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Hiltunen JK, Chen Z, Haapalainen AM, Wierenga RK, Kastaniotis AJ. Mitochondrial fatty acid synthesis – An adopted set of enzymes making a pathway of major importance for the cellular metabolism. Prog Lipid Res 2010; 49:27-45. [DOI: 10.1016/j.plipres.2009.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Palmieri F, Pierri CL. Structure and function of mitochondrial carriers - role of the transmembrane helix P and G residues in the gating and transport mechanism. FEBS Lett 2009; 584:1931-9. [PMID: 19861126 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2009.10.063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2009] [Revised: 10/21/2009] [Accepted: 10/21/2009] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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To date, 22 mitochondrial carrier subfamilies have been functionally identified based on substrate specificity. Structural, functional and bioinformatics studies have pointed to the existence in the mitochondrial carrier superfamily of a substrate-binding site in the internal carrier cavity, of two salt-bridge networks or gates that close the cavity alternatively on the matrix or the cytosolic side of the membrane, and of conserved prolines and glycines in the transmembrane alpha-helices. The significance of these properties in the structural changes occurring during the catalytic substrate translocation cycle are discussed within the context of a transport mechanism model. Most experimentally produced and disease-causing missense mutations concern carrier regions corresponding to the substrate-binding site, the two gates and the conserved prolines and glycines.
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- Ferdinando Palmieri
- Department of Pharmaco-Biology, Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
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Colasante C, Peña Diaz P, Clayton C, Voncken F. Mitochondrial carrier family inventory of Trypanosoma brucei brucei: Identification, expression and subcellular localisation. Mol Biochem Parasitol 2009; 167:104-17. [PMID: 19463859 DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2009.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2009] [Revised: 05/05/2009] [Accepted: 05/07/2009] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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The mitochondrial carrier family (MCF) is a group of structurally conserved proteins that mediate the transport of a wide range of metabolic intermediates across the mitochondrial inner membrane. In this paper, an overview of the mitochondrial carrier proteins (MCPs) of the early-branching kinetoplastid parasite Trypanosoma brucei brucei is presented. Sequence analysis and phylogenetic reconstruction gave insight into the evolution and conservation of the 24 identified TbMCPs; for most of these, putative transport functions could be predicted. Comparison of the kinetoplastid MCP inventory to those previously reported for other eukaryotes revealed remarkable deviations: T. b. brucei lacks genes encoding some prototypical MCF members, such as the citrate carrier and uncoupling proteins. The in vivo expression of the identified TbMCPs in the two replicating life-cycle forms of T. b. brucei, the bloodstream-form and procyclic-form, was quantitatively assessed at the mRNA level by Northern blot analysis. Immunolocalisation studies confirmed that majority of the 24 identified TbMCPs is found in the mitochondrion of procyclic-form T. b. brucei.
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- Claudia Colasante
- Department of Biological Sciences and Hull York Medical School (HYMS), University of Hull, HU6 7RX Hull, United Kingdom.
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Fiermonte G, Paradies E, Todisco S, Marobbio CMT, Palmieri F. A novel member of solute carrier family 25 (SLC25A42) is a transporter of coenzyme A and adenosine 3',5'-diphosphate in human mitochondria. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:18152-9. [PMID: 19429682 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.014118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Mitochondrial carriers are a family of proteins that transport metabolites, nucleotides, and cofactors across the inner mitochondrial membrane thereby connecting cytosolic and matrix functions. The essential cofactor coenzyme A (CoA) is synthesized outside the mitochondrial matrix and therefore must be transported into mitochondria where it is required for a number of fundamental processes. In this work we have functionally identified and characterized SLC25A42, a novel human member of the mitochondrial carrier family. The SLC25A42 gene (Haitina, T., Lindblom, J., Renström, T., and Fredriksson, R., 2006, Genomics 88, 779-790) was overexpressed in Escherichia coli, purified, and reconstituted into phospholipid vesicles. Its transport properties, kinetic parameters, and targeting to mitochondria demonstrate that SLC25A42 protein is a mitochondrial transporter for CoA and adenosine 3',5'-diphosphate. SLC25A42 catalyzed only a counter-exchange transport, exhibited a high transport affinity for CoA, dephospho-CoA, ADP, and adenosine 3',5'-diphosphate, was saturable and inhibited by bongkrekic acid and other inhibitors of mitochondrial carriers to various degrees. The main physiological role of SLC25A42 is to import CoA into mitochondria in exchange for intramitochondrial (deoxy)adenine nucleotides and adenosine 3',5'-diphosphate. This is the first time that a mitochondrial carrier for CoA and adenosine 3',5'-diphosphate has been characterized biochemically.
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- Giuseppe Fiermonte
- Department of Pharmaco-Biology, Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Bari, Italy
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Howell KA, Narsai R, Carroll A, Ivanova A, Lohse M, Usadel B, Millar AH, Whelan J. Mapping metabolic and transcript temporal switches during germination in rice highlights specific transcription factors and the role of RNA instability in the germination process. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2009; 149:961-80. [PMID: 19074628 PMCID: PMC2633829 DOI: 10.1104/pp.108.129874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 160] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2008] [Accepted: 12/03/2008] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Transcriptome and metabolite profiling of rice (Oryza sativa) embryo tissue during a detailed time course formed a foundation for examining transcriptional and posttranscriptional processes during germination. One hour after imbibition (HAI), independent of changes in transcript levels, rapid changes in metabolism occurred, including increases in hexose phosphates, tricarboxylic acid cycle intermediates, and gamma-aminobutyric acid. Later changes in the metabolome, including those involved in carbohydrate, amino acid, and cell wall metabolism, appeared to be driven by increases in transcript levels, given that the large group (over 6,000 transcripts) observed to increase from 12 HAI were enriched in metabolic functional categories. Analysis of transcripts encoding proteins located in the organelles of primary metabolism revealed that for the mitochondrial gene set, a greater proportion of transcripts peaked early, at 1 or 3 HAI, compared with the plastid set, and notably, many of these transcripts encoded proteins involved in transport functions. One group of over 2,000 transcripts displayed a unique expression pattern beginning with low levels in dry seeds, followed by a peak in expression levels at 1 or 3 HAI, before markedly declining at later time points. This group was enriched in transcription factors and signal transduction components. A subset of these transiently expressed transcription factors were further interrogated across publicly available rice array data, indicating that some were only expressed during the germination process. Analysis of the 1-kb upstream regions of transcripts displaying similar changes in abundance identified a variety of common sequence motifs, potential binding sites for transcription factors. Additionally, newly synthesized transcripts peaking at 3 HAI displayed a significant enrichment of sequence elements in the 3' untranslated region that have been previously associated with RNA instability. Overall, these analyses reveal that during rice germination, an immediate change in some metabolite levels is followed by a two-step, large-scale rearrangement of the transcriptome that is mediated by RNA synthesis and degradation and is accompanied by later changes in metabolite levels.
