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Zhang C, Chen C, Bian X, Zhang J, Zhang Z, Ma Y, Lu W. Construction of an orthogonal transport system for Saccharomyces cerevisiae peroxisome to efficiently produce sesquiterpenes. Metab Eng 2024; 85:84-93. [PMID: 39047895 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2024.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2024] [Revised: 07/20/2024] [Accepted: 07/22/2024] [Indexed: 07/27/2024]
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Subcellular compartmentalization is a crucial evolution characteristic of eukaryotic cells, providing inherent advantages for the construction of artificial biological systems to efficiently produce natural products. The establishment of an artificial protein transport system represents a pivotal initial step towards developing efficient artificial biological systems. Peroxisome has been demonstrated as a suitable subcellular compartment for the biosynthesis of terpenes in yeast. In this study, an artificial protein transporter ScPEX5* was firstly constructed by fusing the N-terminal sequence of PEX5 from S. cerevisiae and the C-terminal sequence of PEX5. Subsequently, an artificial protein transport system including the artificial signaling peptide YQSYY and its enhancing upstream 9 amino acid (9AA) residues along with ScPEX5* was demonstrated to exhibit orthogonality to the internal transport system of peroxisomes in S. cerevisiae. Furthermore, a library of 9AA residues was constructed and selected using high throughput pigment screening system to obtain an optimized signaling peptide (oPTS1*). Finally, the ScPEX5*-oPTS1* system was employed to construct yeast cell factories capable of producing the sesquiterpene α-humulene, resulting in an impressive α-humulene titer of 17.33 g/L and a productivity of 0.22 g/L/h achieved through fed-batch fermentation in a 5 L bioreactor. This research presents a valuable tool for the construction of artificial peroxisome cell factories and effective strategies for synthesizing other natural products in yeast.
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- Chuanbo Zhang
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, PR China; Frontiers Science Center for Synthetic Biology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, PR China; Key Laboratory of System Bioengineering (Tianjin University), Ministry of Education, Tianjin, PR China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, PR China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, PR China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, PR China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, PR China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory for Marine Environmental Research and Service, School of Marine Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, PR China.
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, PR China; Frontiers Science Center for Synthetic Biology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, PR China; Key Laboratory of System Bioengineering (Tianjin University), Ministry of Education, Tianjin, PR China.
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Francisco T, Pedrosa AG, Rodrigues TA, Abalkhail T, Li H, Ferreira MJ, van der Heden van Noort GJ, Fransen M, Hettema EH, Azevedo JE. Noncanonical and reversible cysteine ubiquitination prevents the overubiquitination of PEX5 at the peroxisomal membrane. PLoS Biol 2024; 22:e3002567. [PMID: 38470934 PMCID: PMC10959387 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2023] [Revised: 03/22/2024] [Accepted: 02/27/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024] Open
Abstract
PEX5, the peroxisomal protein shuttling receptor, binds newly synthesized proteins in the cytosol and transports them to the organelle. During its stay at the peroxisomal protein translocon, PEX5 is monoubiquitinated at its cysteine 11 residue, a mandatory modification for its subsequent ATP-dependent extraction back into the cytosol. The reason why a cysteine and not a lysine residue is the ubiquitin acceptor is unknown. Using an established rat liver-based cell-free in vitro system, we found that, in contrast to wild-type PEX5, a PEX5 protein possessing a lysine at position 11 is polyubiquitinated at the peroxisomal membrane, a modification that negatively interferes with the extraction process. Wild-type PEX5 cannot retain a polyubiquitin chain because ubiquitination at cysteine 11 is a reversible reaction, with the E2-mediated deubiquitination step presenting faster kinetics than PEX5 polyubiquitination. We propose that the reversible nonconventional ubiquitination of PEX5 ensures that neither the peroxisomal protein translocon becomes obstructed with polyubiquitinated PEX5 nor is PEX5 targeted for proteasomal degradation.
