N-Terminal His-Tagged AtTPR7 Interactions with Hsp70 and Hsp90 Proteins

  • ANANDAYU PRADITA
  • REGINA SCHWEIGER
  • SERENA SCHWENKERT
  • JÜRGEN SOLL
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4308/hjb.21.4.197
Keywords: AtTPR7, Chaperones, Hsp90, Hsp70, Pull down assay

Abstract

Post-translational protein import into organelles is an important process to maintain cellular functions. During preprotein transport in the cytosol, chaperones, such as heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70) and heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90), are functioning to prevent aggregation and to maintain the correct protein folding of preproteins. This research was conducted in order to understand the chaperone-mediated, post-translational import of preproteins into the endoplasmic reticulum of Arabidopsis thaliana. AtTPR7 (Arabidopsis thaliana Tetratrico Peptide Repeat 7) is found in the endoplasmic reticulum and contains TPR domain, which mediates protein interaction with cytosolic Hsp70 and Hsp90. In this study, recombinant AtTPR7 was expressed in E. coli BL21 (DE3)-RIPL cells and purified using an N-terminal His-tag. In order to study the interactions of the protein with the chaperones, we used pulldown and Western blot assays. We could thereby show that the N-terminally His-tagged AtTPR7 protein interacted with Hsp70 and Hsp90.

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Published
2014-12-01
Issue
Vol. 21 No. 4 (2014): December 2014
Section
Short Communication

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