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Hood DA, Irrcher I, Ljubicic V, Joseph AM. Coordination of metabolic plasticity in skeletal muscle. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 209:2265-75. [PMID: 16731803 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 253] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Skeletal muscle is a highly malleable tissue, capable of pronounced metabolic and morphological adaptations in response to contractile activity (i.e. exercise). Each bout of contractile activity results in a coordinated alteration in the expression of a variety of nuclear DNA and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) gene products, leading to phenotypic adaptations. This results in an increase in muscle mitochondrial volume and changes in organelle composition, referred to as mitochondrial biogenesis. The functional consequence of this biogenesis is an improved resistance to fatigue. Signals initiated by the exercise bout involve changes in intracellular Ca2+ as well as alterations in energy status (i.e. ATP/ADP ratio) and the consequent activation of downstream kinases such as AMP kinase and Ca2+-calmodulin-activated kinases. These kinases activate transcription factors that bind DNA to affect the transcription of genes, the most evident manifestation of which occurs during the post-exercise recovery period when energy metabolism is directed toward anabolism, rather than contractile activity. An important protein that is affected by exercise is the transcriptional coactivator PGC-1alpha, which cooperates with multiple transcription factors to induce the expression of nuclear genes encoding mitochondrial proteins. Once translated in the cytosol, these mitochondrially destined proteins are imported into the mitochondrial outer membrane, inner membrane or matrix space via specific import machinery transport components. Contractile activity affects the expression of the import machinery, as well as the kinetics of import, thus facilitating the entry of newly synthesized proteins into the expanding organelle. An important set of proteins that are imported are the mtDNA transcription factors, which influence the expression and replication of mtDNA. While mtDNA contributes only 13 proteins to the synthesis of the organelle, these proteins are vital for the proper assembly of multi-subunit complexes of the respiratory chain, when combined with nuclear-encoded protein subunits. The expansion of skeletal muscle mitochondria during organelle biogenesis involves the assembly of an interconnected network system (i.e. a mitochondrial reticulum). This expansion of membrane size is influenced by the balance between mitochondrial fusion and fission. Thus, mitochondrial biogenesis is an adaptive process that requires the coordination of multiple cellular events, including the transcription of two genomes, the synthesis of lipids and proteins and the stoichiometric assembly of multisubunit protein complexes into a functional respiratory chain. Impairments at any step can lead to defective electron transport, a subsequent failure of ATP production and an inability to maintain energy homeostasis.
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- David A Hood
- School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Toronto, Ontario, M3J 1P3, Canada.
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Everberg H, Leiding T, Schiöth A, Tjerneld F, Gustavsson N. Efficient and non-denaturing membrane solubilization combined with enrichment of membrane protein complexes by detergent/polymer aqueous two-phase partitioning for proteome analysis. J Chromatogr A 2006; 1122:35-46. [PMID: 16682048 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2006.04.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2006] [Revised: 04/06/2006] [Accepted: 04/11/2006] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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It is of central interest in membrane proteomics to establish methods that combine efficient solubilization with enrichment of proteins and intact protein complexes. We have investigated the quantitative and qualitative solubilization efficiency of five commercially available detergents using mitochondria from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae as model system. Combining the zwitterionic detergent Zwittergent 3-10 and the non-ionic detergent Triton X-114 resulted in a complementary solubilization of proteins, which was similar to that of the anionic detergent sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS). The subsequent removal of soluble proteins by detergent/polymer two-phase system partitioning was further enhanced by addition of SDS and increasing pH. A large number of both integral and peripheral membrane protein subunits from mitochondrial membrane protein complexes were identified in the detergent phase. We suggest that the optimized solubilization protocol in combination with detergent/polymer two-phase partitioning is a mild and efficient method for initial enrichment of membrane proteins and membrane protein complexes in proteomic studies.
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- Henrik Everberg
- Department of Biochemistry, Center for Chemistry and Chemical engineering, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, SE-22100 Lund, Sweden
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Defects of mitochondrial metabolism cause a wide range of human diseases that include examples from all medical subspecialties. This review updates the topic of mitochondrial diseases by reviewing the most important recent advances in this area. The factors influencing inheritance, maintenance and replication of mtDNA are reviewed and the genotype-phenotype of mtDNA disorders has been expanded, with new insights into epidemiology, pathogenesis and its role in ageing. Recently identified nuclear gene mutations of mitochondrial proteins include mutations of frataxin causing Friedreich's ataxia, PINK1, DJ1 causing Parkinson's disease and POLG causing infantile mtDNA depletion syndrome, ophthalmoplegia, parkinsonism, male subfertility and, in a transgenic mouse model, premature senescence. Mitochondrial defects in neurodegenerative diseases include Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and Huntington's disease. Improved understanding of mtDNA inheritance and mutation penetrance patterns, and novel techniques for mtDNA modification offer significant prospects for more accurate genetic counselling and effective future therapies.
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- Anthony H V Schapira
- University Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Royal Free and University College Medical School, and Institute of Neurology, University College London, London NW3 2PF, UK.
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Cobine PA, Pierrel F, Winge DR. Copper trafficking to the mitochondrion and assembly of copper metalloenzymes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2006; 1763:759-72. [PMID: 16631971 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2006.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 207] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2005] [Revised: 03/03/2006] [Accepted: 03/05/2006] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Copper is required within the mitochondrion for the function of two metalloenzymes, cytochrome c oxidase (CcO) and superoxide dismutase (Sod1). Copper metallation of these two enzymes occurs within the mitochondrial intermembrane space and is mediated by metallochaperone proteins. Cox17 is a key copper donor to two accessory proteins, Sco1 and Cox11, to form the two copper centers in the mature CcO complex. Ccs1 is the necessary metallochaperone for the copper metallation of Sod1 in the IMS as well as within the cytoplasm where the bulk of Sod1 resides. Copper ions used in the metallation of CcO and Sod1 appear to be provided by a novel copper pool within the mitochondrial matrix. This review documents copper ion shuttling within the mitochondrion and the proteins that mediate assembly of active CcO and Sod1.
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- Paul A Cobine
- Departments of Medicine and Biochemistry, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA
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Fontanesi F, Soto IC, Horn D, Barrientos A. Assembly of mitochondrial cytochrome c-oxidase, a complicated and highly regulated cellular process. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2006; 291:C1129-47. [PMID: 16760263 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00233.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 189] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Cytochrome c-oxidase (COX), the terminal enzyme of the mitochondrial respiratory chain, plays a key role in the regulation of aerobic production of energy. Biogenesis of eukaryotic COX involves the coordinated action of two genomes. Three mitochondrial DNA-encoded subunits form the catalytic core of the enzyme, which contains metal prosthetic groups. Another 10 subunits encoded in the nuclear DNA act as a protective shield surrounding the core. COX biogenesis requires the assistance of >20 additional nuclear-encoded factors acting at all levels of the process. Expression of the mitochondrial-encoded subunits, expression and import of the nuclear-encoded subunits, insertion of the structural subunits into the mitochondrial inner membrane, addition of prosthetic groups, assembly of the holoenzyme, further maturation to form a dimer, and additional assembly into supercomplexes are all tightly regulated processes in a nuclear-mitochondrial-coordinated fashion. Such regulation ensures the building of a highly efficient machine able to catalyze the safe transfer of electrons from cytochrome c to molecular oxygen and ultimately facilitate the aerobic production of ATP. In this review, we will focus on describing and analyzing the present knowledge about the different regulatory checkpoints in COX assembly and the dynamic relationships between the different factors involved in the process. We have used information mostly obtained from the suitable yeast model, but also from bacterial and animal systems, by means of large-scale genetic, molecular biology, and physiological approaches and by integrating information concerning individual elements into a cellular system network.
