Hernandez, R., Doyle, S., Johnston, D., and Wickner, S. (2012). “Locating regions of Escherichia coli Dnak important for molecular chaperone activity.” NIH Summer Research Program Poster Day, National Cancer Institute-Center for Cancer Research (NCI), Bethesda, MD. [Oral and Poster Presentation.]
Locating regions of Escherichia coli Dnak important for molecular chaperone activity
1. Chosen because:
§ Surface exposed
§ Not previously identified as
binding co-chaperone
Mutagenesis of DnaK:
§ Mutagenesis of DnaK gene using
QuikChange Site-Directed
Mutagenesis Kit
§ Sequence DnaK gene to identify
correct substitution
Locating regions of Escherichia coli DnaK important
for molecular chaperone activity
Roxana Hernandez, Shannon Doyle, Danielle Johnston, and Sue Wickner
DNA Molecular Biology Section, LMB, NCI, NIH
1. Background 6. ATPase activity of DnaK(351-355)
8. Future Plans
3. Mutagenesis of DnaK ATPase domain
4. Overproduction of DnaK mutant protein
§ Grow culture to OD600=0.8 (1)
§ Induce by heat (42°C)
for 2 hours (2)
§ Collect cells and lyse with
french press
§ Remove cell debris:
supernatant (3) and pellet(4)
§ Clarify cell extract:
supernatant (5) and pellet (6)
5. Purification of DnaK(351-355)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
DnaK:
70 kDa
Q-Sepharose:
Anion Exchange
S100:
Size Exclusion
Separates proteins by charge Separates proteins by size
and shape
DnaK
Q18
S100 Fractions
Q18
DnaK
NaCl
§ Molecular chaperones help proteins achieve their active/native
conformation
§ One chaperone, Hsp70, uses chemical energy from ATP hydrolysis
to fold and reactivate proteins
§ DnaK consists of 2 domains
§ ATPase Domain:
§ Binds and hydrolyzes ATP
§ Substrate Binding Domain:
§ Substrate binds when ATP is
present and binding is stabilized
by ADP
§ Substrate is released upon
nucleotide exchange
2. Goal
§ DnaK functions with two co-chaperones
§ DnaJ (Hsp40) – targets substrates to Hsp70 and stimulates
ATP hydrolysis by Hsp70
§ GrpE (NEF) – promotes the exchange of nucleotide by Hsp70
§ The Q18 fraction from the Q-Sepharose column was loaded onto
an S100 column for further purification.
Inactive
substrate
90
JE
K
JE
K
ATP ATP
Collaboration of
Hsp90Ec with the DnaK
system to promote
remodeling
Fully remodeled
substrate
Partial remodeling
by the DnaK system
J
E
K 90
Hsp90EcDnaK chaperone
system
ATPase
domain
ATP
Substrate-
binding
domain
Peptide
(substrate
)
Peptide bound model - Stevens, S.Y. et al., (2003) Protein Science
Nucleotide bound model - Sousa, M.C. and McKay, D.B (1998)
Biochemistry
N- and C-terminal combined model based on Hsc70 structure –
Jiang, J. et al., (2005) Molecular Cell
Model of DnaK Structure
S M V Q K K V A E F F G K
CCA ATG GTT CAG AAG AAA GTT GCT GAG TTC TTT GGT AAA
CCA ATG GTT CAG GCG GCA GTT GGT GCG TTC TTT GGT AAA
A A G A
Amino Acids
Nucleotides
DnaK wild type
sequence
DnaK mutant
sequence
Substituted nucleotides and
mutated amino acids
A. ATPase Standard Curve
OD620nm
Inorganic phosphate (nmol)
0.00
0.04
0.08
0.12
0.16
0 0.5 1
DnaK wild-type
DnaK 351-355
Mutant
Actual values
7. Conclusions
§ The DnaK mutant can be overexpressed and is soluble
§ DnaK(351-355) was separated from other cellular proteins
§ ATPase activity corresponds with DnaK protein concentration
§ DnaK(351-355) has higher ATPase activity than wild-type DnaK
0.00
0.05
0.10
0.15
0.20
0.25
WT Mutant
ATPhydrolysis
nmolmin-1DnaK-1
B. ATPase activity of DnaK
B. ATPase activities of DnaK(351-
355)
column fractions
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1
0.0
1.0
2.0
3.0
4.0
5.0
13 14 15 16 17
RateofATPhydrolysis(nmolmin-1)
ProteinConcentration(mg/ml)
S100 fraction number
A. Methods
1. Bradford Assay
Protein Concentration:
1. ATP Hydrolysis by DnaK
ATPase Activity:
Incubate reaction with
BioMol Reagent
Incubate with DnaK
for 20 min
ATP ADP + Pi
2. Detection of Pi
Read absorbance
At 620 nm
Malachite
Green
Malachite
Green
Pi
Does ATPase activity correspond with purified DnaK?
How does the ATPase activity of DnaK(351-355)
compare to wild-type DnaK activity?
II. Clp/Hsp100s – dissolve protein aggregates
§ Fraction 15 has the highest ATPase activity correlating well with a
high DnaK(351-355) concentration.
§ The Dnak(351-355) mutant has higher ATPase activity than DnaK
wild-type
§ Compare DnaK(351-355) to wild-type DnaK in chaperone activity
assays
Introduction
Hsp70/DnaK
§ The DnaK system collaborates with other chaperones
I. Hsp90 – remodel substrates and modulate protein activity
§ Some Hsp70-Hsp90 substrates are known oncogenic proteins
§ Inhibiting the action of Hsp70 or Hsp90 could be a target for
cancer therapies
Collaboration with other chaperones
§ Hsp70 is found in almost every organism. In E. coli it is called
DnaK.
§ To identify regions of DnaK that are important for chaperone
activity
Rate of
hydrolysis
Protein
Concentration
40
NEF
70
Hsp70 chaperone
system
Non-native and
inactive protein
Native/active
proteins
351-355
ATP
Peptide
(substrate)