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- Katharine A Howell
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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David C, Arnou B, Sanchez JF, Pelosi L, Brandolin G, Lauquin GJM, Trézéguet V. Two residues of a conserved aromatic ladder of the mitochondrial ADP/ATP carrier are crucial to nucleotide transport. Biochemistry 2009; 47:13223-31. [PMID: 19086155 DOI: 10.1021/bi8012565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The mitochondrial ADP/ATP carrier is the paradigm of the mitochondrial carrier family (MCF), whose members are crucial for cross-talks between mitochondria, where cell energy is mainly produced, and the cytosol, where cell energy is mainly consumed. These carriers share structural and functional characteristics. Resolution of the 3D structure of the beef mitochondrial ADP/ATP carrier, in a complex with one of its specific inhibitors, revealed interesting features and suggested the involvement of some particular residues in substrate binding and transfer from the outside to the inside of mitochondria. To ascertain the role of these residues, namely, Y186, Y190, F191, and Y194, they were mutated into alanine in the yeast mitochondrial ADP/ATP carrier at equivalent positions (Y203, Y207, F208, and Y211). Two residues, Y203 and F208, appeared to be crucial for transport activity but not for substrate binding per se, indicating their involvement in the substrate transfer process through the carrier. Furthermore, it was possible to show that these mutations precluded conformational changes of the matrix loop m2, whose movements were demonstrated to participate in substrate transport by the wild-type carrier. Therefore, these aromatic residues may be involved in substrate gliding, and they may also confer specificity toward adenine nucleotides for the ADP/ATP carrier as compared with the MCF members.
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- Claudine David
- Laboratoire de Physiologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Institut de Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaires, UMR 5095, CNRS-Université Bordeaux 2, 1, rue Camille Saint-Saëns, F-33077 Bordeaux Cedex, France
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Traba J, Satrústegui J, del Arco A. Transport of adenine nucleotides in the mitochondria of Saccharomyces cerevisiae: interactions between the ADP/ATP carriers and the ATP-Mg/Pi carrier. Mitochondrion 2009; 9:79-85. [PMID: 19460304 DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2009.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2008] [Revised: 10/09/2008] [Accepted: 01/05/2009] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The ADP/ATP and ATP-Mg/Pi carriers are widespread among eukaryotes and constitute two systems to transport adenine nucleotides in mitochondria. ADP/ATP carriers carry out an electrogenic exchange of ADP for ATP essential for oxidative phosphorylation, whereas ATP-Mg/Pi carriers perform an electroneutral exchange of ATP-Mg for phosphate and are able to modulate the net content of adenine nucleotides in mitochondria. The functional interplay between both carriers has been shown to modulate viability in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The simultaneous absence of both carriers is lethal. In the light of the new evidence we suggest that, in addition to exchange of cytosolic ADP for mitochondrial ATP, the specific function of the ADP/ATP carriers required for respiration, both transporters have a second function, which is the import of cytosolic ATP in mitochondria. The participation of these carriers in the generation of mitochondrial membrane potential is discussed. Both are necessary for the function of the mitochondrial protein import and assembly systems, which are the only essential mitochondrial functions in S. cerevisiae.
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- Javier Traba
- Departamento de Biología Molecular, Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, UAM-CSIC, Universidad Autónoma, CIBER de Enfermedades Raras, c/Nicolas Cabrera 1, 28049 Madrid, Spain.
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Palmieri L, Santoro A, Carrari F, Blanco E, Nunes-Nesi A, Arrigoni R, Genchi F, Fernie AR, Palmieri F. Identification and characterization of ADNT1, a novel mitochondrial adenine nucleotide transporter from Arabidopsis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2008; 148:1797-808. [PMID: 18923018 PMCID: PMC2593658 DOI: 10.1104/pp.108.130310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2008] [Accepted: 10/10/2008] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Despite the fundamental importance and high level of compartmentation of mitochondrial nucleotide metabolism in plants, our knowledge concerning the transport of nucleotides across intracellular membranes remains far from complete. Study of a previously uncharacterized Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) gene (At4g01100) revealed it to be a novel adenine nucleotide transporter, designated ADNT1, belonging to the mitochondrial carrier family. The ADNT1 gene shows broad expression at the organ level. Green fluorescent protein-based cell biological analysis demonstrated targeting of ADNT1 to mitochondria. While analysis of the expression of beta-glucuronidase fusion proteins suggested that it was expressed across a broad range of tissue types, it was most highly expressed in root tips. Direct transport assays with recombinant and reconstituted ADNT1 were utilized to demonstrate that this protein displays a relatively narrow substrate specificity largely confined to adenylates and their closest analogs. ATP uptake was markedly inhibited by the presence of other adenylates and general inhibitors of mitochondrial transport but not by bongkrekate or carboxyatractyloside, inhibitors of the previously characterized ADP/ATP carrier. Furthermore, the kinetics are substantially different from those of this carrier, with ADNT1 preferring AMP to ADP. Finally, isolation and characterization of a T-DNA insertional knockout mutant of ADNT1, alongside complementation and antisense approaches, demonstrated that although deficiency of this transporter did not seem to greatly alter photosynthetic metabolism, it did result in reduced root growth and respiration. These findings are discussed in the context of a potential function for ADNT1 in the provision of the energy required to support growth in heterotrophic plant tissues.
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- Luigi Palmieri
- Department of Pharmaco-Biology, Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Bari, 70125 Bari, Italy
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Kmita H. Channels of the Outer Membrane ofSaccharomyces cerevisiaeMitochondria: Cooperation and Regulation. Toxicol Mech Methods 2008; 14:13-7. [DOI: 10.1080/15376520490257365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Electrostatic funneling of substrate in mitochondrial inner membrane carriers. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008; 105:9598-603. [PMID: 18621725 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0801786105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Exchange of ATP and ADP across mitochondrial membrane replenishes the cytoplasm with newly synthesized ATP and provides the mitochondria with the substrate ADP for oxidative phosphorylation. The sole means of this exchange is the mitochondrial ADP/ATP carrier (AAC), a membrane protein that is suggested to cycle between two conformationally distinct states, cytosolic-open (c-state) and matrix-open (m-state), thereby shuttling nucleotides across the inner mitochondrial membrane. However, the c-state is the only structurally resolved state, and the binding site of ADP remains elusive. Here, we present approximately 0.3 mus of all-atom MD simulations of the c-state revealing rapid, spontaneous binding of ADP to deeply positioned binding sites within the AAC lumen. To our knowledge, a complete ligand-binding event has heretofore not been described in full atomic detail in unbiased simulations. The identified ADP-bound state and additional simulations shed light on key structural elements and the initial steps involved in conversion to the m-state. Electrostatic analysis of trajectories reveals the presence of an unusually strong positive electrostatic potential in the lumen of AAC that appears to be the main driving force for the observed spontaneous binding of ADP. We provide evidence that the positive electrostatic potential is likely a common attribute among the entire family of mitochondrial carriers. In addition to playing a key role in substrate recruitment and translocation, the electropositivity of mitochondrial carriers might also be critical for their binding to the negatively charged environment of the inner mitochondrial membrane.
