PMID: 25684577
Authors:
Zhang H, Amick J, Chakravarti R, Santarriaga S, Schlanger S, McGlone C, Dare M, Nix JC, Scaglione KM, Stuehr DJ, Misra S, Page RC
Title:
A Bipartite Interaction between Hsp70 and CHIP Regulates Ubiquitination of Chaperoned Client Proteins.
Journal:
Structure. 2015 Feb 10. pii: S0969-2126(15)00006-4. doi:, 10.1016/j.str.2015.01.003.
Abstract:
The ubiquitin ligase CHIP plays an important role in cytosolic protein quality control by ubiquitinating proteins chaperoned by Hsp70/Hsc70 and Hsp90, thereby targeting such substrate proteins for degradation. We present a 2.91 A resolution structure of the tetratricopeptide repeat (TPR) domain of CHIP in complex with the alpha-helical lid subdomain and unstructured tail of Hsc70. Surprisingly, the CHIP-TPR interacts with determinants within both the Hsc70-lid subdomain and the C-terminal PTIEEVD motif of the tail, exhibiting an atypical mode of interaction between chaperones and TPR domains. We demonstrate that the interaction between CHIP and the Hsc70-lid subdomain is required for proper ubiquitination of Hsp70/Hsc70 or Hsp70/Hsc70-bound substrate proteins. Posttranslational modifications of the Hsc70 lid and tail disrupt key contacts with the CHIP-TPR and may regulate CHIP-mediated ubiquitination. Our study shows how CHIP docks onto Hsp70/Hsc70 and defines a bipartite mode of interaction between TPR domains and their binding partners.