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Schwimmer C, Rak M, Lefebvre-Legendre L, Duvezin-Caubet S, Plane G, di Rago JP. Yeast models of human mitochondrial diseases: from molecular mechanisms to drug screening. Biotechnol J 2006; 1:270-81. [PMID: 16897707 DOI: 10.1002/biot.200500053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Mitochondrial diseases are rare diseases most often linked to energy in the form of ATP-depletion. The high number of nuclear- and mitochondrial-DNA-encoded proteins (>500), required for ATP production and other crucial mitochondrial functions such as NADH re-oxidation, explains the increasing number of reported disorders. In recent years, yeast has revealed to be a powerful model to identify responsible genes, to study primary effects of pathogenic mutations and to determine the molecular mechanisms leading to mitochondrial disorders. However, the clinical management of patients with mitochondrial disorders is still essentially supportive. Here we review some of the most fruitful yeast mitochondrial disorder models and propose to subject these models to highthroughput chemical library screening to prospect new therapeutic drugs against mitochondrial diseases.
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Abdrakhmanova A, Zwicker K, Kerscher S, Zickermann V, Brandt U. Tight binding of NADPH to the 39-kDa subunit of complex I is not required for catalytic activity but stabilizes the multiprotein complex. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2006; 1757:1676-82. [PMID: 17046710 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2006.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2006] [Revised: 09/08/2006] [Accepted: 09/11/2006] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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In addition to the 14 central subunits, respiratory chain complex I from the aerobic yeast Yarrowia lipolytica contains at least 24 accessory subunits, most of which are poorly characterized. Here we investigated the role of the accessory 39-kDa subunit which belongs to the heterogeneous short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase (SDR) enzyme family and contains non-covalently bound NADPH. Deleting the chromosomal copy of the gene that codes for the 39-kDa subunit drastically impaired complex I assembly in Y. lipolytica. We introduced several site-directed mutations into the nucleotide binding motif that severely reduced NADPH binding. This effect was most pronounced when the arginine at the end of the second beta-strand of the NADPH binding Rossman fold was replaced by leucine or aspartate. Mutations affecting nucleotide binding had only minor or moderate effects on specific catalytic activity in mitochondrial membranes but clearly destabilized complex I. One mutant exhibited a temperature sensitive phenotype and significant amounts of three different subcomplexes were observed even at more permissive temperature. We concluded that the 39-kDa subunit of Y. lipolytica plays a critical role in complex I assembly and stability and that the bound NADPH serves to stabilize the subunit and complex I as a whole rather than serving a catalytic function.
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- Albina Abdrakhmanova
- Universität Frankfurt, Zentrum der Biologischen Chemie, Molekulare Bioenergetik, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, Haus 26, D-60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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NADH:quinone oxidoreductase (complex I) pumps protons across the inner membrane of mitochondria or the plasma membrane of many bacteria. Human complex I is involved in numerous pathological conditions and degenerative processes. With 14 central and up to 32 accessory subunits, complex I is among the largest membrane-bound protein assemblies. The peripheral arm of the L-shaped molecule contains flavine mononucleotide and eight or nine iron-sulfur clusters as redox prosthetic groups. Seven of the iron-sulfur clusters form a linear electron transfer chain between flavine and quinone. In most organisms, the seven most hydrophobic subunits forming the core of the membrane arm are encoded by the mitochondrial genome. Most central subunits have evolved from subunits of different hydrogenases and bacterial Na+/H+ antiporters. This evolutionary origin is reflected in three functional modules of complex I. The coupling mechanism of complex I most likely involves semiquinone intermediates that drive proton pumping through redox-linked conformational changes.
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- Ulrich Brandt
- Universität Frankfurt, Fachbereich Medizin, Zentrum der Biologischen Chemie, D-60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
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Radermacher M, Ruiz T, Clason T, Benjamin S, Brandt U, Zickermann V. The three-dimensional structure of complex I from Yarrowia lipolytica: a highly dynamic enzyme. J Struct Biol 2006; 154:269-79. [PMID: 16621601 PMCID: PMC1764498 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2006.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2005] [Revised: 02/24/2006] [Accepted: 02/24/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The structure of complex I from Yarrowia lipolytica was determined by three-dimensional electron microscopy. A random conical data set was collected from deep stain embedded particles. More than 14000 image pairs were analyzed. Through extensive classification combined with three-dimensional reconstruction, it was possible for the first time to show a much more detailed substructure of the complex. The peripheral arm is subdivided in at least six domains. The membrane arm shows two major protrusions on its matrix facing side and exhibits a channel like feature on the side facing the cytoplasm. Structures resembling a tether connecting the subunits near the catalytic center with the protrusions of the membrane arm provide a second connection between matrix and membrane domain.