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Mitchell GA, Gauthier N, Lesimple A, Wang SP, Mamer O, Qureshi I. Hereditary and acquired diseases of acyl-coenzyme A metabolism. Mol Genet Metab 2008; 94:4-15. [PMID: 18337138 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2007.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2007] [Revised: 12/20/2007] [Accepted: 12/20/2007] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Coenzyme A (CoA) sequestration, toxicity or redistribution (CASTOR) is predicted to occur in many hereditary and acquired conditions in which the degradation of organic acyl esters of CoA is impaired. The resulting accumulation of CoA esters and reduction of acetyl-CoA and free CoA (CoASH) will then trigger a cascade of reactions leading to clinical disease. Most conditions detected by expanded neonatal screening are CASTOR diseases. We review acyl-CoA metabolism, including CoASH synthesis, transesterification of acyl-CoAs to glycine, glutamate or l-carnitine and hydrolysis of CoA esters. Because acyl-CoAs do not cross biological membranes, their main toxicity is intracellular, primarily within mitochondria. Treatment measures directed towards removal of circulating metabolites do not address this central problem of intracellular acyl-CoA accumulation. Treatments usually involve the restriction of dietary precursors and administration of agents like l-carnitine and glycine, which can accept the transfer of acyl groups from acyl-CoA, liberating CoASH. Many hereditary CASTOR patients are chronically ill, with persistent symptoms and continuously abnormal metabolites in blood and urine despite good compliance with treatment. Conversely, asymptomatic patients are also common in hereditary CASTOR conditions. Future challenges include the understanding of pathophysiologic mechanisms in CASTOR diseases, the discovery of reliable predictors of outcome in individual patients and the establishment of therapeutic trials with sufficient numbers of patients to permit solid therapeutic conclusions.
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- Grant A Mitchell
- Division of Medical Genetics, CHU Sainte-Justine, 3175 Côte Sainte-Catherine Road, Montréal, Que., Canada H1R 2A6.
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Bamber L, Harding M, Monné M, Slotboom DJ, Kunji ERS. The yeast mitochondrial ADP/ATP carrier functions as a monomer in mitochondrial membranes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007; 104:10830-4. [PMID: 17566106 PMCID: PMC1891095 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0703969104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2007] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Mitochondrial carriers are believed widely to be dimers both in structure and function. However, the structural fold is a barrel of six transmembrane alpha-helices without an obvious dimerisation interface. Here, we show by negative dominance studies that the yeast mitochondrial ADP/ATP carrier 2 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae (AAC2) is functional as a monomer in the mitochondrial membrane. Adenine nucleotide transport by wild-type AAC2 is inhibited by the sulfhydryl reagent 2-sulfonatoethyl-methanethiosulfonate (MTSES), whereas the activity of a mutant AAC2, devoid of cysteines, is unaffected. Wild-type and cysteine-less AAC2 were coexpressed in different molar ratios in yeast mitochondrial membranes. After addition of MTSES the residual transport activity correlated linearly with the fraction of cysteine-less carrier present in the membranes, and so the two versions functioned independently of each other. Also, the cysteine-less and wild-type carriers were purified separately, mixed in defined ratios and reconstituted into liposomes. Again, the residual transport activity in the presence of MTSES depended linearly on the amount of cysteine-less carrier. Thus, the entire transport cycle for ADP/ATP exchange is carried out by the monomer.
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- Lisa Bamber
- Medical Research Council, Dunn Human Nutrition Unit, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2XY, United Kingdom
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- Medical Research Council, Dunn Human Nutrition Unit, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2XY, United Kingdom
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- Medical Research Council, Dunn Human Nutrition Unit, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2XY, United Kingdom
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- Medical Research Council, Dunn Human Nutrition Unit, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2XY, United Kingdom
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- Medical Research Council, Dunn Human Nutrition Unit, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2XY, United Kingdom
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Leonardi R, Rock CO, Jackowski S, Zhang YM. Activation of human mitochondrial pantothenate kinase 2 by palmitoylcarnitine. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007; 104:1494-9. [PMID: 17242360 PMCID: PMC1785270 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0607621104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The human isoform 2 of pantothenate kinase (PanK2) is localized to the mitochondria, and mutations in this protein are associated with a progressive neurodegenerative disorder. PanK2 inhibition by acetyl-CoA is so stringent (IC50 < 1 microM) that it is unclear how the enzyme functions in the presence of intracellular CoA concentrations. Palmitoylcarnitine was discovered to be a potent activator of PanK2 that functions to competitively antagonize acetyl-CoA inhibition. Acetyl-CoA was a competitive inhibitor of purified PanK2 with respect to ATP. The interaction between PanK2 and acetyl-CoA was stable enough that a significant proportion of the purified protein was isolated as the PanK2.acetyl-CoA complex. The long-chain acylcarnitine activation of PanK2 explains how PanK2 functions in vivo, by providing a positive regulatory mechanism to counteract the negative regulation of PanK2 activity by acetyl-CoA. Our results suggest that PanK2 is located in the mitochondria to sense the levels of palmitoylcarnitine and up-regulate CoA biosynthesis in response to an increased mitochondrial demand for the cofactor to support beta-oxidation.
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- Roberta Leonardi
- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105
- *To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Rottensteiner H, Theodoulou FL. The ins and outs of peroxisomes: Co-ordination of membrane transport and peroxisomal metabolism. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2006; 1763:1527-40. [PMID: 17010456 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2006.08.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2006] [Revised: 08/15/2006] [Accepted: 08/18/2006] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Peroxisomes perform a range of metabolic functions which require the movement of substrates, co-substrates, cofactors and metabolites across the peroxisomal membrane. In this review, we discuss the evidence for and against specific transport systems involved in peroxisomal metabolism and how these operate to co-ordinate biochemical reactions within the peroxisome with those in other compartments of the cell.
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- Hanspeter Rottensteiner
- Medical Faculty of the Ruhr-University of Bochum, Department of Physiological Chemistry, Section of Systems Biochemistry, 44780 Bochum, Germany.
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Kunze M, Pracharoenwattana I, Smith SM, Hartig A. A central role for the peroxisomal membrane in glyoxylate cycle function. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2006; 1763:1441-52. [PMID: 17055076 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2006.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 152] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2006] [Revised: 09/05/2006] [Accepted: 09/06/2006] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The glyoxylate cycle provides the means to convert C2-units to C4-precursors for biosynthesis, allowing growth on fatty acids and C2-compounds. The conventional view that the glyoxylate cycle is contained within peroxisomes in fungi and plants is no longer valid. Glyoxylate cycle enzymes are located both inside and outside the peroxisome. Thus, the operation of the glyoxylate cycle requires transport of several intermediates across the peroxisomal membrane. Glyoxylate cycle progression is also dependent upon mitochondrial metabolism. An understanding of the operation and regulation of the glyoxylate cycle, and its integration with cellular metabolism, will require further investigation of the participating metabolite transporters in the peroxisomal membrane.
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- Markus Kunze
- Institute for Brain Research, Medical University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 4, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
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Haitina T, Lindblom J, Renström T, Fredriksson R. Fourteen novel human members of mitochondrial solute carrier family 25 (SLC25) widely expressed in the central nervous system. Genomics 2006; 88:779-790. [PMID: 16949250 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2006.06.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2006] [Revised: 06/27/2006] [Accepted: 06/28/2006] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Members of the solute carrier family 25 (SLC25) are known to transport molecules over the mitochondrial membrane. In this paper we present 14 novel members of SLC25 family in human. These were provided with following gene symbols by the HGNC: SLC25A32, SLC25A33, SLC25A34, SLC25A35, SLC25A37, SLC25A38, SLC25A39, SLC25A40, SLC25A41, SLC25A42, SLC25A43, SLC25A44, SLC25A45, and SLC25A46. We also identified the orthologues for these genes in rat and mouse. Moreover, we found yeast orthologues for 9 of these genes and show that the predicted substrate binding residues are highly conserved in the human and yeast proteins. We performed a comprehensive tissue localization study for 9 of these genes on a panel of 30 rat tissues with quantitative real-time polymerse chain reaction. We detected their mRNA in a wide number of tissues, both in brain and in periphery. This study provides an overall roadmap of the repertoire of the SLC25 family in mammals, showing that there are at least 46 genes in the human genome coding for mitochondrial transporters.
