PMID- 10759842 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20000613 LR - 20231213 IS - 0014-2956 (Print) IS - 0014-2956 (Linking) VI - 267 IP - 8 DP - 2000 Apr TI - High-molecular-mass complexes formed in vivo contain smHSPs and HSP70 and display chaperone-like activity. PG - 2195-207 AB - Stress can have profound effects on the cell. The elicitation of the stress response in the cell is often accompanied by the synthesis of high-molecular-mass complexes, sometimes termed heat shock granules (HSGs). The presence of the complexes has been shown to be important for the survival of cells subjected to stress. We purified these complexes from heat-stressed BY-2 tobacco cells. HSG complexes formed in vivo contain predominantly smHSPs, HSP40 and HSP70 and display chaperone-like activity. Tubulins as well as other proteins may be part of the complex or its substrate. The proteins, except smHSPs and to some extent HSP70, were hypersensitive to proteolysis, suggesting that they were partially denatured and not an integral part of the HSG complexes. When citrate synthase was used as the substrate, in vivo generated HSG complexes exhibited strong nucleotide-dependent in vitro chaperone activity. Measurable ATP-mediated hydrolytic activity was detected. Isolated HSG complexes are stable until ATP is added, which leads to rapid dissociation of the complex into subunits. It is proposed that smHSPs form the core of the complex in association with ATP-dependent HSP70 and HSP40 cochaperones. Implications of these findings are discussed. FAU - Smykal, P AU - Smykal P AD - Department of Plant Physiology, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. FAU - Hrdy, I AU - Hrdy I FAU - Pechan, P M AU - Pechan PM LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - Eur J Biochem JT - European journal of biochemistry JID - 0107600 RN - 0 (HSP40 Heat-Shock Proteins) RN - 0 (HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins) RN - 0 (Heat-Shock Proteins) RN - 0 (Macromolecular Substances) RN - 0 (Molecular Chaperones) RN - 0 (Plant Proteins) RN - 8L70Q75FXE (Adenosine Triphosphate) RN - EC 2.3.3.1 (Citrate (si)-Synthase) RN - EC 3.4.21.64 (Endopeptidase K) SB - IM MH - Adenosine Triphosphate/metabolism/pharmacology MH - Cell Line MH - Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid MH - Citrate (si)-Synthase/metabolism MH - Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel MH - Endopeptidase K/metabolism MH - Enzyme Activation MH - HSP40 Heat-Shock Proteins MH - HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins/*analysis MH - Heat-Shock Proteins/*analysis/chemistry MH - Immunoblotting MH - Kinetics MH - Macromolecular Substances MH - Microscopy, Electron MH - Molecular Chaperones/*chemistry MH - Plant Proteins/*chemistry MH - Plants, Toxic MH - Scattering, Radiation MH - Temperature MH - Nicotiana EDAT- 2000/04/12 09:00 MHDA- 2000/06/17 09:00 CRDT- 2000/04/12 09:00 PHST- 2000/04/12 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2000/06/17 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2000/04/12 09:00 [entrez] AID - ejb1223 [pii] AID - 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01223.x [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Eur J Biochem. 2000 Apr;267(8):2195-207. doi: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01223.x.