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Cell Reports, Volume 24 Supplemental Information Expanded Coverage of the 26S Proteasome Conformational Landscape Reveals Mechanisms of Peptidase Gating Markus R. Eisele, Randi G. Reed, Till Rudack, Andreas Schweitzer, Florian Beck, Istvan Nagy, Günter Pfeifer, Jürgen M. Plitzko, Wolfgang Baumeister, Robert J. Tomko Jr., and Eri Sakata

Table S1 related to Main Figures 1-7: Yeast strains used in this study. Name RTY1 RTY432 RTY1168 RTY1171 RTY1173 RTY1179 RTY1301 RTY1321 RTY1372 RTY1504 RTY1506 RTY1664 RTY2013 RTY2033 RTY2091 RTY2099 RTY2112 RTY2123 RTY2166 RTY2135 RTY2137 YYS40 Genotype MATa his3-200 leu2-3,112 ura3-52 lys2-801 trp1-1 (alias MHY500) MATa his3-200 leu2-3,112 ura3-52 lys2-801 trp1-1 RPN5-6xGly-3xFLAG:hphMX4 rpt3δ::his3 [YCplac33-RPT3] MATa his3-200 leu2-3,112 ura3-52 lys2-801 trp1-1 rpt1δ::his3 [pfl44-rpt1] MATa his3-200 leu2-3,112 ura3-52 lys2-801 trp1-1 rpt4δ::his3 [YCplac33-RPT4] MATa his3-200 leu2-3,112 ura3-52 lys2-801 trp1-1 rpt6δ::his3 [YCplac33-RPT6] MATα his3-200 leu2-3,112 ura3-52 lys2-801 trp1-1 rpt6-δ1:natmx4 MATα his3-200 leu2-3,112 ura3-52 lys2-801 trp1-1 rpn6δ::natmx4 rpt6δ::his3 [prs316-rpn6; YCplac33-RPT6] MATa his3-200 leu2-3,112 ura3-52 lys2-801 trp1-1 rpt2δ::his3 [prs316-rpt2] MATa his3-200 leu2-3,112 ura3-52 lys2-801 trp1-1 rpn7δ::natmx4 rpt2δ::his3 [prs316- RPN7; prs316-rpt2] MATa his3-200 leu2-3,112 ura3-52 lys2-801 trp1-1 rpt3δ::his3 [YCplac33-RPT3] MATa his3-200 leu2-3,112 ura3-52 lys2-801 trp1-1 rpt5δ::his3 [YCplac33-RPT5] MATa his3-200 leu2-3,112 ura3-52 lys2-801 trp1-1 rpt1-δ1:kanmx6 MATa his3-200 leu2-3,112 ura3-52 lys2-801 trp1-1 RPN5-6xGly-3xFLAG:hphMX4 rpt6δ::his3 [YCplac33-RPT6] MATa his3-200 leu2-3,112 ura3-52 lys2-801 trp1-1 RPN5-6xGly-3xFLAG:hphMX4 rpt2δ::his3 [prs316-rpt2] MATα his3-200 leu2-3,112 ura3-52 lys2-801 trp1-1 RPN7(D123C)-6xGly-V5:kanMX6 MATa his3-200 leu2-3,112 ura3-52 lys2-801 trp1-1 RPT2(R407C):natMX4 MATa his3-200 leu2-3,112 ura3-52 lys2-801 trp1-1 RPN7(D123C)-6xGly-V5:kanMX6 RPT2(R407C):natMX4 MATa his3-200 leu2-3,112 ura3-52 lys2-801 trp1-1 rpt1-δ1:kanmx6 rpt6-δ1:natmx4 MATa his3-200 leu2-3,112 ura3-52 lys2-801 trp1-1 pre8δ::his3 pre9δ::natmx4 [prs316-pre8] MATa his3-200 leu2-3,112 ura3-52 lys2-801 trp1-1 RPN7(D123C)-6xGly-V5:kanMX6 RPT2(R407C):natMX4 rpt3δ::his3 [YCplac33-RPT3] MATa his3-200 leu2-3,112 ura3-52 lys2-801 trp1-1 RPN7(D123C)-6xGly-V5:kanMX6 RPT2(R407C):natMX4 rpt6δ::his3 [YCplac33-RPT6] MATa ade2-1, ura3-1, his3-11, trp1-1, leu2-3,112, can1-100, rpn11::rpn11-3xflag- CYC1term-HIS3