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- Tatjana Haitina
- Unit of Pharmacology, Department of Neuroscience, Uppsala University, BMC, Uppsala SE 75124, Sweden
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- Unit of Pharmacology, Department of Neuroscience, Uppsala University, BMC, Uppsala SE 75124, Sweden
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- Unit of Pharmacology, Department of Neuroscience, Uppsala University, BMC, Uppsala SE 75124, Sweden
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- Unit of Pharmacology, Department of Neuroscience, Uppsala University, BMC, Uppsala SE 75124, Sweden.
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Palmieri F, Agrimi G, Blanco E, Castegna A, Di Noia MA, Iacobazzi V, Lasorsa FM, Marobbio CMT, Palmieri L, Scarcia P, Todisco S, Vozza A, Walker J. Identification of mitochondrial carriers in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by transport assay of reconstituted recombinant proteins. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2006; 1757:1249-62. [PMID: 16844075 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2006.05.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2006] [Revised: 05/12/2006] [Accepted: 05/16/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The inner membranes of mitochondria contain a family of carrier proteins that are responsible for the transport in and out of the mitochondrial matrix of substrates, products, co-factors and biosynthetic precursors that are essential for the function and activities of the organelle. This family of proteins is characterized by containing three tandem homologous sequence repeats of approximately 100 amino acids, each folded into two transmembrane alpha-helices linked by an extensive polar loop. Each repeat contains a characteristic conserved sequence. These features have been used to determine the extent of the family in genome sequences. The genome of Saccharomyces cerevisiae contains 34 members of the family. The identity of five of them was known before the determination of the genome sequence, but the functions of the remaining family members were not. This review describes how the functions of 15 of these previously unknown transport proteins have been determined by a strategy that consists of expressing the genes in Escherichia coli or Saccharomyces cerevisiae, reconstituting the gene products into liposomes and establishing their functions by transport assay. Genetic and biochemical evidence as well as phylogenetic considerations have guided the choice of substrates that were tested in the transport assays. The physiological roles of these carriers have been verified by genetic experiments. Various pieces of evidence point to the functions of six additional members of the family, but these proposals await confirmation by transport assay. The sequences of many of the newly identified yeast carriers have been used to characterize orthologs in other species, and in man five diseases are presently known to be caused by defects in specific mitochondrial carrier genes. The roles of eight yeast mitochondrial carriers remain to be established.
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- Ferdinando Palmieri
- Department of Pharmaco-Biology, Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Bari, Via E. Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy.
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Kunji ERS, Robinson AJ. The conserved substrate binding site of mitochondrial carriers. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2006; 1757:1237-48. [PMID: 16759636 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2006.03.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2006] [Revised: 03/10/2006] [Accepted: 03/24/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Mitochondrial carriers transport nucleotides, co-factors and metabolic intermediates across the inner mitochondrial membrane permeability barrier. They belong to a family of transporters unique to eukaryotes and they differ in structure and transport mechanism from other secondary transporters. The main structural fold consists of a barrel of six transmembrane alpha-helices closed at the matrix side by a salt-bridge network at the bottom of the cavity. The significant sequence conservation in the mitochondrial carrier family suggests that specific recognition of substrates is coupled to a common mechanism of transport. We have identified a common substrate binding site comprising residues that are highly conserved and, as demonstrated by mutagenesis, are essential for function. The binding site explains substrate selectivity, ion coupling and the effects of the membrane potential on transport. The main contact points in the site are related by threefold symmetry like the common structural fold. The substrate is bound at the midpoint of the membrane and may function as a pivot point for the movements of the transmembrane alpha-helices as the carrier changes conformation. The trigger for the translocation event is likely to be the substrate-induced perturbation of the salt bridge network at the bottom of the cavity.
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- Edmund R S Kunji
- The Medical Research Council, Dunn Human Nutrition Unit, CB2 2XY, Cambridge, UK.
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Marobbio C, Di Noia M, Palmieri F. Identification of a mitochondrial transporter for pyrimidine nucleotides in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: bacterial expression, reconstitution and functional characterization. Biochem J 2006; 393:441-6. [PMID: 16194150 PMCID: PMC1360694 DOI: 10.1042/bj20051284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Pyrimidine (deoxy)nucleoside triphosphates are required in mitochondria for the synthesis of DNA and the various types of RNA present in these organelles. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, these nucleotides are synthesized outside the mitochondrial matrix and must therefore be transported across the permeability barrier of the mitochondrial inner membrane. However, no protein has ever been found to be associated with this transport activity. In the present study, Rim2p has been identified as a yeast mitochondrial pyrimidine nucleotide transporter. Rim2p (replication in mitochondria 2p) is a member of the mitochondrial carrier protein family having some special features. The RIM2 gene was overexpressed in bacteria. The purified protein was reconstituted into liposomes and its transport properties and kinetic parameters were characterized. It transported the pyrimidine (deoxy)nucleoside tri- and di-phosphates and, to a lesser extent, pyrimidine (deoxy)nucleoside monophosphates, by a counter-exchange mechanism. Transport was saturable, with an apparent K(m) of 207 microM for TTP, 404 microM for UTP and 435 microM for CTP. Rim2p was strongly inhibited by mercurials, bathophenanthroline, tannic acid and Bromocresol Purple, and partially inhibited by bongkrekic acid. Furthermore, the Rim2p-mediated heteroexchanges, TTP/TMP and TTP/TDP, are electroneutral and probably H+-compensated. The main physiological role of Rim2p is proposed to be to transport (deoxy)pyrimidine nucleoside triphosphates into mitochondria in exchange for intramitochondrially generated (deoxy)pyrimidine nucleoside monophosphates.
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- Carlo Marya Thomas Marobbio
- *Department of Pharmaco-Biology, Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Bari, Via E. Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy
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- *Department of Pharmaco-Biology, Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Bari, Via E. Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy
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- *Department of Pharmaco-Biology, Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Bari, Via E. Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy
- †CNR Institute of Biomembranes and Bioenergetics, Via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy
- To whom correspondence should be addressed (email )
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Robinson AJ, Kunji ERS. Mitochondrial carriers in the cytoplasmic state have a common substrate binding site. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 103:2617-22. [PMID: 16469842 PMCID: PMC1413793 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0509994103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 192] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2005] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Mitochondrial carriers link biochemical pathways in the cytosol and mitochondrial matrix by transporting substrates across the inner mitochondrial membrane. Substrate recognition is specific for each carrier, but sequence similarities suggest the carriers have similar structures and mechanisms of substrate translocation. By considering conservation of amino acids, distance and chemical constraints, and by modeling family members on the known structure of the ADP/ATP translocase, we have identified a common substrate binding site. It explains substrate selectivity and proton coupling and provides a mechanistic link to carrier opening by substrate-induced perturbation of the salt bridges that seal the pathway to and from the mitochondrial matrix. It enables the substrate specificity of uncharacterized mitochondrial carriers to be predicted.
