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Molecular and Cellular Biology, August 2003, p. 5857-5866, Vol. 23, No. 16
0270-7306/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/MCB.23.16.5857-5866.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Structural Environment Dictates the Biological Significance of Heme-Responsive Motifs and the Role of Hsp90 in the Activation of the Heme Activator Protein Hap1

Hee Chul Lee, Thomas Hon, Changgui Lan, and Li Zhang*

Department of Biochemistry, NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016

Received 21 February 2003/ Returned for modification 11 April 2003/ Accepted 19 May 2003

Heme-responsive motifs (HRMs) mediate heme regulation of diverse regulatory proteins. The heme activator protein Hap1 contains seven HRMs, but only one of them, HRM7, is essential for heme activation of Hap1. To better understand the molecular basis underlying the biological significance of HRMs, we examined the effects of various mutations of HRM7 on Hap1. We found that diverse mutations of HRM7 significantly diminished the extent of Hap1 activation by heme and moderately enhanced the interaction of Hap1 with Hsp90. Furthermore, deletions of nonregulatory sequences completely abolished heme activation of Hap1 and greatly enhanced the interaction of Hap1 with Hsp90. These results show that the biological functions of HRMs and Hsp90 are highly sensitive to structural changes. The unique role of HRM7 in heme activation stems from its specific structural environment, not its mere presence. Likewise, the role of Hsp90 in Hap1 activation is dictated by the conformational or structural state of Hap1, not by the mere strength of Hap1-Hsp90 interaction. It appears likely that HRM7 and Hsp90 act together to promote the Hap1 conformational changes that are necessary for Hap1 activation. Such fundamental mechanisms of HRM-Hsp90 cooperation may operate in diverse regulatory systems to mediate signal transduction.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Biochemistry, NYU School of Medicine, 550 First Ave., New York, NY 10016. Phone: (212) 263-8506. Fax: (212) 263-8166. E-mail: li.zhang{at}med.nyu.edu.

Molecular and Cellular Biology, August 2003, p. 5857-5866, Vol. 23, No. 16
0022-538X/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/MCB.23.16.5857-5866.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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