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- M Radermacher
- University of Vermont, College of Medicine, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Burlington, VT, USA.
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Gostimskaya IS, Cecchini G, Vinogradov AD. Topography and chemical reactivity of the active-inactive transition-sensitive SH-group in the mitochondrial NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase (Complex I). BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2006; 1757:1155-61. [PMID: 16777054 PMCID: PMC2292829 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2006.04.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2006] [Revised: 03/27/2006] [Accepted: 04/06/2006] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The spatial arrangement and chemical reactivity of the activation-dependent thiol in the mitochondrial Complex I was studied using the membrane penetrating N-ethylmaleimide (NEM) and non-penetrating anionic 5,5'-dithiobis-(2-nitrobenzoate) (DTNB) as the specific inhibitors of the enzyme in mitochondria and inside-out submitochondrial particles (SMP). Both NEM and DTNB rapidly inhibited the de-activated Complex I in SMP. In mitochondria NEM caused rapid inhibition of Complex I, whereas the enzyme activity was insensitive to DTNB. In the presence of the channel-forming antibiotic alamethicin, mitochondrial Complex I became sensitive to DTNB. Neither active nor de-activated Complex I in SMP was inhibited by oxidized glutathione (10 mM, pH 8.0, 75 min). The data suggest that the active/de-active transition sulfhydryl group of Complex I which is sensitive to inhibition by NEM is located at the inner membrane-matrix interface. These data include the sidedness dependency of inhibition, effect of pH, ionic strength, and membrane bilayer modification on enzyme reactivity towards DTNB and its neutral analogue.
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- Irina S. Gostimskaya
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow 119992, Russian Federation
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- Molecular Biology Division, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow 119992, Russian Federation
- Corresponding author. Tel./fax: +7 495 939 13 76. E-mail address: (A.D. Vinogradov)
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Dudkina NV, Heinemeyer J, Sunderhaus S, Boekema EJ, Braun HP. Respiratory chain supercomplexes in the plant mitochondrial membrane. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2006; 11:232-40. [PMID: 16616870 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2006.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2006] [Revised: 02/20/2006] [Accepted: 03/27/2006] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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The intricate, heavily folded inner membrane of mitochondria houses the respiratory chain complexes. These complexes, together with the ATP synthase complex, are responsible for energy production, which is stored as ATP. The structure of the individual membrane-bound protein components has been well characterized. In particular, the use of Blue-native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis has been instrumental in recent years in providing evidence that these components are organized into supercomplexes. Single particle electron microscopy studies have enabled a structural characterization of some of the mitochondrial supercomplexes. This has provided the opportunity to define a functional role for these supercomplexes for the first time, in particular for the dimeric ATP synthase complex, which appears to be responsible for the folding of the inner mitochondrial membrane.
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- Natalya V Dudkina
- Department of Biophysical Chemistry, GBB, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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Flemming D, Stolpe S, Schneider D, Hellwig P, Friedrich T. A Possible Role for Iron-Sulfur Cluster N2 in Proton Translocation by the NADH:Ubiquinone Oxidoreductase (Complex I). J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol 2006; 10:208-22. [PMID: 16645316 DOI: 10.1159/000091566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The proton-pumping NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase, the respiratory complex I, couples the transfer of electrons from NADH to ubiquinone with the translocation of protons across the membrane. The enzyme mechanism is still unknown due to the lack of a high-resolution structure and its complicated composition. The complex from Escherichia coli is made up of 13 subunits called NuoA through NuoN and contains one FMN and nine iron-sulfur (Fe/S) clusters as redox groups. The pH dependence of the midpoint redox potential of the Fe/S cluster named N2 and its spin-spin interaction with ubiquinone radicals made it an ideal candidate for a key component in redox-driven proton translocation. During the past years we have assigned the subunit localization of cluster N2 to subunit NuoB by site-directed mutagenesis and predicted its ligation by molecular simulation. Redox-induced FT-IR spectroscopy has shown that its redox reaction is accompanied by the protonation and deprotonation of individual amino acid residues. These residues have been identified by site-directed mutagenesis. The enzyme catalytic activity depends on the presence of cluster N2 and is coupled with major conformational changes. From these data a model for redox-induced conformation-driven proton translocation has been derived.