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- Alan J. Robinson
- Dunn Human Nutrition Unit, Medical Research Council, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2XY, United Kingdom
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- Dunn Human Nutrition Unit, Medical Research Council, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2XY, United Kingdom
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Theodoulou FL, Holdsworth M, Baker A. Peroxisomal ABC transporters. FEBS Lett 2006; 580:1139-55. [PMID: 16413537 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2005.12.095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2005] [Revised: 12/22/2005] [Accepted: 12/23/2005] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Peroxisomes perform a range of different functions, dependent upon organism, tissue type, developmental stage or environmental conditions, many of which are connected with lipid metabolism. This review summarises recent research on ATP binding cassette (ABC) transporters of the peroxisomal membrane (ABC subfamily D) and their roles in plants, fungi and animals. Analysis of mutants has revealed that peroxisomal ABC transporters play key roles in specific metabolic and developmental functions in different organisms. A common function is import of substrates for beta-oxidation but much remains to be determined concerning transport substrates and mechanisms which appear to differ significantly between phyla.
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- Frederica L Theodoulou
- Crop Performance and Improvement Division, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire AL5 2JQ, United Kingdom.
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Boer VM, Daran JM, Almering MJH, de Winde JH, Pronk JT. Contribution of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae transcriptional regulator Leu3p to physiology and gene expression in nitrogen- and carbon-limited chemostat cultures. FEMS Yeast Res 2005; 5:885-97. [PMID: 15949974 DOI: 10.1016/j.femsyr.2005.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2005] [Revised: 03/23/2005] [Accepted: 04/04/2005] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Transcriptional regulation of branched-chain amino-acid metabolism in Saccharomyces cerevisiae involves two key regulator proteins, Leu3p and Gcn4p. Leu3p is a pathway-specific regulator, known to regulate six genes involved in branched-chain amino-acid metabolism and one gene in nitrogen assimilation. Gcn4p is a global regulator, involved in the general response to amino-acid and purine starvation. To investigate the contribution of Leu3p in regulation of gene expression, a leu3Delta strain was compared to an isogenic reference strain using DNA-microarray analysis. This comparison was performed for both glucose-grown/ammonium-limited and ethanol-limited/ammonium-excess chemostat cultures. In ethanol-limited cultures, absence of Leu3p led to reduced transcript levels of six of the seven established Leu3p target genes, but did not affect key physiological parameters. In ammonium-limited cultures, absence of Leu3p caused a drastic decrease in storage carbohydrate content. mRNA levels of genes involved in storage carbohydrate metabolism were also found reduced. Under N-limited conditions, the leu3Delta genotype elicited an amino-acid starvation response, leading to increased transcript levels of many amino-acid biosynthesis genes. By combining the transcriptome data with data from earlier studies that measured DNA binding of Leu3p both in vitro and in vivo, BAT1, GAT1 and OAC1 were identified as additional Leu3p-regulated genes. This study demonstrates that unravelling of transcriptional regulation networks should preferably include several cultivation conditions and requires a combination of experimental approaches.
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- Viktor M Boer
- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Julianalaan 67, 2628 BC Delft, The Netherlands
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Wohlrab H. The human mitochondrial transport protein family: Identification and protein regions significant for transport function and substrate specificity. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2005; 1709:157-68. [PMID: 16122696 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2005.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2005] [Revised: 07/12/2005] [Accepted: 07/14/2005] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Protein sequence similarities and predicted structures identified 75 mitochondrial transport proteins (37 subfamilies) from among the 28,994 human RefSeq (NCBI) protein sequences. All, except two, have an E-value of less than 4e--05 with respect to the structure of the single subunit bovine ADP/ATP carrier/carboxyatractyloside complex (bAAC/CAT) (mGenThreader program). The two 30-kDa exceptions have E-values of 0.003 and 0.005. 21 have been functionally identified and belong to 14 subfamilies. A subset of subfamilies with sequence similarities for each of 12 different protein regions was identified. Many of the 12 protein regions for each tested protein yielded different size subsets. The sum of subfamilies in the 12 subsets was lowest for the phosphate transport protein (PTP) and highest for aralar 1. Transmembrane sequences are most unique. Sequence similarities are highest near the membrane center and matrix. They are highest for the region of transmembrane helices H1, H2 and connecting matrix loop 12 and smallest for transmembrane helices H3, H4 and loop 34. These sequence similarities and the predicted high similarities to the bAAC/CAT structure point to common structural/functional elements that could include subunit/subunit contact sites as they have been identified for PTP and AAC. The four residues protein segment (SerLysGlnIle) of loop 12 is the only segment projecting into the center of the funnel-like structure of the bAAC/CAT. It is present in its entirety only in the AACs and with some replacements in the large Ca2+-modulated aspartate/glutamate transporters. Other transporters have deletions and replacements in this region of loop 12. This protein segment with its central location and variation in size and composition likely contributes to the substrate specificity of the transporters.
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- Hartmut Wohlrab
- Boston Biomedical Research Institute and Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Watertown, MA 02472, USA.
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Del Arco A. Novel variants of human SCaMC-3, an isoform of the ATP-Mg/P(i) mitochondrial carrier, generated by alternative splicing from 3'-flanking transposable elements. Biochem J 2005; 389:647-55. [PMID: 15801905 PMCID: PMC1180714 DOI: 10.1042/bj20050283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2005] [Revised: 03/22/2005] [Accepted: 03/31/2005] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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CaMCs (calcium-dependent mitochondrial carriers) represent a novel subfamily of metabolite carriers of mitochondria. The ATP-Mg/P(i) co-transporter, functionally characterized more than 20 years ago, has been identified to be a CaMC member. There are three isoforms of the ATP-Mg/P(i) carrier in mammals, SCaMC-1 (short CaMC-1), -2 and -3 (or APC-1, -3 and -2 respectively), corresponding to the genes SLC25A24, SLC25A25 and SLC25A23 respectively, as well as six N-terminal variants generated by alternative splicing for SCaMC-1 and -2 isoforms. In the present study, we describe four new variants of human SCaMC-3 generated by alternative splicing. The new mRNAs use the exon 9 3'-donor site and distinct 5'-acceptor sites from repetitive elements, in regions downstream of exon 10, the last exon in all SCaMCs. Transcripts lacking exon 10 (SCaMC-3b, -3b', -3c and -3d) code for shortened proteins lacking the last transmembrane domain of 422, 456 and 435 amino acids, and were found in human tissues and HEK-293T cells. Mitochondrial targeting of overexpressed SCaMC-3 variants is incomplete. Surprisingly, the import impairment is overcome by removing the N-terminal extension of these proteins, suggesting that the hydrophilic N-terminal domain also participates in the mitochondrial import process, as shown for the CaMC members aralar and citrin [Roesch, Hynds, Varga, Tranebjaerg and Koehler (2004) Hum. Mol. Genet. 13, 2101-2111].
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Key Words
- alu repeat
- atp-mg/pi carrier
- calcium-dependent mitochondrial carrier (camc)
- mitochondrial import
- spliced variant
- transposable element
- agc, aspartate/glutamate carrier
- camc, calcium-dependent mitochondrial carrier
- scamc, short camc
- est, expressed sequence tag
- hek-293t cell, human embryonic kidney 293t cell
- ltr, long terminal repeat
- malr, mammalian apparent ltr-retrotransposon
- mc, mitochondrial carrier
- mcf, mc family
- nt, n-terminal
- rt, reverse transcriptase
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- Araceli Del Arco
- Departamento de Biología Molecular, Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa UAM-CSIC, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma, 28049 Madrid, Spain.
