Minho Keum

Mr. Minho Keum

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Academic Career Length

6Years (2021-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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12 November 2021 in Biology
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MKMinho Keum
Minho Keum
DIDai Ito
Dai Ito
MKMi-Seong Kim
Mi-Seong Kim
YLYuxi Lin
Yuxi Lin
KYKyeong-Hyeon Yoon
Kyeong-Hyeon Yoon
HWHyung-Sik Won
Hyung-Sik Won
Hsp33, a prokaryotic redox-regulated holding chaperone, has been recently identified to be able to exhibit an unfoldase and aggregase activity against elongation factor Tu (EF-Tu) in its reduced state. In this study, we investigated the effect of elongation factor Ts (EF-Ts) and trigger factor (TF) on Hsp33-mediated EF-Tu unfolding and aggregation using gel filtration, light scattering, circular dichroism, and isothermal titration calorimetry. We found that EF-Tu unfolding and subsequent aggregation induced by Hsp33 were evident even in its complex state with EF-Ts, which enhanced EF-Tu stability. In addition, although TF alone had no substantial effect on the stability of EF-Tu, it markedly amplified the Hsp33-mediated EF-Tu unfolding and aggregation. Collectively, the present results constitute the first example of synergistic unfoldase/aggregase activity of molecular chaperones and suggest that the stability of EF-Tu is modulated by a sophisticated network of molecular chaperones to regulate protein biosynthesis in cells under stress conditions.