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标题：In situ structural studies of tripeptidyl peptidase II (TPPII) reveal spatial association with proteasomes
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作者：Yoshiyuki Fukuda ; Florian Beck ; Jürgen M. Plitzko 等
期刊名称：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
印刷版ISSN：0027-8424
电子版ISSN：1091-6490
出版年度：2017
卷号：114
期号：17
页码：4412-4417
DOI：10.1073/pnas.1701367114
语种：English
出版社：The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
摘要：Tripeptidyl peptidase II (TPPII) is a eukaryotic protease acting downstream of the 26S proteasome; it removes tripeptides from the degradation products released by the proteasome. Structural studies in vitro have revealed the basic architecture of TPPII, a two-stranded linear polymer that assembles to form a spindle-shaped complex of ∼6 MDa. Dependent on protein concentration, TPPII has a distinct tendency for polymorphism. Therefore, its structure in vivo has remained unclear. To resolve this issue, we have scrutinized cryo-electron tomograms of rat hippocampal neurons for the occurrence and spatial distribution of TPPII by template matching. The quality of the tomograms recorded with the Volta phase plate enabled a detailed structural analysis of TPPII despite its low abundance. Two different assembly states (36-mers and 32-mers) coexist as well as occasional extended forms with longer strands. A distance analysis of the relative locations of TPPII and 26S proteasomes confirmed the visual impression that these two complexes spatially associate in agreement with TPPII’s role in postproteasomal degradation.
关键词：primary cultured neuronal cell ; 26S proteasome ; Volta phase plate ; cryo-electron tomography ; subtomogram averaging