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Lesuisse E, Lyver ER, Knight SAB, Dancis A. Role of YHM1, encoding a mitochondrial carrier protein, in iron distribution of yeast. Biochem J 2004; 378:599-607. [PMID: 14629196 PMCID: PMC1223980 DOI: 10.1042/bj20031387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2003] [Revised: 11/13/2003] [Accepted: 11/20/2003] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Mitochondrial carrier proteins are a large protein family, consisting of 35 members in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Members of this protein family have been shown to transport varied substrates from cytoplasm to mitochondria or mitochondria to cytoplasm, although many family members do not have assigned substrates. We speculated whether one or more of these transporters will play a role in iron metabolism. Haploid yeast strains each deleted for a single mitochondrial carrier protein were analysed for alterations in iron homoeostasis. The strain deleted for YHM1 was characterized by increased and misregulated surface ferric reductase and high-affinity ferrous transport activities. Siderophore uptake from different sources was also increased, and these effects were dependent on the AFT1 iron sensor regulator. Mutants of YHM1 converted into rho degrees, consistent with secondary mitochondrial DNA damage from mitochondrial iron accumulation. In fact, in the Delta yhm1 mutant, iron was found to accumulate in mitochondria. The accumulated iron showed decreased availability for haem synthesis, measured in isolated mitochondria using endogenously available metals and added porphyrins. The phenotypes of Delta yhm1 mutants indicate a role for this mitochondrial transporter in cellular iron homoeostasis.
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- Emmanuel Lesuisse
- Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Protéines et Contrôle Métabolique, Institut Jacques Monod, Tour 43, Université Paris 7/Paris 6, 2 Place Jussieu, 75251 Paris cedex 05, France
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Fiermonte G, De Leonardis F, Todisco S, Palmieri L, Lasorsa FM, Palmieri F. Identification of the mitochondrial ATP-Mg/Pi transporter. Bacterial expression, reconstitution, functional characterization, and tissue distribution. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:30722-30. [PMID: 15123600 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m400445200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The mitochondrial carriers are a family of transport proteins that, with a few exceptions, are found in the inner membranes of mitochondria. They shuttle metabolites, nucleotides, and cofactors through this membrane and thereby connect and/or regulate cytoplasm and matrix functions. ATP-Mg is transported in exchange for phosphate, but no protein has ever been associated with this activity. We have isolated three human cDNAs that encode proteins of 458, 468, and 489 amino acids with 66-75% similarity and with the characteristic features of the mitochondrial carrier family in their C-terminal domains and three EF-hand Ca(2+)-binding motifs in their N-terminal domains. These proteins have been overexpressed in Escherichia coli and reconstituted into phospholipid vesicles. Their transport properties and their targeting to mitochondria demonstrate that they are isoforms of the ATP-Mg/Pi carrier described in the past in whole mitochondria. The tissue specificity of the three isoforms shows that at least one isoform was present in all of the tissues investigated. Because phosphate recycles via the phosphate carrier in mitochondria, the three isoforms of the ATP-Mg/Pi carrier are most likely responsible for the net uptake or efflux of adenine nucleotides into or from the mitochondria and hence for the variation in the matrix adenine nucleotide content, which has been found to change in many physiopathological situations.
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- Giuseppe Fiermonte
- Department of Pharmaco-Biology, Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Bari, Via Orabona 4, Italy
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del Arco A, Satrústegui J. Identification of a novel human subfamily of mitochondrial carriers with calcium-binding domains. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:24701-13. [PMID: 15054102 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m401417200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Aralar1 and citrin were identified as calcium binding aspartate/glutamate carriers (AGC) in mitochondria. The presence of calcium binding motifs facing the extramitochondrial space allows the regulation of the transport activity of these carriers by cytosolic calcium and provides a new mechanism to transduce calcium signals in mitochondria without the requirement of calcium entry in the organelle. We now report the complete characterization of a second subfamily of human calcium binding mitochondrial carriers named SCaMC (short calcium-binding mitochondrial carriers). We have identified three SCaMC genes in the human genome. All code for highly conserved proteins (about 70-80% identity), of about 500 amino acids with a characteristic mitochondrial carrier domain at the C terminus, and an N-terminal extension harboring four EF-hand binding motifs with high similarity to calmodulin. All SCaMC proteins were found to be located exclusively in mitochondria, and their N-terminal extensions were dispensable for the correct mitochondrial targeting of the polypeptides. SCaMC-1 is the human orthologue of the rabbit Efinal protein, which was reported to be located in peroxisomes, and SCaMC-2 is the human orthologue of the rat MCSC protein, described as up-regulated by dexamethasone in AR42J cells. One of the SCaMC genes, SCaMC-2, has four variants generated by alternative splicing, resulting in proteins with a common C terminus but with variations in their N-terminal halves, including the loss of one to three EF-hand motifs. These results make SCaMC one of most complex subfamilies of mitochondrial carriers and suggest that the large number of isoforms and splice variants may confer different calcium sensitivity to the transport activity of these carriers.
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- Araceli del Arco
- Departamento de Biología Molecular, Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma, 28049 Madrid, Spain.
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Kunji ERS. The role and structure of mitochondrial carriers. FEBS Lett 2004; 564:239-44. [PMID: 15111103 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(04)00242-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2004] [Accepted: 02/23/2004] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Members of the mitochondrial carrier family transport compounds over the inner mitochondrial membrane to link the biochemical pathways in the cytosol with those in the mitochondrial matrix. X-ray crystallography has recently provided us with the first atomic model of the bovine ADP/ATP carrier, which is a member of this family. The structure explains the typical three-fold sequence repeats and signature motif of mitochondrial carriers. However, the carrier was crystallised as a monomer in detergent, which is inconsistent with the consensus that mitochondrial carriers exist as homo-dimers. The projection structure of the yeast ADP/ATP carrier by electron crystallography shows that carriers could form homo-dimers in the membrane.
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- Edmund R S Kunji
- MRC Dunn Human Nutrition Unit, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2XY, UK.
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Vozza A, Blanco E, Palmieri L, Palmieri F. Identification of the mitochondrial GTP/GDP transporter in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:20850-7. [PMID: 14998997 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m313610200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The genome of Saccharomyces cerevisiae contains 35 members of a family of transport proteins that, with a single exception, are found in the inner membranes of mitochondria. The transport functions of the 16 biochemically identified mitochondrial carriers are concerned with shuttling substrates, biosynthetic intermediates, and cofactors across the inner membrane. Here the identification and functional characterization of the mitochondrial GTP/GDP carrier (Ggc1p) is described. The ggc1 gene was overexpressed in bacteria. The purified protein was reconstituted into liposomes, and its transport properties and kinetic parameters were characterized. It transported GTP and GDP and, to a lesser extent, the corresponding deoxynucleotides and the structurally related ITP and IDP by a counter-exchange mechanism. Transport was saturable with an apparent K(m) of 1 microm for GTP and 5 microm for GDP. It was strongly inhibited by pyridoxal 5'-phosphate, bathophenanthroline, tannic acid, and bromcresol purple but little affected by the inhibitors of the ADP/ATP carrier carboxyatractyloside and bongkrekate. Furthermore, in contrast to the ADP/ATP carrier, the Ggc1p-mediated GTP/GDP heteroexchange is H(+)-compensated and thus electroneutral. Cells lacking the ggc1 gene had reduced levels of GTP and increased levels of GDP in their mitochondria. Furthermore, the knock-out of ggc1 results in lack of growth on nonfermentable carbon sources and complete loss of mitochondrial DNA. The physiological role of Ggc1p in S. cerevisiae is probably to transport GTP into mitochondria, where it is required for important processes such as nucleic acid and protein synthesis, in exchange for intramitochondrially generated GDP.
