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Visualizing the Transiently Populated Closed-State of Human HSP90 ATP Binding Domain

Henot, F.; Rioual, E.; Favier, A.; Macek, P.; Crublet, E.; Josso, P.; Brutscher, B.; Frech, M.; Gans, P.; Loison, C.; Boisbouvier, J.

2022-03-17 biophysics
10.1101/2022.03.16.484593 bioRxiv
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HSP90 are abundant molecular chaperones, assisting the folding of several hundred client proteins, including substrates involved in tumor growth or neurodegenerative diseases. A complex set of large ATP-driven structural changes occurs during HSP90 functional cycle. However, the existence of such structural rearrangements in apo HSP90 has remained unclear. Here, we identified a metastable excited state in the isolated HSP90 ATP binding domain. We used solution NMR and mutagenesis to characterize structures of both ground and excited states. We demonstrated that in solution the HSP90 ATP binding domain transiently samples a functionally relevant ATP-lid closed state, distant by more than 30 [A] from the ground state. NMR relaxation and molecular dynamics were combined to characterize the energy landscape corresponding to the transition between these interconverting states. The precise description of the dynamics and structures sampled by human HSP90 ATP binding domain is a paramount piece of information for the future design of new therapeutic ligands.

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