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- Tânia Francisco
- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (ICBAS), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (ICBAS), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (ICBAS), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Laboratory of Peroxisome Biology and Intracellular Communication, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (ICBAS), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Laboratory of Peroxisome Biology and Intracellular Communication, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (ICBAS), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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Kumar R, Islinger M, Worthy H, Carmichael R, Schrader M. The peroxisome: an update on mysteries 3.0. Histochem Cell Biol 2024; 161:99-132. [PMID: 38244103 PMCID: PMC10822820 DOI: 10.1007/s00418-023-02259-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/09/2023] [Indexed: 01/22/2024]
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Peroxisomes are highly dynamic, oxidative organelles with key metabolic functions in cellular lipid metabolism, such as the β-oxidation of fatty acids and the synthesis of myelin sheath lipids, as well as the regulation of cellular redox balance. Loss of peroxisomal functions causes severe metabolic disorders in humans. Furthermore, peroxisomes also fulfil protective roles in pathogen and viral defence and immunity, highlighting their wider significance in human health and disease. This has sparked increasing interest in peroxisome biology and their physiological functions. This review presents an update and a continuation of three previous review articles addressing the unsolved mysteries of this remarkable organelle. We continue to highlight recent discoveries, advancements, and trends in peroxisome research, and address novel findings on the metabolic functions of peroxisomes, their biogenesis, protein import, membrane dynamics and division, as well as on peroxisome-organelle membrane contact sites and organelle cooperation. Furthermore, recent insights into peroxisome organisation through super-resolution microscopy are discussed. Finally, we address new roles for peroxisomes in immune and defence mechanisms and in human disorders, and for peroxisomal functions in different cell/tissue types, in particular their contribution to organ-specific pathologies.
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Grants
- BB/W015420/1, BB/V018167/1, BB/T002255/1, BB/R016844/1 Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
- BB/W015420/1, BB/V018167/1, BB/T002255/1, BB/R016844/1 Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
- BB/W015420/1, BB/V018167/1, BB/T002255/1, BB/R016844/1 Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
- European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
- Deutsches Zentrum für Herz-Kreislaufforschung
- German Research Foundation
- Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg
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- Rechal Kumar
- Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Department of Biosciences, University of Exeter, Geoffrey Pope Building, Stocker Road, Exeter, EX4 4QD, UK
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- Institute of Neuroanatomy, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Mannheim Centre for Translational Neuroscience, University of Heidelberg, 68167, Mannheim, Germany
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- Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Department of Biosciences, University of Exeter, Geoffrey Pope Building, Stocker Road, Exeter, EX4 4QD, UK
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- Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Department of Biosciences, University of Exeter, Geoffrey Pope Building, Stocker Road, Exeter, EX4 4QD, UK.
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- Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Department of Biosciences, University of Exeter, Geoffrey Pope Building, Stocker Road, Exeter, EX4 4QD, UK.
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Jiang H, Nair V, Sun Y, Ding C. The diverse roles of peroxisomes in the interplay between viruses and mammalian cells. Antiviral Res 2024; 221:105780. [PMID: 38092324 DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2023.105780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2023] [Revised: 12/01/2023] [Accepted: 12/04/2023] [Indexed: 12/26/2023]
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Peroxisomes are ubiquitous organelles found in eukaryotic cells that play a critical role in the oxidative metabolism of lipids and detoxification of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Recently, the role of peroxisomes in viral infections has been extensively studied. Although several studies have reported that peroxisomes exert antiviral activity, evidence indicates that viruses have also evolved diverse strategies to evade peroxisomal antiviral signals. In this review, we summarize the multiple roles of peroxisomes in the interplay between viruses and mammalian cells. Focus is given on the peroxisomal regulation of innate immune response, lipid metabolism, ROS production, and viral regulation of peroxisomal biosynthesis and degradation. Understanding the interactions between peroxisomes and viruses provides novel insights for the development of new antiviral strategies.
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- Hui Jiang
- Department of Avian Infectious Diseases, Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute. Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Shanghai, China
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- Avian Oncogenic Viruses Group, UK-China Centre of Excellence in Avian Disease Research, The Pirbright Institute, Pirbright, Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom
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- Department of Avian Infectious Diseases, Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute. Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Shanghai, China.
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- Department of Avian Infectious Diseases, Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute. Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Shanghai, China; Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonosis, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, Jiangsu Province, China.