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- Flavia Fontanesi
- Departments of Neurology, The John T. Macdonald Foundation Center for Medical Genetics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida 33136, USA
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Coenen MJH, Smeitink JAM, Pots JM, van Kaauwen E, Trijbels FJM, Hol FA, van den Heuvel LP. Sequence analysis of the structural nuclear encoded subunits and assembly genes of cytochrome c oxidase in a cohort of 10 isolated complex IV-deficient patients revealed five mutations. J Child Neurol 2006; 21:508-11. [PMID: 16948936 DOI: 10.1177/08830738060210062501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation system is composed of five multiprotein complexes. The fourth complex of this system, cytochrome c oxidase (complex IV), consists of 13 subunits: 3 encoded by mitochondrial DNA and 10 encoded by the nuclear genome. Patients with an isolated complex IV deficiency frequently harbor mutations in nuclear genes encoding for proteins necessary for the assembly of the complex. Strikingly, until now, no mutations have been detected in the nuclear encoded structural subunits of complex IV in these patients. We report the results of a mutational analysis study in patients with isolated complex IV deficiency screened for mutations in all structural genes as well as assembly genes known to cause complex IV deficiency. Four patients carried mutations in the complex IV assembly gene SURF1. One patient harbored a mutation in the COX10 gene involved in heme A synthesis. Mutations in the 10 nuclear encoded structural genes were not present.
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- Marieke J H Coenen
- Department of Paediatrics, Nijmegen Centre for Mitochondrial Disorders, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, 6500 HB Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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Arnesano F, Banci L, Bertini I, Capozzi F, Ciofi-Baffoni S, Ciurli S, Luchinat C, Mangani S, Rosato A, Turano P, Viezzoli MS. An Italian contribution to structural genomics: Understanding metalloproteins. Coord Chem Rev 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2006.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Mitochondrial involvement in genetically determined transition metal toxicity II. Copper toxicity. Chem Biol Interact 2006; 163:77-85. [PMID: 16824500 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2006.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2006] [Revised: 05/19/2006] [Accepted: 05/22/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Copper, like iron, is an essential transition metal ion in which its redox reactivity, whilst essential for the activity of mitochondrial enzymes, can also be a source of harmful reactive oxygen species if not chelated to biomolecules. Therefore, both metals are sequestered by protein chaperones and moved across membranes by protein transporters with the excess held in storage proteins for future use. In the case of copper, the storage proteins in the mitochondria are a distinct ceruloplasmin and metallothionein (MT). If the cell accumulates too much copper or copper is needed by other cells, then copper can be chaperoned to the trans-Golgi secretory compartment where it is transported into the Golgi by ATP-dependent pumps ATP7A/B. In liver, the copper is then incorporated into ceruloplasmin in vesicles that travel to the plasma membrane and release ceruloplasmin into the plasma. This paper reviews the genetic basis for diseases associated with copper deficit or excess, particularly those attributed to defective ATP7A/B transporters, with special emphasis on pathologies related to a loss of mitochondrial function.
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Stiburek L, Vesela K, Hansikova H, Pecina P, Tesarova M, Cerna L, Houstek J, Zeman J. Tissue-specific cytochrome c oxidase assembly defects due to mutations in SCO2 and SURF1. Biochem J 2006; 392:625-32. [PMID: 16083427 PMCID: PMC1316303 DOI: 10.1042/bj20050807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The biogenesis of eukaryotic COX (cytochrome c oxidase) requires several accessory proteins in addition to structural subunits and prosthetic groups. We have analysed the assembly state of COX and SCO2 protein levels in various tissues of six patients with mutations in SCO2 and SURF1. SCO2 is a copper-binding protein presumably involved in formation of the Cu(A) centre of the COX2 subunit. The function of SURF1 is unknown. Immunoblot analysis of native gels demonstrated that COX holoenzyme is reduced to 10-20% in skeletal muscle and brain of SCO2 and SURF1 patients and to 10-30% in heart of SCO2 patients, whereas liver of SCO2 patients' contained normal holoenzyme levels. The steady-state levels of mutant SCO2 protein ranged from 0 to 20% in different SCO2 patient tissues. In addition, eight distinct COX subcomplexes and unassembled subunits were found, some of them identical with known assembly intermediates of the human enzyme. Heart, brain and skeletal muscle of SCO2 patients contained accumulated levels of the COX1.COX4.COX5A subcomplex, three COX1-containing subcomplexes, a COX4.COX5A subcomplex and two subcomplexes composed of only COX4 or COX5A. The accumulation of COX1.COX4.COX5A subcomplex, along with the virtual absence of free COX2, suggests that the lack of the Cu(A) centre may result in decreased stability of COX2. The appearance of COX4.COX5A subcomplex indicates that association of these nucleus-encoded subunits probably precedes their addition to COX1 during the assembly process. Finally, the consequences of SCO2 and SURF1 mutations suggest the existence of tissue-specific functional differences of these proteins that may serve different tissue-specific requirements for the regulation of COX biogenesis.
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- Lukas Stiburek
- *Department of Pediatrics and Center of Applied Genomics, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Ke Karlovu 2, 128 08 Prague, Czech Republic
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- *Department of Pediatrics and Center of Applied Genomics, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Ke Karlovu 2, 128 08 Prague, Czech Republic
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- *Department of Pediatrics and Center of Applied Genomics, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Ke Karlovu 2, 128 08 Prague, Czech Republic
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- †Department of Bioenergetics, Institute of Physiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 142 20 Prague, Czech Republic
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- *Department of Pediatrics and Center of Applied Genomics, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Ke Karlovu 2, 128 08 Prague, Czech Republic
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- *Department of Pediatrics and Center of Applied Genomics, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Ke Karlovu 2, 128 08 Prague, Czech Republic
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- †Department of Bioenergetics, Institute of Physiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 142 20 Prague, Czech Republic
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- *Department of Pediatrics and Center of Applied Genomics, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Ke Karlovu 2, 128 08 Prague, Czech Republic
- To whom correspondence should be addressed (email )
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Tsiftsoglou AS, Tsamadou AI, Papadopoulou LC. Heme as key regulator of major mammalian cellular functions: molecular, cellular, and pharmacological aspects. Pharmacol Ther 2006; 111:327-45. [PMID: 16513178 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2005.10.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 189] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2005] [Revised: 10/07/2005] [Accepted: 10/07/2005] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Heme (iron protoporphyrin IX) exists as prosthetic group in several hemoproteins, which include respiration cytochromes, gas sensors, P450 enzymes (CYPs), catalases, peroxidases, nitric oxide synthases (NOS), guanyl cyclases, and even transcriptional factors. Hemin (the oxidized form of iron protoporphyrin IX) on the other hand is an essential regulator of gene expression and growth promoter of hematopoietic progenitor cells. This review is focused on the major developments occurred in this field of heme biosynthesis and catabolism and their implications in our understanding the pathogenesis of heme-related disorders like anemias, acute porphyrias, hematological malignancies (leukemias), and other disorders. Heme is transported into hematopoietic cells and enters the nucleus where it activates gene expression by removing transcriptional potential repressors, like Bach1, from enhancer DNA sequences. Evidence also exists to indicate that heme acts like a signaling ligand in cell respiration and metabolism, stress response adaptive processes, and even transcription of several genes. Impaired heme biosynthesis or heme deficiency lead to hematological disorders, tissue degeneration, and aging, while heme prevents cell damage via activation of heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) gene. Therefore, heme, besides being a key regulator of mammalian functions, can be also a useful therapeutic agent alone or in combination with other drugs in several heme-related disorders.
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- Asterios S Tsiftsoglou
- Laboratory of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (A.U.TH.), Thessaloniki GR54124, Macedonia, Greece.
