PMID:9565560
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Caldas, TD, El Yaagoubi, A and Richarme, G (1998) Chaperone properties of bacterial elongation factor EF-Tu. J. Biol. Chem. 273:11478-82 |
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| Abstract |
Elongation factor Tu (EF-Tu) is involved in the binding and transport of the appropriate codon-specified aminoacyl-tRNA to the aminoacyl site of the ribosome. We report herewith that the Escherichia coli EF-Tu interacts with unfolded and denatured proteins as do molecular chaperones that are involved in protein folding and protein renaturation after stress. EF-Tu promotes the functional folding of citrate synthase and alpha-glucosidase after urea denaturation. It prevents the aggregation of citrate synthase under heat shock conditions, and it forms stable complexes with several unfolded proteins such as reduced carboxymethyl alpha-lactalbumin and unfolded bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor. The EF-Tu.GDP complex is much more active than EF-Tu.GTP in stimulating protein renaturation. These chaperone-like functions of EF-Tu occur at concentrations that are at least 20-fold lower than the cellular concentration of this factor. These results suggest that EF-Tu, in addition to its function in translation elongation, might be implicated in protein folding and protection from stress. |
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Citrate (si)-Synthase/ultrastructure; Escherichia coli; GTP Phosphohydrolase-Linked Elongation Factors/physiology; Hot Temperature; Molecular Chaperones; Peptide Elongation Factor Tu/physiology; Protein Binding; Protein Denaturation; Protein Folding; alpha-Glucosidases/ultrastructure |
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