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- Dirk Flemming
- Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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Sunderhaus S, Dudkina NV, Jänsch L, Klodmann J, Heinemeyer J, Perales M, Zabaleta E, Boekema EJ, Braun HP. Carbonic anhydrase subunits form a matrix-exposed domain attached to the membrane arm of mitochondrial complex I in plants. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:6482-8. [PMID: 16407270 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m511542200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Complex I of Arabidopsis includes five structurally related subunits representing gamma-type carbonic anhydrases termed CA1, CA2, CA3, CAL1, and CAL2. The position of these subunits within complex I was investigated. Direct analysis of isolated subcomplexes of complex I by liquid chromatography linked to tandem mass spectrometry allowed the assignment of the CA subunits to the membrane arm of complex I. Carbonate extraction experiments revealed that CA2 is an integral membrane protein that is protected upon protease treatment of isolated mitoplasts, indicating a location on the matrix-exposed side of the complex. A structural characterization by single particle electron microscopy of complex I from the green alga Polytomella and a previous analysis from Arabidopsis indicate a plant-specific spherical extra-domain of about 60 A in diameter, which is attached to the central part of the membrane arm of complex I on its matrix face. This spherical domain is proposed to contain a heterotrimer of three CA subunits, which are anchored with their C termini to the hydrophobic arm of complex I. Functional implications of the complex I-integrated CA subunits are discussed.
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- Stephanie Sunderhaus
- Institut für Angewandte Genetik, Universität Hannover, Herrenhäuser Strasse 2, D-30419 Hannover, Germany
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Brandt U, Abdrakhmanova A, Zickermann V, Galkin A, Dröse S, Zwicker K, Kerscher S. Structure-function relationships in mitochondrial complex I of the strictly aerobic yeast Yarrowia lipolytica. Biochem Soc Trans 2005; 33:840-4. [PMID: 16042611 DOI: 10.1042/bst0330840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The obligate aerobic yeast Yarrowia lipolytica has been established as a powerful model system for the analysis of mitochondrial complex I. Using a combination of genomic and proteomic approaches, a total of 37 subunits was identified. Several of the accessory subunits are predicted to be STMD (single transmembrane domain) proteins. Site-directed mutagenesis of Y. lipolytica complex I has provided strong evidence that a significant part of the ubiquinone reducing catalytic core resides in the 49 kDa and PSST subunits and can be modelled using X-ray structures of distantly related enzymes, i.e. water-soluble [NiFe] hydrogenases from Desulfovibrio spp. Iron-sulphur cluster N2, which is related to the hydrogenase proximal cluster, is directly involved in quinone reduction. Mutagenesis of His226 and Arg141 of the 49 kDa subunit provided detailed insight into the structure-function relationships around cluster N2. Overall, our findings suggest that proton pumping by complex I employs long-range conformational interactions and ubiquinone intermediates play a critical role in this mechanism.
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- U Brandt
- Universität Frankfurt, Zentrum der Biologischen Chemie, Molekulare Bioenergetik, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, Haus 26, D-60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
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Ogilvie I, Kennaway NG, Shoubridge EA. A molecular chaperone for mitochondrial complex I assembly is mutated in a progressive encephalopathy. J Clin Invest 2005; 115:2784-92. [PMID: 16200211 PMCID: PMC1236688 DOI: 10.1172/jci26020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 220] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2005] [Accepted: 07/26/2005] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase (complex I) deficiency is a common cause of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation disease. It is associated with a wide range of clinical phenotypes in infants, including Leigh syndrome, cardiomyopathy, and encephalomyopathy. In at least half of patients, enzyme deficiency results from a failure to assemble the holoenzyme complex; however, the molecular chaperones required for assembly of the mammalian enzyme remain unknown. Using whole genome subtraction of yeasts with and without a complex I to generate candidate assembly factors, we identified a paralogue (B17.2L) of the B17.2 structural subunit. We found a null mutation in B17.2L in a patient with a progressive encephalopathy and showed that the associated complex I assembly defect could be completely rescued by retroviral expression of B17.2L in patient fibroblasts. An anti-B17.2L antibody did not associate with the holoenzyme complex but specifically recognized an 830-kDa subassembly in several patients with complex I assembly defects and coimmunoprecipitated a subset of complex I structural subunits from normal human heart mitochondria. These results demonstrate that B17.2L is a bona fide molecular chaperone that is essential for the assembly of complex I and for the normal function of the nervous system.