Table S2 related to Main Figures 1-7: Plasmids used in this study. Plasmid Genotype Source prt357 prs314-rpt1 This study prt364 YCplac111-RPT3 This study prt702 YCplac111-RPT2 This study prt1122 pet42b-6his-cys-rpn12(c23s,d265a) (Tomko et al., 2015) prt1408 prs315-rpt5 This study prt1409 prs314-rpt1(e310q) This study prt1410 YCplac111-rpt2(E283Q) This study prt1411 YCplac111-rpt3(E273Q) This study prt1413 prs315-rpt5(e282q) This study prt1425 prs314-ha-rpn6 This study prt1496 YCplac111-RPT6 This study prt1497 YCplac111-rpt6(E249Q) This study prt1528 YCplac111-RPT4 This study prt1529 YCplac111-rpt4(E283Q) This study prt1780 prs314-ha-rpn6(t203c) This study prt1783 YCplac111-RPT2(R407C) This study prt1784 YCplac111-RPT6(G387C) This study prt1834 YCplac111-rpt2(E283Q, R407C) This study pes1 pet28a-5ub-dhfr-ur-his This study

A RPN7 rpn7-c RPN7 rpn7-c RPT2 RPT2 rpt2-c rpt2-c YPD, 2d, 30 o C YPD, 2d, 37 o C SC, 2d, 30 o C SC + 30 μm CdCl 2, 2d, 33 o C B Rpn6 Rpt6 s1: ~6 Å s2: ~16 Å s3: ~16 Å s4: ~10 Å C RPN6 rpn6-c RPN6 rpn6-c RPT6 RPT6 rpt6-c rpt6-c 30 o C, 2d D + DTT kda 100 75 AMP- ATP ATP ATP PNP ATP 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 10 minutes CuCl 2 * HA-Rpn6^Rpt6 50 HA-Rpn6 RPN6 RPT6 rpn6-c RPT6 RPN6 rpt6-c rpn6-c rpt6-c Figure S1

Figure S1 related to Figure 1. A, Cysteine substitutions do not impact cell health. The strains shown were plated as serial dilutions on YPD, SC, or SC+ 30 μm CdCl 2 plates and incubated at the temperatures shown. B, Rpn6-T203 and Rpt6-G387 serve as an alternative conformational reporter. Rpn6 is shown in gold, Rpt6 in blue, and the other five Rpt subunits are shown in grey. All other subunits are omitted for clarity. The T203 and G387C residues are shown as red spheres, and the distances between their α carbons is listed in Angstroms. C, No obvious growth impairment in cells harboring the T203C and G387C substitutions. Serial dilutions were performed as in (A) above. D, Disulfide crosslinking of Rpn6 and Rpt6 is dependent upon engineered cysteines and impacted by nucleotide. Crosslinking was induced in whole cell extracts (WCE) prepared in the presence of 2 mm of the indicated nucleotide with CuCl 2 for ten minutes. Proteins were resolved by non-denaturing SDS-PAGE and examined by anti-ha (Rpn6) immunoblotting. For the last lane, the WCE was incubated with 10 mm DTT for 10 minutes prior to gel loading.

FSC A B C 1 0.8 0.6 s3 50 nm 50 nm 0.4 0.2 6.1 5.4 4.9 4.5 s4 s5 s6 0 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 D E Resolution (1/Å) ATPγS 2 mm + substrate Ub Ub Ub Ub Ub DHFR UR ATPγS 2 mm - substrate 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% s1 s3 s4 s5 F G 90 90 s3 s4 H s5 vs. s1 s5 vs. s2 s5 vs. s3 s5 vs. s4 aligned to CP 0 15 30 Å aligned to CP 0 4 8 Å aligned to ATPase 0 10 20 Å Figure S2

Figure S2 related to Figure 2. A, Double capped particles are predominantly visible on a typical micrograph. B, Particles were 2D sorted and only suitable reference-free 2D class averages were used for further 3D analysis. C, Combined particles of each state resulted in a resolution of 4.5 Å for s4, 4.9 Å for s5, 5.4 Å for s3 and 6.1 Å for s6 on the basis of the gold-standard FSC criterion (FSC 0.143). D, Schematic of linear ubiquitinated DHFR with an unstructured region at the C-terminus. E, State distribution of classified 2 mm ATPγS data set with and without model substrate. F and G, Cryo-EM reconstruction of classified s3 particles (F) and s4 particles (G). The 26S proteasome is colored according to Fig 2B. A clear density is visible in the center of the 20S in the s3 state and no density is visible in the s4 state. H, Residue-wise RMSD of the whole 26S proteasome, the 20S gate and the AAA+ ATPase (in Å) between the s5 vs. s1 state (left), s5 vs. s2 state, s5 vs. s3 state and s5 vs. s4 state, aligned to the CP or to the ATPase. For the gate RMSD plots, the compared structures (either s1, s2, s3 or s4) are shown. In all other panels, the measured RMSD is plotted on the s5 structure.

