The Chaperonin TRiC/CCT Associates with Prefoldin through a Conserved Electrostatic Interface Essential for Cellular Proteostasis

Daniel Gestaut, Soung Hun Roh, Boxue Ma, Grigore Pintilie, Lukasz A. Joachimiak, Alexander Leitner, Thomas Walzthoeni, Ruedi Aebersold, Wah Chiu, Judith Frydman

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Abstract

Maintaining proteostasis in eukaryotic protein folding involves cooperation of distinct chaperone systems. To understand how the essential ring-shaped chaperonin TRiC/CCT cooperates with the chaperone prefoldin/GIMc (PFD), we integrate cryoelectron microscopy (cryo-EM), crosslinking-mass-spectrometry and biochemical and cellular approaches to elucidate the structural and functional interplay between TRiC/CCT and PFD. We find these hetero-oligomeric chaperones associate in a defined architecture, through a conserved interface of electrostatic contacts that serves as a pivot point for a TRiC-PFD conformational cycle. PFD alternates between an open “latched” conformation and a closed “engaged” conformation that aligns the PFD-TRiC substrate binding chambers. PFD can act after TRiC bound its substrates to enhance the rate and yield of the folding reaction, suppressing non-productive reaction cycles. Disrupting the TRiC-PFD interaction in vivo is strongly deleterious, leading to accumulation of amyloid aggregates. The supra-chaperone assembly formed by PFD and TRiC is essential to prevent toxic conformations and ensure effective cellular proteostasis.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)751-765.e15
JournalCell
Volume177
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 18 2019
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • CCT
  • GIMc
  • TRiC
  • XL-MS
  • chaperone
  • chaperonin
  • cryo-EM
  • prefoldin
  • proteostasis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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