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In the AAA+ HslUV protease, substrates are bound and unfolded by a ring hexamer of HslU, before translocation through an axial pore and into the HslV degradation chamber. Here, we show that the N-terminal residues of an Arc substrate initially bind in the HslU axial pore, with key contacts mediated by a pore loop that is highly conserved in all AAA+ unfoldases. Disordered loops from the six intermediate domains of the HslU hexamer project into a funnel-shaped cavity above the pore and are positioned to contact protein substrates. Mutations in these I-domain loops increase K(M) and decrease V(max) for degradation, increase the mobility of bound substrates, and prevent substrate stimulation of ATP hydrolysis. HslU-ΔI has negligible ATPase activity. Thus, the I domain plays an active role in coordinating substrate binding, ATP hydrolysis, and protein degradation by the HslUV proteolytic machine. Copyright © 2011 The Protein Society.

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Shankar Sundar, Tania A Baker, Robert T Sauer. The I domain of the AAA+ HslUV protease coordinates substrate binding, ATP hydrolysis, and protein degradation. Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society. 2012 Feb;21(2):188-98

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PMID: 22102327

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