PMID:11237695

Citation	Cooper, KW and Baneyx, F (2001) Escherichia coli FtsH (HflB) degrades a membrane-associated TolAI-II-beta-lactamase fusion protein under highly denaturing conditions. Protein Expr. Purif. 21:323-32
Abstract	TolAI--II--beta-lactamase, a fusion protein consisting of the inner membrane and transperiplasmic domains of TolA followed by TEM--beta-lactamase associated with the inner membrane but remained confined to the cytoplasm when expressed at high level in Escherichia coli. Although the fusion protein was resistant to proteolysis in vivo, it was hydrolyzed during preparative SDS-polyacrylamide electrophoresis and when insoluble cellular fractions unfolded with 5 M urea were subjected to microdialysis. Inhibitor profiling studies revealed that both a metallo- and serine protease were involved in TolAI--II--beta-lactamase degradation under denaturing conditions. The in vitro degradation rates of the fusion protein were not affected when insoluble fractions were harvested from a strain lacking protease IV, but were significantly reduced when microdialysis experiments were conducted with material isolated from an isogenic ftsH1 mutant. Adenine nucleotides were not required for degradation, and ATP supplementation did not accelerate the apparent rate of TolAI--II--beta-lactamase hydrolysis under denaturing conditions. Our results indicate that the metalloprotease active site of FtsH remains functional in the presence of 3--5 M urea and suggest that the ATPase and proteolytic activities of FtsH can be uncoupled if the substrate is sufficiently unstructured. Thus, a key role of the FtsH AAA module appears to be the net unfolding of bound substrates so that they can be efficiently engaged by the protease active site.
Links	PubMed Online version:10.1006/prep.2000.1378
Keywords	ATP-Dependent Proteases; Adenosine Triphosphate/pharmacology; Bacterial Proteins/chemistry; Bacterial Proteins/genetics; Bacterial Proteins/metabolism; Cell Membrane/enzymology; Cell Membrane/metabolism; Escherichia coli/cytology; Escherichia coli/enzymology; Escherichia coli/genetics; Escherichia coli Proteins; Membrane Proteins/metabolism; Metalloendopeptidases/metabolism; Protease Inhibitors/pharmacology; Protein Binding; Protein Denaturation/drug effects; Protein Structure, Tertiary; Protein Transport; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/chemistry; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism; Solubility; Urea/pharmacology; beta-Lactamases/genetics; beta-Lactamases/metabolism
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