Burgess 博士指出,与其它蛋白质一样,动力蛋白也具有一个由长线型的分子折叠而成的复杂三级空间结构,虽然不能采用电镜技术探明其电子结构,但是最新的研究可以促进研究该蛋白质的关键位点,探明其运动机理。但日本的科学家认为,该动力蛋白的核心与细胞内的其它环状分子装置很相似,推测其间存在着一定的进化关系。
Burgess 博士称,虽其研究团队对于动力蛋白结构的认识上还存在着一定的分歧,但是其运动机制和核心结构的发现,可以为以后相关科学研究提供了研究方向。通过对动力蛋白结构和其运动机理的研究,研究人员期望可以了解其在细胞中功能,进而得知当其遭到破坏时的机体的反应。 ( 生物谷 Bioon.com)
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Cell, Volume 136, Issue 3, 485-495, 6 February 2009 doi:10.1016/j.cell.2008.11.049
AAA+ Ring and Linker Swing Mechanism in the Dynein Motor
Anthony J. Roberts1,Naoki Numata2,Matt L. Walker3,Yusuke S. Kato1,Bara Malkova1,Takahide Kon2,Reiko Ohkura2,Fumio Arisaka4,Peter J. Knight1,Kazuo Sutoh2,,andStan A. Burgess1,,
1 Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology and Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK2 Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Komaba 3-8-1, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan3 MLW Consulting, 11 Race Hill, Launceston, Cornwall PL15 9BB, UK4 Graduate School and School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
Summary
Dynein ATPases power diverse microtubule-based motilities. Each dynein motor domain comprises a ring-like head containing six AAA+ modules and N- and C-terminal regions, together with a stalk that binds microtubules. How these subdomains are arranged and generate force remains poorly understood. Here, using electron microscopy and image processing of tagged and truncated Dictyostelium cytoplasmic dynein constructs, we show that the heart of the motor is a hexameric ring of AAA+ modules, with the stalk emerging opposite the primary ATPase site (AAA1). The C-terminal region is not an integral part of the ring but spans between AAA6 and near the stalk base. The N-terminal region includes a lever-like linker whose N terminus swings by 17 nm during the ATPase cycle between AAA2 and the stalk base. Together with evidence of stalk tilting, which may communicate changes in microtubule binding affinity, these findings suggest a model for dynein's structure and mechanism.
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