The New Functional Hybrid Chaperone Protein ADGroEL–SacSm

The creation of new proteins by combining natural domains is a commonly used technique in protein engineering. In this work, we have tested the possibilities and limitations of using circular homo-oligomeric Sm-like proteins as a basis for attaching other domains. Attachment to such a stable base sh...

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Published in:Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2023-08, Vol.28 (17), p.6196
Main Authors: Mikhaylina, Alisa, Lekontseva, Natalia, Marchenkov, Victor, Kolesnikova, Viktoria, Khairetdinova, Albina, Nikonov, Oleg, Balobanov, Vitalii
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
chaperone
domain rearrangement
Genetic engineering
hybrid protein
Peptides
Protein binding
protein engineering
Protein folding
Proteins
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Summary:The creation of new proteins by combining natural domains is a commonly used technique in protein engineering. In this work, we have tested the possibilities and limitations of using circular homo-oligomeric Sm-like proteins as a basis for attaching other domains. Attachment to such a stable base should bring target domains together and keep them in the correct mutual orientation. We chose a circular homoheptameric Sm-like protein from Sulfolobus acidocaldarius as a stable backbone and the apical domain of the GroEL chaperone protein as the domain of study. This domain by itself, separated from the rest of the GroEL molecule, does not form an oligomeric ring. In our design, the hyperstable SacSm held the seven ADGroELs together and forced them to oligomerize. The designed hybrid protein was obtained and studied with various physical and chemical methods. Stepwise assembly and self-organization of this protein have been shown. First, the SacSm base was assembled, and then ADGroEL was folded on it. Functional testing showed that the obtained fusion protein was able to bind the same non-native proteins as the full-length GroEL chaperone. It also reduced the aggregation of a number of proteins when they were heated, which confirms its chaperone activity. Thus, the engineering path we chose made it possible to create an efficient thermostable chaperone. The result obtained shows the productivity of the way we chose for the creation and stabilization of oligomeric proteins.
ISSN:1420-3049
1420-3049
DOI:10.3390/molecules28176196