title: Intermediate-type 20 S proteasomes in HeLa cells: "asymmetric" subunit composition, diversity and adaptation.
abstract: The 20 S proteasomes are cylinder-shaped heteromeric dimers with a subunit configuration of alpha7, beta7, beta7, alpha7. Replacement of the three active site-containing standard beta-subunits (beta1, beta2, beta5) by immuno-beta-subunits (beta1i, beta2i, beta5i) results in formation of 20 S immuno-proteasomes, while only partial replacement leads to intermediate-type proteasomes. Synthesis of immuno-subunits can be induced by interferon-gamma, which causes a complete transformation of three subtypes of standard proteasomes into three subtypes of intermediate-type proteasomes in HeLa cells, a process that results in a change in the proteolytic activities of the enzymes. HeLa cells producing the proteasome beta1-subunit tagged with the Fc region-binding ZZ domain of protein A were grown in the presence of interferon-gamma. From these cells, we have purified 20 S proteasomes by using IgG-affinity resin and analysed them by 2D PAGE. Our study showed that subunit replacement can be confined to one half of the proteasome cylinder, resulting in the formation of intermediate-type proteasomes with "asymmetric" subunit composition. Analysis of proteasomes purified from the cytoplasm, nucleoplasm, and microsomes of HeLa S3 cells reveals that all three compartments are furnished with intermediate-type proteasomes of different subtype and subunit composition, exhibiting different specific proteolytic activities.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Biochemie, Charité-Universitätsmedizin-Berlin, Monbijoustrassse 2, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Klare
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Seeger
authors.forename: Katharina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Janek
authors.forename: Peter R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Jungblut
authors.forename: Burkhardt
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dahlmann
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000378:metabolism; D046988:Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011487:Protein Conformation; D021122:Protein Subunits / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*