Cryo-EM structure provides insights into the unusual heptameric assembly of rice (Oryza sativa L.) ClpB1 AAA+ ATPase.

Heat stress disrupts the protein homeostasis leading to the accumulation of toxic aggregated proteins in the cell. ClpB disaggregase belonging to the AAA+ ATPase superfamily removes the aggregated toxic proteins. ClpB is present ubiquitously in bacteria, yeast, protozoans and plants and plays a role in acquired heat tolerance.

Recombinant expression, purification and SAXS analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana ClpC1.

Caseinolytic protease-associated chaperones (Clp chaperones) are HSP100 proteins belonging to the family of ATPases having diverse cellular functions, and they occur in various organisms ranging from bacteria to plants and mammals. Most Clp chaperones have a hexameric organization and associate with tetradecameric Clp proteases to recognize and unfold protein substrates that get degraded within the cellular milieu. Vascular plants have a diverse family of Clp chaperones compared to other organisms; wherein, the chloroplasts of Arabidopsis thaliana alone contain four distinct Clp chaperones, such as ClpC1, ClpC2, ClpD, and ClpB3.

Surface charge dependent separation of modified and hybrid ferritin in native PAGE: Impact of lysine 104.

Unlabelled: Preparation of modified and hybrid ferritin provides a great opportunity to understand the mechanisms of iron loading/unloading, protein self-assembly, size constrained nanomaterial synthesis and targeted drug delivery. However, the large size (M.W.

Crystal structures reveal N-terminal Domain of Arabidopsis thaliana ClpD to be highly divergent from that of ClpC1.

The caseinolytic protease machinery associated chaperone protein ClpC is known to be present in bacteria, plants and other eukaryotes, whereas ClpD is unique to plants. Plant ClpC and ClpD proteins get localized into chloroplast stroma. Herein, we report high resolution crystal structures of the N-terminal domain of Arabidopsis thaliana ClpC1 and ClpD.