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MESH Headings
- Brain Diseases, Metabolic, Inborn/diagnostic imaging
- Brain Diseases, Metabolic, Inborn/enzymology
- Brain Diseases, Metabolic, Inborn/genetics
- Cells, Cultured
- Central Nervous System/enzymology
- Central Nervous System/pathology
- Child, Preschool
- Codon, Nonsense
- Electron Transport Complex I/deficiency
- Electron Transport Complex I/genetics
- Electron Transport Complex I/metabolism
- Female
- Fibroblasts/enzymology
- Fibroblasts/pathology
- Genome, Human/genetics
- Humans
- Mitochondria/enzymology
- Mitochondria/genetics
- Molecular Chaperones/genetics
- Molecular Chaperones/metabolism
- Oxidative Phosphorylation
- Radiography
- Retroviridae
- Transduction, Genetic/methods
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- Isla Ogilvie
- Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Dröse S, Galkin A, Brandt U. Proton pumping by complex I (NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase) from Yarrowia lipolytica reconstituted into proteoliposomes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2005; 1710:87-95. [PMID: 16289468 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2005.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2005] [Revised: 09/30/2005] [Accepted: 10/04/2005] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The mechanism of energy converting NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase (complex I) is still unknown. A current controversy centers around the question whether electron transport of complex I is always linked to vectorial proton translocation or whether in some organisms the enzyme pumps sodium ions instead. To develop better experimental tools to elucidate its mechanism, we have reconstituted the affinity purified enzyme into proteoliposomes and monitored the generation of DeltapH and Deltapsi. We tested several detergents to solubilize the asolectin used for liposome formation. Tightly coupled proteoliposomes containing highly active complex I were obtained by detergent removal with BioBeads after total solubilization of the phospholipids with n-octyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside. We have used dyes to monitor the formation of the two components of the proton motive force,DeltapH and Deltapsi, across the liposomal membrane, and analyzed the effects of inhibitors, uncouplers and ionophores on this process. We show that electron transfer of complex I of the lower eukaryote Y. lipolytica is clearly linked to proton translocation. While this study was not specifically designed to demonstrate possible additional sodium translocating properties of complex I, we did not find indications for primary or secondary Na+ translocation by Y. lipolytica complex I.
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- Stefan Dröse
- Universität Frankfurt, Fachbereich Medizin, Molekulare Bioenergetik, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, Haus 26, D-60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Abdrakhmanova A, Dobrynin K, Zwicker K, Kerscher S, Brandt U. Functional sulfurtransferase is associated with mitochondrial complex I fromYarrowia lipolytica, but is not required for assembly of its iron-sulfur clusters. FEBS Lett 2005; 579:6781-5. [PMID: 16310785 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2005.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2005] [Revised: 11/02/2005] [Accepted: 11/03/2005] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Here, we report that in the obligate aerobic yeast Yarrowia lipolytica, a protein exhibiting rhodanese (thiosulfate:cyanide sulfurtransferase) activity is associated with proton pumping NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase (complex I). Complex I is a key enzyme of the mitochondrial respiratory chain that contains eight iron-sulfur clusters. From a rhodanese deletion strain, we purified functional complex I that lacked the additional protein but was fully assembled and displayed no functional defects or changes in EPR signature. In contrast to previous suggestions, this indicated that the sulfurtransferase associated with Y. lipolytica complex I is not required for assembly of its iron-sulfur clusters.
