A Bipartite Interaction between Hsp70 and CHIP Regulates Ubiquitination of Chaperoned Client Proteins

Huaqun Zhang, Joseph Amick, Ritu Chakravarti, Stephanie Santarriaga, Simon Schlanger, Cameron McGlone, Michelle Dare, Jay C. Nix, K. Matthew Scaglione, Dennis J. Stuehr, Saurav Misra, Richard C. Page

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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 Å resolution structure of the tetratricopeptide repeat (TPR) domain of CHIP in complex with the α-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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)472-482
Number of pages11
JournalStructure
Volume23
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 3 2015

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Funding

The authors acknowledge financial support from the US NIH (R01-GM080271 to S.M., R00-NS073936 to K.M.S. and T32-HL007914 to R.C.P.). R.C.P. was also supported by Burroughs Wellcome Foundation Collaborative Research Travel Grant 1014031 and institutional funds from Miami University. K.M.S. was also funded through the Research and Education Program, a component of the Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin endowment at the Medical College of Wisconsin. The Advanced Light Source is supported by the US Department of Energy under contract number DE-AC03-76SF00098 at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

FundersFunder number
US Department of EnergyDE-AC03-76SF00098
National Institutes of Health (NIH)R01-GM080271, R00-NS073936, T32-HL007914
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Family Blood Pressure ProgramP01HL076491
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Family Blood Pressure Program
Burroughs Wellcome Fund1014031
Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Miami Clinical and Translational Science Institute, University of Miami

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Structural Biology
    • Molecular Biology

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