A RPT2 rpt2-eq YPD, 2d, 37 o C B C RP 2 CP RP 1 CP RP Lid RP 2 CP RP 1 CP Blm10-CP CP Intermediates Rpn12 Anti-Rpn12 (lid) blot Anti-20S (CP) blot Figure S3

Figure S3 related to Figure 3. A, No evidence of temperature sensitivity in rpt2-eq yeast. WT or rpt2-eq yeast were struck on YPD, and incubated at 37 o C for two days. B and C, Native gel immunoblot analysis of the indicated strains with anti-rpn12 (B) or anti-20s (C) antibodies reveal no obvious structural defects. CP assembly intermediates are indicated with a bracket.

s6 vs. s1 s6 vs. s2 s6 vs. s3 s6 vs. s4 s6 vs. s5 aligned to CP 0 15 30 Å aligned to CP 0 4 8 Å aligned to ATPase 0 10 20 Å Figure S4

Figure S4 related to Figure 4. Residue-wise RMSD of the whole 26S proteasome, the 20S gate and the AAA+ ATPase (in Å) between the s6 vs. s1 state (left), s6 vs. s2 state, s6 vs. s3 state, s6 vs. s4 state and s6 vs. s5 state, aligned to the CP or to the ATPase. For the gate RMSD plots, the compared structures (either s1, s2, s3, s4 or s5) are shown. In all other panels, the RMSD is plotted on the s6 structure.

correlation score h (Å) A s1 s2 s3 s4 s5 s6 Rpt5 Rpt4 Rpt1 Rpt3 Rpt6 Rpt2 B 26 24 Pocket distance 22 20 18 16 14 s1 s2 s3 s4 s5 s6 12 10 Rpt3-Rpt6 Rpt6-Rpt2 Rpt2-Rpt1 Rpt1-Rpt5 Rpt5-Rpt4 Rpt4-Rpt3 C H10 H10 Phe nucleotide nucleotide cluster, engaged cluster, open 0.45 0.4 0.35 0.3 0.25 0.2 0.15 Rpt3- Rpt6 Rpt6- Rpt2 Rpt2- Rpt1 Rpt1- Rpt5 Rpt5- Rpt4 Rpt4- Rpt3 s1 s2 s5 s3 s6 s4 27 28 29 22 25 23 3 1 2 16 18 21 4 7 5 32 35 12 6 15 24 30 36 13 8 11 9 10 34 33 19 20 14 17 26 31 0.1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536 Figure S5

Figure S5 related to Figure 5. A, Comparison of nucleotide bound states in all six states. A simulated map of the AAA+ ring model without nucleotides was subtracted from the experimental map. EMD-3534 and EMD-3535 were used for s1 and s2 (Wehmer et al., 2017). The difference maps always show six nucleotides for each state. B, The state of the pocket is determined by measuring the distance between the end of the H10 helix of one Rpt subunit and the tip of H6 helix of the adjacent clockwise subunit. Color coding of each state would corresponds to the one in Figure 6A. C, Assessment of the EM density of the nucleotide binding pocket. Volumes of all Rpt subunits interfaces were aligned and hierarchically clustered by their similarity. The aligned densities were divided into two large clusters; the average of the blue class is assigned to the engaged conformation whereas the gray is assigned to the open conformation. An overview of the clustering results of the Rpt interface is shown in right lower panel. The numbers in the columns correspond to the numbering of the clustering on the left.

A Rpt6 C-terminus Rpt1 C-terminus α3 α5 α2 α4 B C hsrpt1 mmrpt1 drrpt1 xlrpt1 dmrpt1 atrpt1 scrpt1 406 EKDFLEAVNKVIKSYAKFSATPRYMTYN 448 EKDFLEAVNKVIKSYAKFSATPRYMTYN 406 EKDFLEAVNKVIKSYAKFSATPRYMTYN 406 EKDFLEAVNKVIKSYAKFSATPRYMTYN 406 EKDFLEAVKKVIKSYAKFSATPRYMTYN 399 EKDFLDAVNKVIKGYQKFSATPKYMVYN 440 EKDFLKAVDKVISGYKKFSSTSRYMQYN hsrpt6 mmrpt6 drrpt6 xlrpt6 dmrpt6 atrpt6 scrpt6 380 QEDFEMAVAKVMQKDSEKNMSIKKLWK 380 QEDFEMAVAKVMQKDSEKNMSIKKLWK 380 QEDFEMAVAKVMQKDSEKNMSIKKLWK 388 QEDFEMAVAKVMQKDSEKNMSIKKLWK 379 QEDFEMAVAKVMQKDSEKNMSIKKLWK 378 QEDFEMAVSKVMKKEGESNMSLQRLWK 379 QEDFELAVGKVMNKNQETAISVAKLFK Figure S6

Figure S6 related to Figure 6. A, EM densities of the C-termini of Rpt6 (left) and Rpt1 (right). The Rpt6 C-termius is inserted between α2 and α3 and the Rpt1 C-terminus is inserted between α4 and α5. The EM density is depicted in gray. B, C, Boxshade alignments of the C-termini of Rpt1 (B) and Rpt6 (C) demonstrate high conservation of C- terminal amino acids.