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- Angelo Vozza
- Department of Pharmaco-Biology, Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Bari, Via E. Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy
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Palmieri F. The mitochondrial transporter family (SLC25): physiological and pathological implications. Pflugers Arch 2003; 447:689-709. [PMID: 14598172 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-003-1099-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 572] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2003] [Revised: 04/24/2003] [Accepted: 04/28/2003] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The mitochondrial carriers (MCs) shuttle a variety of metabolites across the inner mitochondrial membrane (i.m.m.). In man they are encoded by the SLC25 genes. Some MCs have isoforms encoded by different SLC25 genes, whereas the phosphate carrier has two variants arising from an alternative splicing of SLC25A3. Six MCs have been sequenced after purification, and many more have been identified from their transport and kinetic properties following heterologous over-expression and reconstitution into liposomes. All MCs of known function belong to the same protein family, since their polypeptide chains consist of three tandemly related sequences of about 100 amino acids, and the repeats of the different carriers are homologous. They probably function as homodimers, each monomer being folded in the membrane into six transmembrane segments. The functional information obtained in studies with mitochondria and/or the reconstituted system has helped to gain an insight into the physiological role of the MCs in cell metabolism, as have tissue distribution, the use of knock-out mice (and/or yeast) and over-expression in human cell lines (or yeast) of individual carriers and isoforms. At the same time, the cloning and functional identification of many SLC25 genes has made it possible (i) to identify the genes (and their defects) responsible for some diseases, e.g. Stanley syndrome and Amish microcephaly, and (ii) where the genes were already known, to characterize the function of the gene products and hence understand the molecular basis and the symptoms of the diseases, e.g. hyperornithinaemia, hyperammonaemia and homocitrullinuria (HHH) syndrome and type II citrullinemia. It is likely that further extension and functional characterization of the SLC25 gene family will elucidate other diseases caused by MC deficiency.
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- Ferdinando Palmieri
- Department of Pharmaco-Biology, Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Bari, Via Orabona 4, 70125, Bari, Italy.
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Mühlenhoff U, Stadler JA, Richhardt N, Seubert A, Eickhorst T, Schweyen RJ, Lill R, Wiesenberger G. A specific role of the yeast mitochondrial carriers MRS3/4p in mitochondrial iron acquisition under iron-limiting conditions. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:40612-20. [PMID: 12902335 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m307847200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 159] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The yeast genes MRS3 and MRS4 encode two members of the mitochondrial carrier family with high sequence similarity. To elucidate their function we utilized genome-wide expression profiling and found that both deletion and overexpression of MRS3/4 lead to up-regulation of several genes of the "iron regulon." We therefore analyzed the two major iron-utilizing processes, heme formation and Fe/S protein biosynthesis in vivo, in organello (intact mitochondria), and in vitro (mitochondrial extracts). Radiolabeling of yeast cells with 55Fe revealed a clear correlation between MRS3/4 expression levels and the efficiency of these biosynthetic reactions indicating a role of the carriers in utilization and/or transport of iron in vivo. Similar effects on both heme formation and Fe/S protein biosynthesis were seen in organello using mitochondria isolated from cells grown under iron-limiting conditions. The correlation between MRS3/4 expression levels and the efficiency of the two iron-utilizing processes was lost upon detergent lysis of mitochondria. As no significant changes in the mitochondrial membrane potential were observed upon overexpression or deletion of MRS3/4, our results suggest that Mrs3/4p carriers are directly involved in mitochondrial iron uptake. Mrs3/4p function in mitochondrial iron transport becomes evident under iron-limiting conditions only, indicating that the two carriers do not represent the sole system for mitochondrial iron acquisition.
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- Ulrich Mühlenhoff
- Institut für Zytobiologie und Zytopathologie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Robert-Koch Str 6, 35033 Marburg, Germany
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Kohlhaw GB. Leucine biosynthesis in fungi: entering metabolism through the back door. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2003; 67:1-15, table of contents. [PMID: 12626680 PMCID: PMC150519 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.67.1.1-15.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 184] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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After exploring evolutionary aspects of branched-chain amino acid biosynthesis, the review focuses on the extended leucine biosynthetic pathway as it operates in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. First, the genes and enzymes specific for the leucine pathway are considered: LEU4 and LEU9 (encoding the alpha-isopropylmalate synthase isoenzymes), LEU1 (isopropylmalate isomerase), and LEU2 (beta-isopropylmalate dehydrogenase). Emphasis is given to the unusual distribution of the branched-chain amino acid pathway enzymes between mitochondrial matrix and cytosol, on the newly defined role of Leu5p, and on regulatory mechanisms governing gene expression and enzyme activity, including new evidence for the metabolic importance of the regulation of alpha-isopropylmalate synthase by coenzyme A. Next, structure-function relationships of the transcriptional regulator Leu3p are addressed, defining its dual role as activator and repressor and discussing evidence in support of the self-masking model. Recent data pointing at a more extended Leu3p regulon are discussed. An overview of the layered controls of the extended leucine pathway is provided that includes a description of the newly recognized roles of Ilv5p and Bat1p in maintaining mitochondrial integrity. Finally, branched-chain amino acid biosynthesis and its regulation in other fungi are summarized, the question of leucine as metabolic signal is addressed, and possible directions of future research in this area are outlined.
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- Gunter B Kohlhaw
- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA.
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Millar AH, Heazlewood JL. Genomic and proteomic analysis of mitochondrial carrier proteins in Arabidopsis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2003; 131:443-53. [PMID: 12586869 PMCID: PMC166821 DOI: 10.1104/pp.009985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2002] [Revised: 07/31/2002] [Accepted: 11/03/2002] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Plant mitochondria maintain metabolic communication with the cytosol through a family of carrier proteins. In Arabidopsis, a subset of 45 putative genes encoding members of this family have been identified based on generalized mitochondrial carrier features. No gene clusters are apparent and few of the predicted protein products have mitochondrial targeting sequences recognized by bioinformatic predictors. Only nine genes are currently represented by more than 10 expressed sequence tags at The Institute for Genomic Research. Analyses of public microarray experiments reveal differential expression profiles of the more highly expressed members of this gene family in different plant organs and in response to plant hormone application and environmental stresses. A comparison of this Arabidopsis carrier subset (45) to the yeast gene family (35) reveals 10 orthologous groups between the two species. Recent surveys of the Arabidopsis mitochondrial proteome by two-dimensional gel separations have not identified any of these carrier proteins, presumably because of their hydrophobicity and basicity. Isolating integral membrane proteins from Arabidopsis mitochondria, using one-dimensional electrophoresis for protein separation and tandem mass spectrometry-based sequencing of doubly charged peptides, we have unequivocally identified specific carrier gene products located in mitochondria. This approach has identified six of the nine carriers represented highly in expressed sequence tag databases: adenine nucleotide translocator (At3g8580 and At5g13490), dicarboxylate/tricarboxylate carrier (At5g19760), phosphate carrier (At5g14040), uncoupling protein (At3g54110), and a carrier gene of unknown function (At4g01100). Overall, the combined transcript and protein expression data indicates that only a small subset of the carrier family of genes provide the majority of carrier proteins of Arabidopsis mitochondria.