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Horan S, Bourges I, Taanman JW, Meunier B. Analysis of COX2 mutants reveals cytochrome oxidase subassemblies in yeast. Biochem J 2006; 390:703-8. [PMID: 15921494 PMCID: PMC1199664 DOI: 10.1042/bj20050598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Cytochrome oxidase catalyses the reduction of oxygen to water. The mitochondrial enzyme contains up to 13 subunits, 11 in yeast, of which three, Cox1p, Cox2p and Cox3p, are mitochondrially encoded. The assembly pathway of this complex is still poorly understood. Its study in yeast has been so far impeded by the rapid turnover of unassembled subunits of the enzyme. In the present study, immunoblot analysis of blue native gels of yeast wild-type and Cox2p mutants revealed five cytochrome oxidase complexes or subcomplexes: a, b, c, d and f; a is likely to be the fully assembled enzyme; b lacks Cox6ap; d contains Cox7p and/or Cox7ap; f represents unassembled Cox1p; and c, observed only in the Cox2p mutants, contains Cox1p, Cox3p, Cox5p and Cox6p and lacks the other subunits. The identification of these novel cytochrome oxidase subcomplexes should encourage the reexamination of other yeast mutants.
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- Susannah Horan
- *Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, U.K
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- *Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, U.K
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- †University Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Royal Free and University College Medical School, University College London, Rowland Hill Street, London NW3 2PF, U.K
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- *Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, U.K
- To whom correspondence should be addressed (email )
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Barros MH, Myers AM, Van Driesche S, Tzagoloff A. COX24 codes for a mitochondrial protein required for processing of the COX1 transcript. J Biol Chem 2005; 281:3743-51. [PMID: 16339141 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m510778200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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In most strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae the mitochondrial gene COX1, for subunit 1 of cytochrome oxidase, contains multiple exons and introns. Processing of COX1 primary transcript requires accessory proteins factors, some of which are encoded by nuclear genes and others by reading frames residing in some of the introns of the COX1 and COB genes. Here we show that the low molecular weight protein product of open reading frame YLR204W, for which we propose the name COX24, is also involved in processing of COX1 RNA intermediates. The growth defect of cox24 mutants is partially rescued in strains harboring mitochondrial DNA lacking introns. Northern blot analyses of mitochondrial transcripts indicate cox24 null mutants to be blocked in processing of introns aI2 and aI3. The dependence of intron aI3 excision on Cox24p is also supported by the growth properties of the cox24 mutant harboring mitochondrial DNA with different intron compositions. The intermediate phenotype of the cox24 mutant in the background of intronless mitochondrial DNA, however, suggests that in addition to its role in splicing of the COX1 pre-mRNA, Cox24p still has another function. Based on the analysis of a cox14-cox24 double mutant, we propose that the other function of Cox24p is related to translation of the COX1 mRNA.
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- Mario H Barros
- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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Vogel RO, Janssen RJRJ, Ugalde C, Grovenstein M, Huijbens RJ, Visch HJ, van den Heuvel LP, Willems PH, Zeviani M, Smeitink JAM, Nijtmans LGJ. Human mitochondrial complex I assembly is mediated by NDUFAF1. FEBS J 2005; 272:5317-26. [PMID: 16218961 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2005.04928.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Complex I (NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase) is the largest multiprotein enzyme of the oxidative phosphorylation system. Its assembly in human cells is poorly understood and no proteins assisting this process have yet been described. A good candidate is NDUFAF1, the human homologue of Neurospora crassa complex I chaperone CIA30. Here, we demonstrate that NDUFAF1 is a mitochondrial protein that is involved in the complex I assembly process. Modulating the intramitochondrial amount of NDUFAF1 by knocking down its expression using RNA interference leads to a reduced amount and activity of complex I. NDUFAF1 is associated to two complexes of 600 and 700 kDa in size of which the relative distribution is altered in two complex I deficient patients. Analysis of NDUFAF1 expression in a conditional complex I assembly system shows that the 700 kDa complex may represent a key step in the complex I assembly process. Based on these data, we propose that NDUFAF1 is an important protein for the assembly/stability of complex I.
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- Rutger O Vogel
- Department of Paediatrics, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Netherlands
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Arnesano F, Banci L, Bertini I, Martinelli M. Ortholog search of proteins involved in copper delivery to cytochrome C oxidase and functional analysis of paralogs and gene neighbors by genomic context. J Proteome Res 2005; 4:63-70. [PMID: 15707358 DOI: 10.1021/pr049862f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Cytochrome c oxidase (COX) is a multi-subunit enzyme of the mitochondrial respiratory chain. Delivery of metal cofactors to COX is essential for assembly, which represents a long-standing puzzle. The proteins Cox17, Sco1/2, and Cox11 are necessary for copper insertion into CuA and CuB redox centers of COX in eukaryotes. A genome-wide search in all prokaryotic genomes combined with genomic context reveals that only Sco and Cox11 have orthologs in prokaryotes. However, while Cox11 function is confined to COX assembly, Sco acts as a multifunctional linker connecting a variety of biological processes. Multifunctionality is achieved by gene duplication and paralogs. Neighbor genes of Sco paralogs often encode cuproenzymes and cytochrome c domains and, in some cases, Sco is fused to cytochrome c. This led us to suggest that cytochrome c might be relevant to Sco function and the two proteins might jointly be involved in COX assembly. Sco is also related, in terms of gene neighborhood and phylogenetic occurrence, to a newly detected protein involved in copper trafficking in bacteria and archaea, but with no sequence similarity to the mitochondrial copper chaperone Cox17. By linking the assembly system to the copper uptake system, Sco allows COX to face alternative copper trafficking pathways.
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- Fabio Arnesano
- Magnetic Resonance Center CERM and Department of Chemistry, University of Florence, Via Luigi Sacconi 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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Morrison MS, Cricco JA, Hegg EL. The Biosynthesis of Heme O and Heme A Is Not Regulated by Copper. Biochemistry 2005; 44:12554-63. [PMID: 16156667 DOI: 10.1021/bi050893d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Heme A is an obligatory cofactor in all eukaryotic and many prokaryotic cytochrome c oxidase (CcO) enzymes. Despite its obvious importance to CcO and the electron transport pathway, essentially nothing is known concerning the regulation of heme A. Because CcO is the only natural target for heme A and copper is also required for CcO activity, it was postulated that copper might regulate heme A homeostasis. Work reported previously demonstrated that there is often a strong connection between copper and iron homeostasis in general, and circumstantial evidence pointed to a possible specific link between copper and heme A. To address this question, we conducted experiments to determine rigorously whether copper plays a role in heme A homeostasis. The two enzymes responsible for the conversion of heme B to heme A, heme O synthase (HOS) and heme A synthase (HAS), were separately genomically epitope-tagged in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and their expression under various copper conditions was quantified by Western blot analysis. These results demonstrated that the sum of transcription, translation, and stability of HOS and HAS were independent of copper. Additionally, the effects of intracellular copper concentrations on the activity of HOS and HAS from Bacillus subtilis (expressed in Escherichia coli) and Rhodobacter sphaeroides were examined by analysis of cellular heme extracts. No trends with respect to intracellular copper were observed. In combination, our results demonstrate that intracellular copper levels do not affect the transcription, translation, stability, or activity of either HOS or HAS.
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- M Scott Morrison
- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0850, USA
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Diaz F, Thomas CK, Garcia S, Hernandez D, Moraes CT. Mice lacking COX10 in skeletal muscle recapitulate the phenotype of progressive mitochondrial myopathies associated with cytochrome c oxidase deficiency. Hum Mol Genet 2005; 14:2737-48. [PMID: 16103131 PMCID: PMC2778476 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddi307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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We have created a mouse model with an isolated cytochrome c oxidase (COX) deficiency by disrupting the COX10 gene in skeletal muscle. Missense mutations in COX10 have been previously associated with mitochondrial disorders. Cox10p is a protoheme:heme-O-farnesyl transferase required for the synthesis of heme a, the prosthetic group of the catalytic center of COX. COX10 conditional knockout mice were generated by crossing a LoxP-tagged COX10 mouse with a transgenic mouse expressing cre recombinase under the myosin light chain 1f promoter. The COX10 knockout mice were healthy until approximately 3 months of age when they started developing a slowly progressive myopathy. Surprisingly, even though COX activity in COX10 KO muscles was <5% of control muscle at 2.5 months, these muscles were still able to contract at 80-100% of control maximal forces and showed only a 10% increase in fatigability, and no signs of oxidative damage or apoptosis were detected. However, the myopathy worsened with time, particularly in female animals. This COX10 KO mouse allowed us to correlate the muscle function with residual COX activity, an estimate that can help predict the progression pattern of human mitochondrial myopathies.
