SummaryATP binding and hydrolysis are critical for protein degradation by HslUV, a AAA+ machine containing one or two HslU 6 ATPases and the HslV 12 peptidase. Although each HslU homohexamer has six potential ATP-binding sites, we show that only three or four ATP molecules bind at saturation and present evidence for three functional subunit classes. These results imply that only a subset of HslU and HslUV crystal structures represent functional enzyme conformations. Our results support an asymmetric mechanism of ATP binding and hydrolysis and suggest that molecular contacts between HslU and HslV vary dynamically throughout the ATPase cycle. Nucleotide binding controls HslUV assembly and activity. Binding of a single ATP allows HslU to bind HslV, whereas additional ATPs must bind HslU to support substrate recognition and to activate ATP hydrolysis, which powers substrate unfolding and translocation. Thus, a simple thermodynamic hierarchy ensures that substrates bind to functional HslUV complexes, that ATP hydrolysis is efficiently coupled to protein degradation, and that working HslUV does not dissociate, allowing highly processive degradation.
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