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- Albina Abdrakhmanova
- Ulrich Brandt, Universität Frankfurt, Fachbereich Medizin, Zentrum der Biologischen Chemie, Molekulare Bioenergetik, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, Haus 26, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Brockmann C, Diehl A, Rehbein K, Strauss H, Schmieder P, Korn B, Kühne R, Oschkinat H. The oxidized subunit B8 from human complex I adopts a thioredoxin fold. Structure 2005; 12:1645-54. [PMID: 15341729 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2004.06.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2004] [Revised: 05/28/2004] [Accepted: 06/22/2004] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Subunit B8 from ubiquinone oxidoreductase (complex I) (CI-B8) is one of several nuclear-encoded supernumerary subunits that are not present in bacterial complex I. Its solution structure shows a thioredoxin fold with highest similarities to the human thioredoxin mutant C73S and thioredoxin 2 from Anabeana sp. Interestingly, these proteins contain active sites in the same area, where the disulfide bond of oxidized CI-B8 is located. The redox potential of this disulfide bond is -251.6 mV, comparing well to that of disulfides in other thioredoxin-like proteins. Analysis of the structure reveals a surface area that is exclusively composed of highly conserved residues and thus most likely a subunit interaction site within complex I.
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Gabaldón T, Rainey D, Huynen MA. Tracing the Evolution of a Large Protein Complex in the Eukaryotes, NADH:Ubiquinone Oxidoreductase (Complex I). J Mol Biol 2005; 348:857-70. [PMID: 15843018 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.02.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 184] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2004] [Revised: 02/23/2005] [Accepted: 02/25/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The increasing availability of sequenced genomes enables the reconstruction of the evolutionary history of large protein complexes. Here, we trace the evolution of NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase (Complex I), which has increased in size, by so-called supernumary subunits, from 14 subunits in the bacteria to 30 in the plants and algae, 37 in the fungi and 46 in the mammals. Using a combination of pair-wise and profile-based sequence comparisons at the levels of proteins and the DNA of the sequenced eukaryotic genomes, combined with phylogenetic analyses to establish orthology relationships, we were able to (1) trace the origin of six of the supernumerary subunits to the alpha-proteobacterial ancestor of the mitochondria, (2) detect previously unidentified homology relations between subunits from fungi and mammals, (3) detect previously unidentified subunits in the genomes of several species and (4) document several cases of gene duplications among supernumerary subunits in the eukaryotes. One of these, a duplication of N7BM (B17.2), is particularly interesting as it has been lost from genomes that have also lost Complex I proteins, making it a candidate for a Complex I interacting protein. A parsimonious reconstruction of eukaryotic Complex I evolution shows an initial increase in size that predates the separation of plants, fungi and metazoa, followed by a gradual adding and incidental losses of subunits in the various evolutionary lineages. This evolutionary scenario is in contrast to that for Complex I in the prokaryotes, for which the combination of several separate, and previously independently functioning modules into a single complex has been proposed.
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- Toni Gabaldón
- Center for Molecular and Biomolecular Informatics and Nijmegen Center for Molecular Life Sciences, University Medical Center St. Radboud, Toernoooiveld 1, 6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Huynen MA, Gabaldón T, Snel B. Variation and evolution of biomolecular systems: Searching for functional relevance. FEBS Lett 2005; 579:1839-45. [PMID: 15763561 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2005.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2005] [Revised: 01/18/2005] [Accepted: 02/01/2005] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The availability of genome sequences and functional genomics data from multiple species enables us to compare the composition of biomolecular systems like biochemical pathways and protein complexes between species. Here, we review small- and large-scale, "genomics-based" approaches to biomolecular systems variation. In general, caution is required when comparing the results of bioinformatics analyses of genomes or of functional genomics data between species. Limitations to the sensitivity of sequence analysis tools and the noisy nature of genomics data tend to lead to systematic overestimates of the amount of variation. Nevertheless, the results from detailed manual analyses, and of large-scale analyses that filter out systematic biases, point to a large amount of variation in the composition of biomolecular systems. Such observations challenge our understanding of the function of the systems and their individual components and can potentially facilitate the identification and functional characterization of sub-systems within a system. Mapping the inter-species variation of complex biomolecular systems on a phylogenetic species tree allows one to reconstruct their evolution.