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- Francisca Diaz
- Department of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1095 NW 14th Terrace, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1095 NW 14th Terrace, Miami, FL 33136, USA
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1095 NW 14th Terrace, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1095 NW 14th Terrace, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1095 NW 14th Terrace, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1095 NW 14th Terrace, Miami, FL 33136, USA
- Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1095 NW 14th Terrace, Miami, FL 33136, USA
- To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +1 3052435858; Fax: +1 3052433914.
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Herrmann JM, Funes S. Biogenesis of cytochrome oxidase—Sophisticated assembly lines in the mitochondrial inner membrane. Gene 2005; 354:43-52. [PMID: 15905047 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2005.03.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2005] [Revised: 02/02/2005] [Accepted: 03/23/2005] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Biogenesis of the cytochrome oxidase complex in the mitochondrial inner membrane depends on the concerted action of a variety of proteins. Recent studies shed light on this biological assembly process revealing an astonishingly complex procedure by which the different subunits of the enzymes are put together and the required cofactors are supplied. In this review we present a hypothetical model for the assembly process of cytochrome oxidase based on the current knowledge of the functions of specific assembly factors. According to this model the two largest subunits of the complex are first equipped with their respective cofactors on independent assembly lines. Prior to their assembly with the residual subunits that complete the whole complex, these two subcomplexes remain bound to substrate-specific chaperones. We propose that these chaperones, Mss51 for subunit 1 and Cox20 for subunit 2, control the coordinate assembly process to prevent potentially harmful redox reactions of unassembled or misassembled subunits.
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- Johannes M Herrmann
- Institute of Physiological Chemistry, Butenandtstrasse 5, 81377 München, University of Munich, Germany.
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Margeot A, Garcia M, Wang W, Tetaud E, di Rago JP, Jacq C. Why are many mRNAs translated to the vicinity of mitochondria: A role in protein complex assembly? Gene 2005; 354:64-71. [PMID: 15979254 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2005.04.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2004] [Accepted: 04/15/2005] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The longstanding question of the presence of mitochondria-bound polysomes has been recently revisited using new approaches. Genome-wide analyses provided evidence that many genes are actually translated on mitochondria-bound polysomes and GFP-labeling techniques have shown that, in vivo, the 3'UTR sequence of these genes contains signals which can target hybrid RNA molecules to the proximity of mitochondria. Evolutionary conservation of some of these signals will be presented. Interestingly, class I mRNA which are translated on free polysomes and class II mRNA which are translated on mitochondria-bound polysomes have, mostly, eukaryotic and prokaryotic origins respectively. Using ATP2, a typical prokaryotic-derived gene, as a model for class II mRNA, we showed that its 3'UTR sequence is essential both for a correct addressing of mRNA to mitochondria proximity and to a proper production of functional ATP synthases. These different observations suggest that prokaryotic-derived genes are, like the contemporary mitochondrial genes, translated near mitochondrial membranes. In both cases this locus specific translation process might be connected to a correct complex assembly program and the cases of ATP synthase and cytochrome c oxidase complexes will be considered in this respect.
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- A Margeot
- Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire CNRS, UMR 8541, Ecole Normale Supérieure, 46 rue d'Ulm. 75230 Paris Cedex 05, France
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Arnesano F, Balatri E, Banci L, Bertini I, Winge DR. Folding Studies of Cox17 Reveal an Important Interplay of Cysteine Oxidation and Copper Binding. Structure 2005; 13:713-22. [PMID: 15893662 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2005.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2004] [Revised: 01/18/2005] [Accepted: 02/03/2005] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Cox17 is a key mitochondrial copper chaperone involved in the assembly of cytochrome c oxidase (COX). The NMR solution structure of the oxidized apoCox17 isoform consists of a coiled-coil conformation stabilized by two disulfide bonds involving Cys(26)/Cys(57) and Cys(36)/Cys(47). This appears to be a conserved tertiary fold of a class of proteins, localized within the mitochondrial intermembrane space, that contain a twin Cys-x(9)-Cys sequence motif. An isomerization of one disulfide bond from Cys(26)/Cys(57) to Cys(24)/Cys(57) is required prior to Cu(I) binding to form the Cu(1)Cox17 complex. Upon further oxidation of the apo-protein, a form with three disulfide bonds is obtained. The reduction of all disulfide bonds provides a molten globule form that can convert to an additional conformer capable of binding up to four Cu(I) ions in a polycopper cluster. This form of the protein is oligomeric. These properties are framed within a complete model of mitochondrial import and COX assembly.
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- Fabio Arnesano
- Magnetic Resonance Center CERM and Department of Chemistry, University of Florence, Via Luigi Sacconi 6, Sesto Fiorentino, Florence 50019, Italy
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Fiori A, Perez-Martinez X, Fox TD. Overexpression of theCOX2translational activator, Pet111p, prevents translation ofCOX1mRNA and cytochromecoxidase assembly in mitochondria ofSaccharomyces cerevisiae. Mol Microbiol 2005; 56:1689-704. [PMID: 15916616 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04658.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Dramatically elevated levels of the COX2 mitochondrial mRNA-specific translational activator protein Pet111p interfere with respiratory growth and cytochrome c oxidase accumulation. The respiratory phenotype appears to be caused primarily by inhibition of the COX1 mitochondrial mRNA translation, a finding confirmed by lack of cox1Delta::ARG8(m) reporter mRNA translation. Interference with Cox1p synthesis depends to a limited extent upon increased translation of the COX2 mRNA, but is largely independent of it. Respiratory growth is partially restored by a chimeric COX1 mRNA bearing the untranslated regions of the COX2 mRNA, and by overproduction of the COX1 mRNA-specific activators, Pet309p and Mss51p. These results suggest that excess Pet111p interacts unproductively with factors required for normal COX1 mRNA translation. Certain missense mutations in PET111 alleviate the interference with COX1 mRNA translation but do not completely restore normal respiratory growth in strains overproducing Pet111p, suggesting that elevated Pet111p also perturbs assembly of newly synthesized subunits into active cytochrome c oxidase. Thus, this severe imbalance in translational activator levels appears to cause multiple problems in mitochondrial gene expression, reflecting the dual role of balanced translational activators in cooperatively regulating both the levels and locations of organellar translation.
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- Alessandro Fiori
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-2703, USA
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Kronekova Z, Rödel G. Organization of assembly factors Cbp3p and Cbp4p and their effect on bc(1) complex assembly in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Curr Genet 2005; 47:203-12. [PMID: 15759116 DOI: 10.1007/s00294-005-0561-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2004] [Revised: 11/25/2004] [Accepted: 12/23/2004] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The bc(1) complex (complex III) of Saccharomyces cerevisae is composed of ten subunits that are assembled in the inner mitochondrial membrane. Cbp3p and Cbp4p are two mitochondrial proteins which are postulated to act as chaperones in bc(1) complex formation. Here, we show by blue native PAGE that cbp3Delta and cbp4Delta mutants are disturbed in complex III assembly and accumulate intermediate-sized forms of the complex. Moreover, deletion of CBP3 interferes with the formation of complex III/IV supracomplexes. Our studies show that Cbp3p and Cbp4p interact and are present in high-molecular-weight complexes, some of which might represent intermediates of complex III assembly. Overexpression of Cbp4p cannot substitute for the function of Cbp3p, but high-level expression of Cbp3p can partially compensate for the lack of Cbp4p. The finding that mitochondria of cbp3Delta and cbp4Delta mutants exhibit a wild-type lipid composition favors the idea that Cbp3p and Cbp4p are specific assembly factors for complex III rather than components of the mitochondrial lipid metabolism.