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- A Harvey Millar
- Plant Molecular Biology Group, School of Biomedical and Chemical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley 6009, Western Australia, Australia.
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Esser K, Tursun B, Ingenhoven M, Michaelis G, Pratje E. A novel two-step mechanism for removal of a mitochondrial signal sequence involves the mAAA complex and the putative rhomboid protease Pcp1. J Mol Biol 2002; 323:835-43. [PMID: 12417197 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2836(02)01000-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The yeast protein cytochrome c peroxidase (Ccp1) is nuclearly encoded and imported into the mitochondrial intermembrane space, where it is involved in degradation of reactive oxygen species. It is known, that Ccp1 is synthesised as a precursor with a N-terminal pre-sequence, that is proteolytically removed during transport of the protein. Here we present evidence for a new processing pathway, involving novel signal peptidase activities. The mAAA protease subunits Yta10 (Afg3) and Yta12 (Rca1) were identified both to be essential for the first processing step. In addition, the Pcp1 (Ygr101w) gene product was found to be required for the second processing step, yielding the mature Ccp1 protein. The newly identified Pcp1 protein belongs to the rhomboid-GlpG superfamily of putative intramembrane peptidases. Inactivation of the protease motifs in mAAA and Pcp1 blocks the respective steps of proteolysis. A model of coupled Ccp1 transport and N-terminal processing by the mAAA complex and Pcp1 is discussed. Similar processing mechanisms may exist, because the mAAA subunits and the newly identified Pcp1 protein belong to ubiquitous protein families.
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- Karlheinz Esser
- Botanisches Institut der Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstr. 1, Germany.
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Marobbio C, Vozza A, Harding M, Bisaccia F, Palmieri F, Walker J. Identification and reconstitution of the yeast mitochondrial transporter for thiamine pyrophosphate. EMBO J 2002; 21:5653-61. [PMID: 12411483 PMCID: PMC131080 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdf583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The genome of Saccharomyces cerevisiae contains 35 members of a family of transport proteins that, with a single exception, are found in the inner membranes of mitochondria. The transport functions of the 15 biochemically identified mitochondrial carriers are concerned with shuttling substrates, biosynthetic intermediates and cofactors across the inner membrane. Here the identification of the mitochondrial carrier for the essential cofactor thiamine pyrophosphate (ThPP) is described. The protein has been overexpressed in bacteria, reconstituted into phospholipid vesicles and identified by its transport properties. In confirmation of its identity, cells lacking the gene for this carrier had reduced levels of ThPP in their mitochondria, and decreased activity of acetolactate synthase, a ThPP-requiring enzyme found in the organellar matrix. They also required thiamine for growth on fermentative carbon sources.
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- C.M.T. Marobbio
- Department of Pharmaco-Biology, University of Bari, Via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Department of Chemistry, University of Basilicata, Via N.Sauro 85, 85100 Potenza, Italy and The Medical Research Council, Dunn Human Nutrition Unit, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2XY, UK Corresponding authors e-mail: and
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- Department of Pharmaco-Biology, University of Bari, Via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Department of Chemistry, University of Basilicata, Via N.Sauro 85, 85100 Potenza, Italy and The Medical Research Council, Dunn Human Nutrition Unit, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2XY, UK Corresponding authors e-mail: and
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- Department of Pharmaco-Biology, University of Bari, Via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Department of Chemistry, University of Basilicata, Via N.Sauro 85, 85100 Potenza, Italy and The Medical Research Council, Dunn Human Nutrition Unit, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2XY, UK Corresponding authors e-mail: and
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- Department of Pharmaco-Biology, University of Bari, Via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Department of Chemistry, University of Basilicata, Via N.Sauro 85, 85100 Potenza, Italy and The Medical Research Council, Dunn Human Nutrition Unit, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2XY, UK Corresponding authors e-mail: and
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- Department of Pharmaco-Biology, University of Bari, Via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Department of Chemistry, University of Basilicata, Via N.Sauro 85, 85100 Potenza, Italy and The Medical Research Council, Dunn Human Nutrition Unit, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2XY, UK Corresponding authors e-mail: and
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- Department of Pharmaco-Biology, University of Bari, Via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Department of Chemistry, University of Basilicata, Via N.Sauro 85, 85100 Potenza, Italy and The Medical Research Council, Dunn Human Nutrition Unit, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2XY, UK Corresponding authors e-mail: and
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Prions have revived interest in hereditary change that is due to change in cellular structure. How pervasive is structural inheritance and what are its mechanisms? Described here is the initial characterization of [Leu(P)], a heritable structural change of the mitochondrion of Saccharomyces cerevisiae that often but not always accompanies the loss of all or part of the mitochondrial genome. Three phenotypes are reported in [Leu(P)] vs. [Leu(+)] strains: twofold slower growth, threefold slower growth in the absence of leucine, and a marked delocalization of nuclear-encoded protein destined for the mitochondrion. Introduction of mitochondria from a [Leu(+)] strain by cytoduction can convert a [Leu(P)] strain to [Leu(+)] and vice versa. Evidence against the Mendelian inheritance of the trait is presented. The incomplete dominance of [Leu(P)] and [Leu(+)] and the failure of HSP104 deletion to have any effect suggest that the trait is not specified by a prion but instead represents a new class of heritable structural change.
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- Daniel Lockshon
- Department of Genetics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA.
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Roussel D, Harding M, Runswick MJ, Walker JE, Brand MD. Does any yeast mitochondrial carrier have a native uncoupling protein function? J Bioenerg Biomembr 2002; 34:165-76. [PMID: 12171066 DOI: 10.1023/a:1016027302232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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In this study, we explore the hypothesis that some member of the mitochondrial carrier family has specific uncoupling activity that is responsible for the basal proton conductance of mitochondria. Twenty-seven of the 35 yeast mitochondrial carrier genes were independently disrupted in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Six knockout strains did not grow on nonfermentable carbon sources such as lactate. Mitochondria were isolated from the remaining 21 strains, and their proton conductances were measured. None of the 21 carriers contributed significantly to the basal proton leak of yeast mitochondria. A possible exception was the succinate/fumarate carrier encoded by the Xc2 gene, but deletion of this gene also affected yeast growth and respiratory chain activity, suggesting a more general alteration in mitochondrial function. If a specific protein is responsible for the basal proton conductance of yeast mitochondria, its identity remains unknown.
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- Damien Roussel
- MRC Dunn Human Nutrition Unit, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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The control of mitochondrial beta-oxidation, including the delivery of acyl moieties from the plasma membrane to the mitochondrion, is reviewed. Control of beta-oxidation flux appears to be largely at the level of entry of acyl groups to mitochondria, but is also dependent on substrate supply. CPTI has much of the control of hepatic beta-oxidation flux, and probably exerts high control in intact muscle because of the high concentration of malonyl-CoA in vivo. beta-Oxidation flux can also be controlled by the redox state of NAD/NADH and ETF/ETFH(2). Control by [acetyl-CoA]/[CoASH] may also be significant, but it is probably via export of acyl groups by carnitine acylcarnitine translocase and CPT II rather than via accumulation of 3-ketoacyl-CoA esters. The sharing of control between CPTI and other enzymes allows for flexible regulation of metabolism and the ability to rapidly adapt beta-oxidation flux to differing requirements in different tissues.
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- Simon Eaton
- Surgery Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK.
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Current Awareness. Yeast 2001. [DOI: 10.1002/yea.685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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