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Liang JS, Hung KL, Lin LJ, Ong WP, Keng WT, Lu JF. Novel PEX1 mutations in fibroblasts from children with Zellweger spectrum disorders exhibit temperature sensitive characteristics. Epilepsy Behav 2023; 145:109266. [PMID: 37385119 DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2023.109266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2022] [Revised: 05/12/2023] [Accepted: 05/13/2023] [Indexed: 07/01/2023]
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Zellweger spectrum disorders (ZSD) are rare autosomal recessive disorders caused by defects in peroxisome biogenesis factor (PEX; peroxin) genes leading to impaired transport of peroxisomal proteins with peroxisomal targeting signals (PTS). Four patients, including a pair of homozygotic twins, diagnosed as ZSD by genetic study with different clinical presentations and outcomes as well as various novel mutations are described here. A total of 3 novel mutations, including a nonsense, a frameshift, and a splicing mutation, in PEX1 from ZSD patients were identified and unequivocally confirmed that the p.Ile989Thr mutant PEX1 exhibited temperature-sensitive characteristics and is associated with milder ZSD. The nature of the p.Ile989Thr mutant exhibited different characteristics from that of the other previously identified temperature-sensitive p.Gly843Asp PEX1 mutant. Transcriptome profiles under nonpermissive vs. permissive conditions were explored to facilitate the understanding of p.Ile989Thr mutant PEX1. Further investigation of molecular mechanisms may help to clarify potential genetic causes that could modify the clinical presentation of ZSD.
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- Jao-Shwann Liang
- Departments of Pediatrics, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan; Department of Nursing, Asia Eastern University of Science and Technology, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Departments of Pediatrics, Fu Jen Catholic University Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan; School of Medicine, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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- School of Medicine, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Department of Genetics, Kuala Lumpur Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Genetics, Kuala Lumpur Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- School of Medicine, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
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Ravindran R, Bacellar IOL, Castellanos-Girouard X, Wahba HM, Zhang Z, Omichinski JG, Kisley L, Michnick SW. Peroxisome biogenesis initiated by protein phase separation. Nature 2023; 617:608-615. [PMID: 37165185 PMCID: PMC10302873 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06044-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2022] [Accepted: 04/03/2023] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Peroxisomes are organelles that carry out β-oxidation of fatty acids and amino acids. Both rare and prevalent diseases are caused by their dysfunction1. Among disease-causing variant genes are those required for protein transport into peroxisomes. The peroxisomal protein import machinery, which also shares similarities with chloroplasts2, is unique in transporting folded and large, up to 10 nm in diameter, protein complexes into peroxisomes3. Current models postulate a large pore formed by transmembrane proteins4; however, so far, no pore structure has been observed. In the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the minimum transport machinery includes the membrane proteins Pex13 and Pex14 and the cargo-protein-binding transport receptor, Pex5. Here we show that Pex13 undergoes liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) with Pex5-cargo. Intrinsically disordered regions in Pex13 and Pex5 resemble those found in nuclear pore complex proteins. Peroxisomal protein import depends on both the number and pattern of aromatic residues in these intrinsically disordered regions, consistent with their roles as 'stickers' in associative polymer models of LLPS5,6. Finally, imaging fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy shows that cargo import correlates with transient focusing of GFP-Pex13 and GFP-Pex14 on the peroxisome membrane. Pex13 and Pex14 form foci in distinct time frames, suggesting that they may form channels at different saturating concentrations of Pex5-cargo. Our findings lead us to suggest a model in which LLPS of Pex5-cargo with Pex13 and Pex14 results in transient protein transport channels7.