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- Zuzana Kronekova
- Institut für Genetik, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany.
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Moraes CT, Diaz F, Barrientos A. Defects in the biosynthesis of mitochondrial heme c and heme a in yeast and mammals. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2005; 1659:153-9. [PMID: 15576047 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2004.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2004] [Revised: 09/06/2004] [Accepted: 09/08/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Defects in heme biosynthesis have been associated with a large number of diseases, but mostly recognized in porphyrias, which are neurovisceral or cutaneous disorders caused by the accumulation of biosynthetic intermediates. However, defects in the maturation of heme groups that are part of the oxidative phosphorylation system are now also recognized as important causes of disease. The electron transport chain contains heme groups of the types a, b and c, all of which are directly involved in electron transfer reactions. In this article, we review the effect of mutations in enzymes involved in the maturation of heme a (the prosthetic group of cytochrome c oxidase) and heme c (the prosthetic group of cytochrome c) both in yeast and in humans. COX10 and COX15 are two genes, initially identified in Saccharomyces cerevisiae that have been found to cause infantile cytochrome c oxidase deficiency in humans. They participate in the farnesylation and hydroxylation of heme b, steps that are necessary for the formation of heme a, the prosthetic group required for cytochrome oxidase assembly and activity. Deletion of the cytochrome c heme lyase gene in a single allele has also been associated with a human disease, known as Microphthalmia with Linear Skin defects (MLS) syndrome. The cytochrome c heme lyase is necessary to covalently attach the heme group to the apocytochrome c polypeptide. The production of mouse models recapitulating these diseases is providing novel information on the pathogenesis of clinical syndromes.
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- Carlos T Moraes
- Department of Neurology, University of Miami School of Medicine, USA.
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Ostergaard E, Bradinova I, Ravn SH, Hansen FJ, Simeonov E, Christensen E, Wibrand F, Schwartz M. Hypertrichosis in patients withSURF1 mutations. Am J Med Genet A 2005; 138:384-8. [PMID: 16222681 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.30972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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We present three patients with SURF1 mutations. In addition to Leigh syndrome all patients had hypertrichosis, a clinical sign that is not usually associated with Leigh syndrome. The hypertrichosis was not congenital and it was mainly distributed on the extremities and forehead. In addition to our three patients, we have identified five patients in the literature with hypertrichosis and Leigh syndrome due to SURF1 mutations. Since most patients had onset of hypertrichosis before the diagnosis of Leigh syndrome was made, we suggest that clinicians consider Leigh syndrome in patients with, for example, psychomotor retardation or other unspecific symptoms in combination with hypertrichosis.
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Church C, Goehring B, Forsha D, Wazny P, Poyton RO. A role for Pet100p in the assembly of yeast cytochrome c oxidase: interaction with a subassembly that accumulates in a pet100 mutant. J Biol Chem 2004; 280:1854-63. [PMID: 15507444 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m410726200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The biogenesis of multimeric protein complexes of the inner mitochondrial membrane in yeast requires a number of nuclear-coded ancillary proteins. One of these, Pet100p, is required for cytochrome c oxidase. Previous studies have shown that Pet100p is not required for the synthesis, processing, or targeting of cytochrome c oxidase subunits to the mitochondrion nor for heme A biosynthesis. Here, we report that Pet100p does not affect the localization of cytochrome c oxidase subunit polypeptides to the inner mitochondrial membrane but instead functions after they have arrived at the inner membrane. We have also localized Pet100p to the inner mitochondrial membrane in wild type cells, where it is present in a subassembly (Complex A) with cytochrome c oxidase subunits VII, VIIa, and VIII. Pet100p does not interact with the same subunits after they have been assembled into the holoenzyme. In addition, we have identified two subassemblies that are present in pet100 null mutant cells: one subassembly (Complex A') is composed of subunits VII, VIIa, and VIII but not Pet100p, and another subassembly (Complex B) is composed of subunits Va and VI. Because pet100 null mutant cells lack assembled cytochrome c oxidase but accumulate Complexes A' and B it appears likely that these subassemblies of cytochrome c oxidase subunits are intermediates along an assembly pathway for holocytochrome c oxidase and that Pet100p functions in this pathway to facilitate the interaction(s) between Complex A' and other cytochrome c oxidase subassemblies and subunits.
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- Cynthia Church
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0347, USA
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Brown BM, Wang Z, Brown KR, Cricco JA, Hegg EL. Heme O Synthase and Heme A Synthase from Bacillus subtilis and Rhodobacter sphaeroides Interact in Escherichia coli. Biochemistry 2004; 43:13541-8. [PMID: 15491161 PMCID: PMC8901122 DOI: 10.1021/bi048469k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Cytochrome c oxidase requires multiple heme and copper cofactors to catalyze the reduction of molecular oxygen to water. Although significant progress has been made in understanding the transport and incorporation of the copper ions, considerably less is known about the trafficking and insertion of the heme cofactors. Heme O synthase (HOS) and heme A synthase (HAS) from Rhodobacter sphaeroides (Cox10 and Cox15, respectively) and Bacillus subtilis (CtaB and CtaA, respectively) have been cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. Our results demonstrate that HOS copurifies with HAS and that HAS copurifies with HOS, indicating that HOS and HAS interact and may form a physiologically relevant complex in vivo. Consistent with this hypothesis, the presence of HAS alters the total level of farnesylated hemes, providing further evidence that HOS and HAS interact. Our current working model is that HOS and HAS form a complex and that heme O is transferred directly from HOS to HAS. Because of the strong sequence similarity and evolutionary relationship between R. sphaeroides and mitochondria, our data suggest that this complex may form in eukaryotes as well.
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- To whom correspondence should be addressed. . Phone: (801) 585-0776. Fax: (801) 581-8433
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Valgardsdottir R, Ottersen OP, Prydz H. Regulated compartmentalization of the putative DEAD-box helicase MDDX28 within the mitochondria in COS-1 cells. Exp Cell Res 2004; 299:294-302. [PMID: 15350529 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2004.05.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2003] [Revised: 05/14/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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We recently cloned a putative DEAD-box helicase MDDX28 and found that it was localized to the nuclei and mitochondria of COS-1 cells. The mitochondrial localization of MDDX28 is largely diffuse. We have, however, used immunofluorescence and immunogold cytochemistry to show that the MDDX28 protein is localized in a distinct mitochondrial subcompartment in 5-10% of COS-1 cells. This proportion increases to approximately 35% after treatment with ethidium bromide, suggesting upregulation following transcription inhibition. To our knowledge, this is the first example of protein relocation in the mitochondria caused by transcription inhibition. The mitochondrial subcompartmentation of MDDX28 was negatively affected by mutations in a RNA-binding domain and three basic domains previously shown to be important in transcription-dependent intranuclear localization. Furthermore, immunogold cytochemistry and fractionation of rat liver indicated that the protein is a part of an RNA-protein (RNP) complex interacting peripherally with the mitochondrial inner membrane. Our results reveal new principles for regulation of protein localization in the mitochondria and suggest parallels between the function of the MDDX28 protein in the nucleus and mitochondria.
