defined expression level. As shown in vitro, Tpr2 recognizes both Hsp70 and Hsp90 through its TPR domains, and its J domain stimulates ATP hydrolysis and polypeptide binding by Hsp70. Furthermore, unlike other co-chaperones, Tpr2 induces ATP-independent dissociation of Hsp90 but not of Hsp70 from chaperone-substrate complexes. Excess Tpr2 inhibits the Hsp90-dependent folding of GR in cell lysates. We propose a novel mechanism in which Tpr2 mediates the retrograde transfer of substrates from Hsp90 onto Hsp70. At normal levels substoichiometric to Hsp90 and Hsp70, this activity optimizes the function of the multichaperone machinery.
authors.affiliation: Cellular Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18a, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany.
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brychzy
authors.forename: Theo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rein
authors.forename: Konstanze F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Winklhofer
authors.forename: F Ulrich
authors.initials: FU
authors.lastname: Hartl
authors.forename: Jason C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: Wolfgang M J
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Obermann
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000378:metabolism; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D020816:Amino Acid Motifs; D000818:Animals; D016227:Benzoquinones; D002460:Cell Line; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D050956:HSP40 Heat-Shock Proteins; D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D018841:HSP90 Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; D006801:Humans; D047029:Lactams, Macrocyclic; D051379:Mice; D018832:Molecular Chaperones / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000473:pathology; D017354:Point Mutation; D011485:Protein Binding; D017510:Protein Folding; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011809:Quinones / Q000494:pharmacology; D011965:Receptors, Glucocorticoid / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D020449:Repetitive Sequences, Amino Acid; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D016227:Benzoquinones; C485782:DNAJC7 protein, human; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D050956:HSP40 Heat-Shock Proteins; D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins; D018841:HSP90 Heat-Shock Proteins; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; D047029:Lactams, Macrocyclic; D018832:Molecular Chaperones; D011506:Proteins; D011809:Quinones; D011965:Receptors, Glucocorticoid; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; C001277:geldanamycin