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- Martijn A Huynen
- Center for Molecular and Biomolecular Informatics, Nijmegen Center for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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Cardol P, González-Halphen D, Reyes-Prieto A, Baurain D, Matagne RF, Remacle C. The mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation proteome of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii deduced from the Genome Sequencing Project. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2005; 137:447-59. [PMID: 15710684 PMCID: PMC1065347 DOI: 10.1104/pp.104.054148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2004] [Revised: 11/25/2004] [Accepted: 11/25/2004] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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- Pierre Cardol
- Genetics of Microorganisms , Institute of Plant Biology B22, University of Liege, B-4000 Liege, Belgium
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Current awareness on yeast. Yeast 2005. [PMID: 15773059 PMCID: PMC7169799 DOI: 10.1002/yea.1158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In order to keep subscribers up‐to‐date with the latest developments in their field, this current awareness service is provided by John Wiley & Sons and contains newly‐published material on yeasts. Each bibliography is divided into 10 sections. 1 Books, Reviews & Symposia; 2 General; 3 Biochemistry; 4 Biotechnology; 5 Cell Biology; 6 Gene Expression; 7 Genetics; 8 Physiology; 9 Medical Mycology; 10 Recombinant DNA Technology. Within each section, articles are listed in alphabetical order with respect to author. If, in the preceding period, no publications are located relevant to any one of these headings, that section will be omitted. (4 weeks journals ‐ search completed 10th. Nov. 2004)
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Marques I, Duarte M, Assunção J, Ushakova AV, Videira A. Composition of complex I from Neurospora crassa and disruption of two "accessory" subunits. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2004; 1707:211-20. [PMID: 15863099 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2004.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2004] [Revised: 12/06/2004] [Accepted: 12/08/2004] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Respiratory chain complex I of the fungus Neurospora crassa contains at least 39 polypeptide subunits, of which 35 are conserved in mammals. The 11.5 kDa and 14 kDa proteins, homologues of bovine IP15 and B16.6, respectively, are conserved among eukaryotes and belong to the membrane domain of the fungal enzyme. The corresponding genes were separately inactivated by repeat-induced point-mutations, and null-mutant strains of the fungus were isolated. The lack of either subunit leads to the accumulation of distinct intermediates of the membrane arm of complex I. In addition, the peripheral arm of the enzyme seems to be formed in mutant nuo14 but, interestingly, not in mutant nuo11.5. These results and the analysis of enzymatic activities of mutant mitochondria indicate that both polypeptides are required for complex I assembly and function.
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- Isabel Marques
- Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre 823, 4150-180 Porto, Portugal
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Kerscher S, Grgic L, Garofano A, Brandt U. Application of the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica as a model to analyse human pathogenic mutations in mitochondrial complex I (NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase). BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2004; 1659:197-205. [PMID: 15576052 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2004.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2004] [Revised: 07/08/2004] [Accepted: 07/26/2004] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
While diagnosis and genetic analysis of mitochondrial disorders has made remarkable progress, we still do not understand how given molecular defects are correlated to specific patterns of symptoms and their severity. Towards resolving this dilemma for the largest and therefore most affected respiratory chain enzyme, we have established the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica as a eucaryotic model system to analyse respiratory chain complex I. For in vivo analysis, eYFP protein was attached to the 30-kDa subunit to visualize complex I and mitochondria. Deletions strains for nuclear coded subunits allow the reconstruction of patient alleles by site-directed mutagenesis and plasmid complementation. In most of the pathogenic mutations analysed so far, decreased catalytic activities, elevated K(M) values, and/or elevated I(50) values for quinone-analogous inhibitors were observed, providing plausible clues on the pathogenic process at the molecular level. Leigh mutations in the 49-kDa and PSST homologous subunits are found in regions that are at the boundaries of the ubiquinone-reducing catalytic core. This supports the proposed structural model and at the same time identifies novel domains critical for catalysis. Thus, Y. lipolytica is a useful lower eucaryotic model that will help to understand how pathogenic mutations in complex I interfere with enzyme function.
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- Stefan Kerscher
- Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Universität Frankfurt, Fachbereich Medizin, Institut für Biochemie I, ZBC, Molekulaire Bioenergetik, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, Haus 25B, Frankfurt am Main, D-60590, Germany
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