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Ugalde C, Vogel R, Huijbens R, Van Den Heuvel B, Smeitink J, Nijtmans L. Human mitochondrial complex I assembles through the combination of evolutionary conserved modules: a framework to interpret complex I deficiencies. Hum Mol Genet 2004; 13:2461-72. [PMID: 15317750 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddh262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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With 46 subunits, human mitochondrial complex I is the largest enzyme of the oxidative phosphorylation system. We have studied the assembly of complex I in cultured human cells. This will provide essential information about the nature of complex I deficiencies and will enhance our understanding of mitochondrial disease mechanisms. We have found that 143B206 rho zero cells, not containing mitochondrial DNA, are still able to form complex I subcomplexes. To further address the nature of these subcomplexes, we depleted 143B osteosarcoma cells of complex I by inhibiting mitochondrial protein translation with doxycycline. After removing this drug, complex I formation resumes and assembly intermediates were observed by two-dimensional blue native electrophoresis. Analysis of the observed subcomplexes indicates that assembly of human complex I is a semi-sequential process in which different preassembled subcomplexes are joined to form a fully assembled complex. The membrane part of the complex is formed in distinct steps. The B17 subunit is part of a subcomplex to which ND1, ND6 and PSST are subsequently added. This is bound to a hydrophilic subcomplex containing the 30 and 49 kDa subunits, to which a subcomplex including the 39 kDa subunit is incorporated, and later on the 18 and 24 kDa subunits. At a later stage more subunits, including the 15 kDa, are added and holo-complex I is formed. Our results suggest that human complex I assembly resembles that of Neurospora crassa, in which a membrane arm is formed and assembled to a preformed peripheral arm, and support ideas about modular evolution.
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- Cristina Ugalde
- Nijmegen Center for Mitochondrial Disorders, Department of Pediatrics, University Medical Center Nijmegen, Geert Grooteplein 10, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Barrientos A, Zambrano A, Tzagoloff A. Mss51p and Cox14p jointly regulate mitochondrial Cox1p expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. EMBO J 2004; 23:3472-82. [PMID: 15306853 PMCID: PMC516630 DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 168] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2004] [Accepted: 07/19/2004] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Mutations in SURF1, the human homologue of yeast SHY1, are responsible for Leigh's syndrome, a neuropathy associated with cytochrome oxidase (COX) deficiency. Previous studies of the yeast model of this disease showed that mutant forms of Mss51p, a translational activator of COX1 mRNA, partially rescue the COX deficiency of shy1 mutants by restoring normal synthesis of the mitochondrially encoded Cox1p subunit of COX. Here we present evidence showing that Cox1p synthesis is reduced in most COX mutants but is restored to that of wild type by the same mss51 mutation that suppresses shy1 mutants. An important exception is a null mutation in COX14, which by itself or in combination with other COX mutations does not affect Cox1p synthesis. Cox14p and Mss51p are shown to interact with newly synthesized Cox1p and with each other. We propose that the interaction of Mss51p and Cox14p with Cox1p to form a transient Cox14p-Cox1p-Mss51p complex functions to downregulate Cox1p synthesis. The release of Mss51p from the complex occurs at a downstream step in the assembly pathway, probably catalyzed by Shy1p.
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- Antoni Barrientos
- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
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Bacterial cytochrome cbb3 oxidases are members of the haeme-copper oxidase superfamily that are important for energy conservation by a variety of proteobacteria under oxygen-limiting conditions. The opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa is unusual in possessing two operons that each potentially encode a cbb3 oxidase (cbb3-1 or cbb3-2). Our results demonstrate that, unlike typical enzymes of this class, the cbb3-1 oxidase has an important metabolic function at high oxygen tensions. In highly aerated cultures, cbb3-1 abundance and expression were greater than that of cbb3-2, and only loss of cbb3-1 influenced growth. Also, the activity of cbb3-1, not cbb3-2, inhibited expression of the alternative oxidase CioAB and thus influenced a signal transduction pathway much like that found in the alpha-proteobacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides. Cbb3-2 appeared to play a more significant role under oxygen limitation by nature of its increased abundance and expression compared to highly aerated cultures, and the regulation of the cbb3-2 operon by the putative iron-sulphur protein Anr. These results indicate that each of the two P. aeruginosa cbb3 isoforms have assumed specialized energetic and regulatory roles.
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- James C Comolli
- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 420 Henry Mall, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Disturbances in the mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation pathway most often lead to devastating disorders with a fatal outcome. Of these, complex I deficiency is the most frequently encountered. Recent characterization of the mitochondrial and nuclear DNA-encoded complex I subunits has allowed mutational analysis and reliable prenatal diagnosis. Nevertheless, complex-I-deficient patients without a mutation in any of the known subunits remain. It is assumed that these patients harbour defects in proteins involved in the assembly of this largest member of the oxidative phosphorylation complexes. This review describes current understanding of complex I assembly, new developments and future perspectives. RECENT FINDINGS The first model of human complex I assembly has been proposed recently. New insights into supercomplex assembly and stability may help to explain combined deficiencies. Recent functional characterization of some of the 32 accessory subunits of the complex may link these subunits to complex I biogenesis and activity regulation. SUMMARY Research on complex I assembly is increasing rapidly. However, comparison between theoretical and experimental models of complex I assembly is still problematic. The growing understanding of complex I assembly at the subunit and supercomplex level will clarify the picture in the future. The elucidation of complex I assembly, by combining patient data with new experimental methods, will facilitate the diagnosis of (and possibly therapy for) many uncharacterized mitochondrial disorders.
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- Rutger Vogel
- Nijmegen Centre for Mitochondrial Disorders at the Department of Paediatrics, University Medical Centre Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Foltopoulou PF, Zachariadis GA, Politou AS, Tsiftsoglou AS, Papadopoulou LC. Human recombinant mutated forms of the mitochondrial COX assembly Sco2 protein differ from wild-type in physical state and copper binding capacity. Mol Genet Metab 2004; 81:225-36. [PMID: 14972329 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2003.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2003] [Revised: 11/14/2003] [Accepted: 11/14/2003] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The human Sco2 protein is a cytochrome c oxidase assembly protein that participates in mitochondrial copper pathway, acting downstream of Cox17 protein. In a previous work, we detected mutations in the human SCO2 gene in three unrelated infants with fatal cardioencephalomyopathy and COX deficiency. In this study, full-length processed recombinant wild-type and two mutated forms of hSco2p (w/t-rhSco2p, E140K-rhSco2p, and S225F-rhSco2p) were produced in bacteria as soluble recombinant peptides for the first time and evaluated for differences in their physical state and ability to bind copper. Our data indicate the following: (a) w/t-rhSco2p and S225F-rhSco2p were found to be in a monomeric form in contrast to E140K-rhSco2p that was in a major non-reducible dimer and a minor monomer form; (b) wild-type and mutated rhSco2p exhibited clear differences in their physical conformational state, as shown by circular dichroism and thermal denaturation analyses; (c) copper binding studies showed that E140K-rhSco2p bound markedly less copper while S225F-rhSco2p more than expected as compared to amount of the copper bound with w/t-rhSco2p. rhCox17p served as positive control experiment. These data indicate that S225F and E140K mutations found in the SCO2 gene derived from patients alter the physical conformational state of encoded hSco2p that may disturb the normal copper transport pathway in mitochondria. These findings are valuable for understanding the molecular basis of fatal cardioencephalomyopathy and COX deficiency and for designing appropriate pharmacological interventions.
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- Parthena F Foltopoulou
- Laboratory of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54124, Macedonia, Greece
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Bengtsson J, von Wachenfeldt C, Winstedt L, Nygaard P, Hederstedt L. CtaG is required for formation of active cytochrome c oxidase in Bacillus subtilis. Microbiology (Reading) 2004; 150:415-425. [PMID: 14766920 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26691-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The Gram-positive bacteriumBacillus subtiliscontains two respiratory oxidases of the haem-copper superfamily: cytochromeaa3, which is a quinol oxidase, and cytochromecaa3, which is a cytochromecoxidase. Cytochromecoxidase uniquely contains a di-copper centre, CuA.B. subtilisCtaG is a membrane protein encoded by the same gene cluster as that which encodes the subunits of cytochromecoxidase. The role ofB. subtilisCtaG and orthologous proteins present in many other Gram-positive bacteria has remained unexplored. The sequence of CtaG is unrelated to that of CtaG/Cox11p of proteobacteria and eukaryotic cells. This study shows thatB. subtilisCtaG is essential for the formation of active cytochromecaa3but is not required for assembly of the core subunits I and II with haem in the membrane and it has no role in the synthesis of active cytochromeaa3.B. subtilisYpmQ, a homologue to Sco1p of eukaryotic cells, is also a membrane-bound cytochromecoxidase-specific assembly factor. Properties of CtaG- and YpmQ-deficient mutants were compared. Cells lacking YpmQ showed a low cytochromecoxidase activity and this defect was suppressed by the supplementation of the growth medium with copper ions. It has previously been proposed that YpmQ/Sco1p is involved in synthesis of the CuAcentre. The results of this study are consistent with this proposal but the exact role of YpmQ in assembly of cytochromecoxidase remains to be elucidated.
