A heterodimeric complex that promotes the assembly of mammalian 20S proteasomes
- 1 October 2005
- journal article
- letter
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Nature
- Vol. 437 (7063), 1381-1385
- https://doi.org/10.1038/nature04106
Abstract
The 26S proteasome is a multisubunit protease responsible for regulated proteolysis in eukaryotic cells1,2. It comprises one catalytic 20S proteasome and two axially positioned 19S regulatory complexes3. The 20S proteasome is composed of 28 subunits arranged in a cylindrical particle as four heteroheptameric rings, α1–7β1–7β1–7α1–7 (refs 4, 5), but the mechanism responsible for the assembly of such a complex structure remains elusive. Here we report two chaperones, designated proteasome assembling chaperone-1 (PAC1) and PAC2, that are involved in the maturation of mammalian 20S proteasomes. PAC1 and PAC2 associate as heterodimers with proteasome precursors and are degraded after formation of the 20S proteasome is completed. Overexpression of PAC1 or PAC2 accelerates the formation of precursor proteasomes, whereas knockdown by short interfering RNA impairs it, resulting in poor maturation of 20S proteasomes. Furthermore, the PAC complex provides a scaffold for α-ring formation and keeps the α-rings competent for the subsequent formation of half-proteasomes. Thus, our results identify a mechanism for the correct assembly of 20S proteasomes.Keywords
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