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The Ubiquit<strong>in</strong>-Proteasome-System<br />

The Proteasome<br />

The 20S Proteasome<br />

Introduction<br />

The proteasome, a large, cyl<strong>in</strong>drical multi-enzyme complex, is <strong>the</strong> central ele-<br />

ment <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>ubiquit<strong>in</strong></strong>-proteasome system (UPS). It can be subdivided <strong>in</strong>to two<br />

dissociable assemblies; <strong>the</strong> core complex, also known as <strong>the</strong> 20S proteasome, <strong>and</strong><br />

one or two regulatory particles which cap <strong>the</strong> ends <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> core particle. Four<br />

hetero-heptameric r<strong>in</strong>gs are axially stacked to form <strong>the</strong> 20S proteasome, where<br />

subunits α1-α7 make up <strong>the</strong> outer <strong>and</strong> subunits β1-β7 <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>ner two r<strong>in</strong>gs (Fig. 1).<br />

Enzymatic activity is restricted to <strong>the</strong> central lumen <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> cyl<strong>in</strong>der, which effec-<br />

tively prevents unspecific access to <strong>the</strong> active sites <strong>and</strong> thus aberrant degrada-<br />

tion. Through N-term<strong>in</strong>al extensions, <strong>the</strong> α-subunits fur<strong>the</strong>r occlude <strong>the</strong> cen-<br />

tral pore, which can only be opened by association with a regulatory complex<br />

(Groll et al., 2000). Only three <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> β-subunits <strong>in</strong> each r<strong>in</strong>g (β1, β2 <strong>and</strong> β5)<br />

display catalytic activity, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir active sites po<strong>in</strong>t toward <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>side <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

proteolytic chamber. All <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se subunits are threon<strong>in</strong>e-proteases, but each <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong>m displays different proteolytic preferences, which have been classified ac-<br />

cord<strong>in</strong>g to <strong>the</strong> residue N-term<strong>in</strong>al <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> cleaved peptide-bond: acidic (caspase-<br />

<strong>like</strong>, β1), basic (tryps<strong>in</strong>-<strong>like</strong>, β2), <strong>and</strong> hydrophobic (chymotryps<strong>in</strong>-<strong>like</strong>, β5) (Groll<br />

<strong>and</strong> Clausen, 2003). The cyl<strong>in</strong>drical shape <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> 20S proteasome promotes a pro-<br />

cessive <strong>degradation</strong> <strong>of</strong> its substrates by prevent<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> dissociation <strong>of</strong> partially<br />

processed polypeptides, <strong>and</strong> thus releases short peptides rang<strong>in</strong>g from three to 25<br />

residues. These peptides can now be fur<strong>the</strong>r processed <strong>in</strong>to s<strong>in</strong>gle am<strong>in</strong>o acids by<br />

cytoplasmatic am<strong>in</strong>opeptidases, or <strong>the</strong>y can be – if <strong>the</strong>y meet <strong>the</strong> requirements –<br />

loaded onto MHC class I molecules <strong>and</strong> subsequently be presented to circulat<strong>in</strong>g<br />

lymphocytes (Coux et al., 1996; Baumeister et al., 1998).<br />

In higher vertebrates, <strong>the</strong> release <strong>of</strong> <strong>in</strong>terferon (IFN)-γ leads to <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>duction<br />

<strong>of</strong> three additional, non-essential subunits: β1i (LMP2), β2i (MECL-1) <strong>and</strong> β5i<br />

(LMP7), which are <strong>in</strong>corporated <strong>in</strong>to <strong>the</strong> proteasome dur<strong>in</strong>g neosyn<strong>the</strong>sis. Pro-<br />

teasomes which conta<strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong>se <strong>in</strong>ducible subunits are termed “immunoprotea-<br />

somes” <strong>and</strong> display an altered cleavage pattern which could be shown to gen-<br />

erate more peptides suitable for presentation (Groettrup et al., 2001a,b; Goldberg<br />

et al., 2002). In addition to <strong>the</strong>se three <strong>in</strong>ducible subunits, one o<strong>the</strong>r differentially<br />

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