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- Jenny Bengtsson
- Department of Cell and Organism Biology, Lund University, Sölvegatan 35, SE-22362 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Cell and Organism Biology, Lund University, Sölvegatan 35, SE-22362 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Cell and Organism Biology, Lund University, Sölvegatan 35, SE-22362 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Solvgade 83, DK-1307 Copenhagen K, Denmark
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- Department of Cell and Organism Biology, Lund University, Sölvegatan 35, SE-22362 Lund, Sweden
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Collman JP, Boulatov R, Sunderland CJ, Fu L. Functional Analogues of CytochromecOxidase, Myoglobin, and Hemoglobin. Chem Rev 2004; 104:561-88. [PMID: 14871135 DOI: 10.1021/cr0206059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 514] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- James P Collman
- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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Williams SL, Valnot I, Rustin P, Taanman JW. Cytochrome c Oxidase Subassemblies in Fibroblast Cultures from Patients Carrying Mutations in COX10, SCO1, or SURF1. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:7462-9. [PMID: 14607829 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m309232200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Cytochrome c oxidase contains two redox-active copper centers (Cu(A) and Cu(B)) and two redox-active heme A moieties. Assembly of the enzyme relies on several assembly factors in addition to the constituent subunits and prosthetic groups. We studied fibroblast cultures from patients carrying mutations in the assembly factors COX10, SCO1, or SURF1. COX10 is involved in heme A biosynthesis. SCO1 is required for formation of the Cu(A) center. The function of SURF1 is unknown. Immunoblot analysis of native gels demonstrated severely decreased levels of holoenzyme in the patient cultures compared with controls. In addition, the blots revealed the presence of five subassemblies: three subassemblies involving the core subunit MTCO1 but apparently no other subunits; a subassembly containing subunits MTCO1, COX4, and COX5A; and a subassembly containing at least subunits MTCO1, MTCO2, MTCO3, COX4, and COX5A. As some of the subassemblies correspond to known assembly intermediates of human cytochrome c oxidase, we think that these subassemblies are probably assembly intermediates that accumulate in patient cells. The MTCO1.COX4.COX5A subassembly was not detected in COX10-deficient cells, which suggests that heme A incorporation into MTCO1 occurs prior to association of MTCO1 with COX4 and COX5A. SCO1-deficient cells contained accumulated levels of the MTCO1.COX4.COX5A subassembly, suggesting that MTCO2 associates with the MTCO1.COX4.COX5A subassembly after the Cu(A) center of MTCO2 is formed. Assembly in SURF1-deficient cells appears to stall at the same stage as in SCO1-deficient cells, pointing to a role for SURF1 in promoting the association of MTCO2 with the MTCO1.COX4.COX5A subassembly.
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- Siôn L Williams
- University Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Royal Free and University College Medical School, University College London, London NW3 2PF, United Kingdom
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Nijtmans LG, Ugalde C, van den Heuvel LP, Smeitink JA. Function and dysfunction of the oxidative phosphorylation system. MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTION AND BIOGENESIS 2004. [DOI: 10.1007/b95715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Richter OMH, Ludwig B. Cytochrome c oxidase--structure, function, and physiology of a redox-driven molecular machine. Rev Physiol Biochem Pharmacol 2003; 147:47-74. [PMID: 12783267 DOI: 10.1007/s10254-003-0006-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Cytochome c oxidase is the terminal member of the electron transport chains of mitochondria and many bacteria. Providing an efficient mechanism for dioxygen reduction on the one hand, it also acts as a redox-linked proton pump, coupling the free energy of water formation to the generation of a transmembrane electrochemical gradient to eventually drive ATP synthesis. The overall complexity of the mitochondrial enzyme is also reflected by its subunit structure and assembly pathway, whereas the diversity of the bacterial enzymes has fostered the notion of a large family of heme-copper terminal oxidases. Moreover, the successful elucidation of 3-D structures for both the mitochondrial and several bacterial oxidases has greatly helped in designing mutagenesis approaches to study functional aspects in these enzymes.
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- O-M H Richter
- Institute of Biochemistry, Biocenter, J.W. Goethe-Universität, Marie-Curie-Str. 9, 60439 Frankfurt, Germany.
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Perez-Martinez X, Broadley SA, Fox TD. Mss51p promotes mitochondrial Cox1p synthesis and interacts with newly synthesized Cox1p. EMBO J 2003; 22:5951-61. [PMID: 14592991 PMCID: PMC275423 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The post-transcriptional role of Mss51p in mitochondrial gene expression is of great interest since MSS51 mutations suppress the respiratory defect caused by shy1 mutations. SHY1 is a Saccharomyces cerevisiae homolog of human SURF1, which when mutated causes a cytochrome oxidase assembly defect. We found that MSS51 is required for expression of the mitochondrial reporter gene ARG8(m) when it is inserted at the COX1 locus, but not when it is at COX2 or COX3. Unlike the COX1 mRNA-specific translational activator PET309, MSS51 has at least two targets in COX1 mRNA. MSS51 acts in the untranslated regions of the COX1 mRNA, since it was required to synthesize Arg8p when ARG8(m) completely replaced the COX1 codons. MSS51 also acts on a target specified by the COX1 coding region, since it was required to translate either COX1 or COX1:: ARG8(m) coding sequences from an ectopic COX2 locus. Mss51p was found to interact physically with newly synthesized Cox1p, suggesting that it could coordinate Cox1p synthesis with insertion into the inner membrane or cytochrome oxidase assembly.
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- Xochitl Perez-Martinez
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-2703, USA
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Kanamori T, Nishimaki K, Asoh S, Ishibashi Y, Takata I, Kuwabara T, Taira K, Yamaguchi H, Sugihara S, Yamazaki T, Ihara Y, Nakano K, Matuda S, Ohta S. Truncated product of the bifunctional DLST gene involved in biogenesis of the respiratory chain. EMBO J 2003; 22:2913-23. [PMID: 12805207 PMCID: PMC162151 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2002] [Revised: 04/17/2003] [Accepted: 04/25/2003] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Dihydrolipoamide succinyltransferase (DLST) is a subunit enzyme of the alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase complex of the Krebs cycle. While studying how the DLST genotype contributes to the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD), we found a novel mRNA that is transcribed starting from intron 7 in the DLST gene. The novel mRNA level in the brain of AD patients was significantly lower than that of controls. The truncated gene product (designated MIRTD) localized to the intermembrane space of mitochondria. To investigate the function of MIRTD, we established human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells expressing a maxizyme, a kind of ribozyme, that specifically digests the MIRTD mRNA. The expression of the maxizyme specifically eliminated the MIRTD protein and the resultant MIRTD-deficient cells exhibited a marked decrease in the amounts of subunits of complexes I and IV of the mitochondrial respiratory chain, resulting in a decline of activity. A pulse-label experiment revealed that the loss of the subunits is a post-translational event. Thus, the DLST gene is bifunctional and MIRTD transcribed from the gene contributes to the biogenesis of the mitochondrial respiratory complexes.