A B C α1 - subunit S. cerevisiae 1 MSGAAAASAAGYDRHITIFSPEGRLYQVEYAFKATNQTNINSLAVRGKDCTVVISQKKVP 60 H. sapiens 1 ---MSRGSSAGFDRHITIFSPEGRLYQVEYAFKAINQGGLTSVAVRGKDCAVIVTQKKVP 57 M. musculus 1 ---MSRGSSAGFDRHITIFSPEGRLYQVEYAFKAINQGGLTSVAVRGKDCAVIVTQKKVP 57 A. thaliana 1 ---MSRGSGAGYDRHITIFSPEGRLFQVEYAFKAVKTAGITSIGVRGKDSVCVVTQKKVP 57 D. melanogaster 1 ---MSRGSSAGFDRHITIFSPEGRLYQVEYAFKAIAQENITTVALKSGDCAVVATQKKVT 57 M. jannaschii 1 GSHMQMVPPSAYDRAITVFSPEGRLYQVEYAREAVRRG-TTAIGIACKDGVVLAVDRRIT 60 S AV α1 α2 α3 α4 α5 α6 α7 S. cerevisiae YD P Y YSF P Y YD P Y YD P Y YD P Y YD P Y YD P Y H. sapiens FD P Y YSF P Y YD P Y YD P Y YD P Y YD P Y YD P Y M. musculus FD P Y YSF P Y YD P Y YD P Y YD P Y YD P Y YD P Y A. thaliana YD P F YSF P H YD P Y YD P Y YD P Y YD P Y YD P Y D. melanogaster FD P Y YSF P Y YD P Y YD P Y YD P Y YD P Y YD P Y M. jannaschii YD P Y YDR P Y YD P Y YD P Y YD P Y YD P Y YD P Y α6 α7 D α5 Rpt1 α4 α-helix (H0) canonical cluster Y6 Rpt5 Rpt2 α3 D9 α6 P15 Y26 Rpt6 α2 α7 α1 Rpt3 E closed (white) - open (color) ~3.5 Å P14 F Activated states (ATP cycle) Primed states α2 Ground state (Inactive) s4 s5 s7(?) s6 Rpt6 α3 s1 Substrate binding s2 s8(?) s3 s9(?) Figure S7

Figure S7 related to Figure 7. A, Sequence alignment between S. cerevisiae, H. sapiens, M. musculus, A. thaliana, D. melanogaster and M. jannaschii of the first 60 amino acids of α1. The canonical clusters are marked in blue and the first α-helix in green. B, Sequence alignment of the canonical cluster amino acids of all seven α-subunits from S. cerevisiae, H. sapiens, M. musculus, A. thaliana, D. melanogaster and M. jannaschii. All canonical cluster amino acids but those from α2 of M. jannaschii are highly conserved, which explains the non-canoncial cluster formed between α1- α2. C, Example of YD-P-Y motif between α6 and α7 in the s5 state. The EM density is shown as mesh. D, The α subunit N-termini of α2, α3 and α4 undergo large movements between the closed and open gate conformations. Each N-terminus is depicted in a different color in the s5 state: α1 light orange, α2 light blue, α3 dark green, α4 yellow, α5 dark blue, α6 dark orange, α7 light pink. The localization of the N-terminal extensions of α2, α3 and α4 in the s2 state are visible in white. The structures of s2 and s5 were aligned onto the complete α chains of the CP. E, A proline movement of ~3.5 Å in α2 can be identified between all open and closed structures, here shown in states s5 (colored, light blue and dark green) and s2 (white). The C-terminus of Rpt6 inserts into the α subunit pocket between α2 and α3 in s3 (closed) and all open gate states, s4, s5 and s6. F, Model for ATP hydrolysis by 26S proteasome. In the absence of substrate, the proteasome is present in the ground state (s1), which represents the lowest energy conformation amongst the conformational states. When the proteasome is activated, most likely by substrate binding (Lu et al., 2015), it undergoes a conformational change from the ground state to a primed state (s2 or s5). The translocation of substrate may be triggered by ATP hydrolysis by one of the initiating ATPases coupled with ATP binding by Rpt6, leading the proteasome to an activated state (s3, s4 and s6). ATP hydrolysis can occur in either the lowermost engaged and most likely ATP-bound subunit, as was suggested for Yme1 (Puchades et al., 2017), or the highest engaged subunit (Martin et al., 2008), and continues around the ring. ATP hydrolysis causes a major conformational change in the neighboring subunits, leading to a new nucleotide-pocket configuration and to the next proteasome state of the hydrolysis cycle. Additional states may exist (s7, s8, s9). It is probable that the cycle continues until substrate translocation is completed. The cycle could include reversion to s2, s5, or s1.