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- Takashi Kanamori
- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Institute of Development and Aging Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School, 1-396 Kosugi-cho, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 211-8533, Japan
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Bratton M, Mills D, Castleden CK, Hosler J, Meunier B. Disease-related mutations in cytochrome c oxidase studied in yeast and bacterial models. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2003; 270:1222-30. [PMID: 12631280 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03482.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase is a key protonmotive component of the respiratory chain. Mutations in the mitochondrially-encoded subunits of the complex have been reported in association with a range of diseases. In this work we used yeast and bacterial mutants to assess the effect of human mutations in subunit 1 (L196I) and subunit 3 (G78S, A200T, Delta F94-F98, F251L and W249Stop). While the stop mutation at the C-terminus of subunit 3 and the short deletion were highly deleterious and abolished the assembly of the mitochondrial enzyme, the four missense mutations caused little or no effect on the respiratory function. Detailed analysis of G78S, A200T and Delta F94-F98 in Rhodobacter sphaeroides confirmed and extended these observations. We show in this study that the combination of yeast and bacterial models is a useful tool to elucidate the effect of mutations in the catalytic core of cytochrome oxidase. The yeast enzyme is highly similar to the human enzyme and provides a good model to assess the deleterious effect of reported mutations. The bacterial system allows detailed biochemical analysis of the effect of the mutations on the function and assembly of the catalytic core of the enzyme.
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- Melyssa Bratton
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Mississippi Medical Center, USA
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Carlson CG, Barrientos A, Tzagoloff A, Glerum DM. COX16 encodes a novel protein required for the assembly of cytochrome oxidase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:3770-5. [PMID: 12446688 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m209893200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We have characterized Cox16p, a new cytochrome oxidase (COX) assembly factor. This protein is encoded by COX16, corresponding to the previously uncharacterized open reading frame YJL003w of the yeast genome. COX16 was identified in studies of COX-deficient mutants previously assigned to complementation group G22 of a collection of yeast pet mutants. To determine its location, Cox16p was tagged with a Myc epitope at the C terminus. The fusion protein, when expressed from a low-copy plasmid, complements the mutant and is detected solely in mitochondria. Cox16p-myc is an integral component of the mitochondrial inner membrane, with its C terminus exposed to the intermembrane space. Cox16 homologues are found in both the human and murine genomes, although human COX16 does not complement the yeast mutant. Cox16p does not appear to be involved in maturation of subunit 2, copper recruitment, or heme A biosynthesis. Cox16p is thus a new protein in the growing family of eukaryotic COX assembly factors for which there are as yet no specific functions known. Like other recently described nuclear gene products involved in expression of cytochrome oxidase, COX16 is a candidate for screening in inherited human COX deficiencies.
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Antonicka H, Mattman A, Carlson CG, Glerum DM, Hoffbuhr KC, Leary SC, Kennaway NG, Shoubridge EA. Mutations in COX15 produce a defect in the mitochondrial heme biosynthetic pathway, causing early-onset fatal hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Am J Hum Genet 2003; 72:101-14. [PMID: 12474143 PMCID: PMC378614 DOI: 10.1086/345489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 203] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2002] [Accepted: 10/08/2002] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Deficiencies in the activity of cytochrome c oxidase (COX), the terminal enzyme in the respiratory chain, are a frequent cause of autosomal recessive mitochondrial disease in infants. These patients are clinically and genetically heterogeneous, and all defects so far identified in this group have been found in genes coding for accessory proteins that play important roles in the assembly of the COX holoenzyme complex. Many patients, however, remain without a molecular diagnosis. We have used a panel of retroviral vectors expressing human COX assembly factors in these patients to identify the molecular basis for the COX deficiency by functional complementation. Here we show that overexpression of COX15, a protein involved in the synthesis of heme A, the heme prosthetic group for COX, can functionally complement the isolated COX deficiency in fibroblasts from a patient with fatal, infantile hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Mutation analysis of COX15 in the patient identified a missense mutation (C700T) on one allele, changing a conserved arginine to tryptophan (R217W), and a splice-site mutation in intron 3 on the other allele (C447-3G), resulting in a deletion of exon 4. This splicing error introduces a frameshift and a premature stop codon, resulting in an unstable mRNA and, likely, a null allele. Mitochondrial heme A content was reduced in the patient's heart and fibroblast mitochondria, and levels of heme O were increased in the patient's heart. COX activity and the total amount of fully assembled enzyme were reduced by 50%-70% in patient fibroblasts. Expression of COX15 increased heme A content and rescued COX activity. These results suggest that reduced availability of heme A stalls the assembly of COX. This study establishes COX15 as an additional cause, along with SCO2, of fatal infantile, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy associated with isolated COX deficiency.
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- Hana Antonicka
- Montreal Neurological Institute and Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal; Department of Medical Genetics, University of Alberta, Edmonton; and Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, Oregon Health Science University, Portland
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- Montreal Neurological Institute and Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal; Department of Medical Genetics, University of Alberta, Edmonton; and Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, Oregon Health Science University, Portland
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- Montreal Neurological Institute and Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal; Department of Medical Genetics, University of Alberta, Edmonton; and Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, Oregon Health Science University, Portland
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- Montreal Neurological Institute and Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal; Department of Medical Genetics, University of Alberta, Edmonton; and Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, Oregon Health Science University, Portland
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- Montreal Neurological Institute and Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal; Department of Medical Genetics, University of Alberta, Edmonton; and Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, Oregon Health Science University, Portland
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- Montreal Neurological Institute and Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal; Department of Medical Genetics, University of Alberta, Edmonton; and Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, Oregon Health Science University, Portland
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- Montreal Neurological Institute and Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal; Department of Medical Genetics, University of Alberta, Edmonton; and Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, Oregon Health Science University, Portland
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- Montreal Neurological Institute and Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal; Department of Medical Genetics, University of Alberta, Edmonton; and Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, Oregon Health Science University, Portland
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Nobrega MP, Bandeira SCB, Beers J, Tzagoloff A. Characterization of COX19, a widely distributed gene required for expression of mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:40206-11. [PMID: 12171940 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m207348200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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COX19, a nuclear gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, was cloned by transformation of a respiratory-deficient mutant from complementation group G188 of a pet mutant collection. The gene codes for an 11-kDa protein (Cox19p) required for expression of cytochrome oxidase. Because cox19 mutants are able to synthesize the mitochondrial and nuclear gene products of cytochrome oxidase, Cox19p probably functions post-translationally during assembly of the enzyme. Cox19p is present in the cytoplasm and mitochondria, where it exists as a soluble intermembrane protein. This dual location is similar to what was previously reported for Cox17p, a low molecular weight copper protein thought to be required for maturation of the CuA center of subunit 2 of cytochrome oxidase. The similarity in their subcellular distribution, combined with the presence of four cysteines in Cox19p that align with a subset of the cysteines in Cox17p, suggests that like the latter, Cox19p may function in metal transport to mitochondria.
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- Marina P Nobrega
- Instituto de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento, Universidade do Vale do Paraiba, São José dos Campos, Brazil 12244-000
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Biological processes in living cells are compartmentalized between lipid membranes. Integral membrane proteins often confer specific functions to these compartments and as such have a critical role in cellular metabolism and function. Cytochrome c oxidase is a macromolecular metalloprotein complex essential for the respiratory function of the cell. Elucidating the mechanisms of assembly of cytochrome c oxidase within the inner mitochondrial membrane represents a unique challenge for understanding metalloprotein biosynthesis. Elegant genetic experiments in yeast have defined several proteins required for copper delivery to cytochrome c oxidase. While the precise role of each of these proteins in copper incorporation remains unclear, recent studies have revealed that inherited mutations in two of these proteins can result in severe pathology in human infants in association with cytochrome c oxidase deficiency. Characterization of the molecular pathogenesis of these disorders offers new insights into the mechanisms of cellular copper metabolism and the role of these cytochrome c oxidase copper chaperones in human disease.
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- Iqbal Hamza
- Edward Mallinckrodt Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, McDonnell Pediatric Research Building, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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