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- Rini Ravindran
- Département de Biochimie, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Département de Biochimie, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Douglas Research Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Département de Biochimie, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt
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- Department of Physics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
- Mitchell Physics Building (MPHY), College Station, TX, USA
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- Département de Biochimie, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Physics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
- Department of Chemistry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Département de Biochimie, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Akhter D, Zhang Y, Hu J, Pan R. Protein ubiquitination in plant peroxisomes. JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY 2023; 65:371-380. [PMID: 35975710 DOI: 10.1111/jipb.13346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2022] [Accepted: 08/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Protein ubiquitination regulates diverse cellular processes in eukaryotic organisms, from growth and development to stress response. Proteins subjected to ubiquitination can be found in virtually all subcellular locations and organelles, including peroxisomes, single-membrane and highly dynamic organelles ubiquitous in eukaryotes. Peroxisomes contain metabolic functions essential to plants and animals such as lipid catabolism, detoxification of reactive oxygen species (ROS), biosynthesis of vital hormones and cofactors, and photorespiration. Plant peroxisomes possess a complex proteome with functions varying among different tissue types and developmental stages, and during plant response to distinct environmental cues. However, how these diverse functions are regulated at the post-translational level is poorly understood, especially in plants. In this review, we summarized current knowledge of the involvement of protein ubiquitination in peroxisome protein import, remodeling, pexophagy, and metabolism, focusing on plants, and referencing discoveries from other eukaryotic systems when relevant. Based on previous ubiquitinomics studies, we compiled a list of 56 ubiquitinated Arabidopsis peroxisomal proteins whose functions are associated with all the major plant peroxisomal metabolic pathways. This discovery suggests a broad impact of protein ubiquitination on plant peroxisome functions, therefore substantiating the need to investigate this significant regulatory mechanism in peroxisomes at more depths.
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- Delara Akhter
- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Resources, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology & ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058/311200, China
- Zhejiang Laboratory, Hangzhou, 311121, China
- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet, 3100, Bangladesh
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Resources, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology & ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058/311200, China
- Zhejiang Laboratory, Hangzhou, 311121, China
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- Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory and Plant Biology Department, Michigan State University, East Lansing,, Michigan, USA
- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing,, Michigan, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Resources, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology & ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058/311200, China
- Zhejiang Laboratory, Hangzhou, 311121, China
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Pedrosa AG, Francisco T, Rodrigues TA, Ferreira MJ, van der Heden van Noort GJ, Azevedo JE. The Extraction Mechanism of Monoubiquitinated PEX5 from the Peroxisomal Membrane. J Mol Biol 2023; 435:167896. [PMID: 36442669 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2022.167896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2022] [Revised: 11/19/2022] [Accepted: 11/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The AAA ATPases PEX1•PEX6 extract PEX5, the peroxisomal protein shuttling receptor, from the peroxisomal membrane so that a new protein transport cycle can start. Extraction requires ubiquitination of PEX5 at residue 11 and involves a threading mechanism, but how exactly this occurs is unclear. We used a cell-free in vitro system and a variety of engineered PEX5 and ubiquitin molecules to challenge the extraction machinery. We show that PEX5 modified with a single ubiquitin is a substrate for extraction and extend previous findings proposing that neither the N- nor the C-terminus of PEX5 are required for extraction. Chimeric PEX5 molecules possessing a branched polypeptide structure at their C-terminal domains can still be extracted from the peroxisomal membrane thus suggesting that the extraction machinery can thread more than one polypeptide chain simultaneously. Importantly, we found that the PEX5-linked monoubiquitin is unfolded at a pre-extraction stage and, accordingly, an intra-molecularly cross-linked ubiquitin blocked extraction when conjugated to residue 11 of PEX5. Collectively, our data suggest that the PEX5-linked monoubiquitin is the extraction initiator and that the complete ubiquitin-PEX5 conjugate is threaded by PEX1•PEX6.
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- Ana G Pedrosa
- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S), Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal; Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal; Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (ICBAS), Universidade do Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira, 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal
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- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S), Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal; Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal; Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (ICBAS), Universidade do Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira, 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal
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- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S), Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal; Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal; Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (ICBAS), Universidade do Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira, 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal
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- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S), Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal; Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal; Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (ICBAS), Universidade do Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira, 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal
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- Oncode Institute and Department of Cell and Chemical Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, Einthovenweg 20, 2333 ZC, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S), Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal; Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal; Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (ICBAS), Universidade do Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira, 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal.
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Ferreira MJ, Rodrigues TA, Pedrosa AG, Francisco T, Azevedo JE. A Cell-Free In Vitro Import System for Peroxisomal Proteins Containing a Type 2 Targeting Signal (PTS2). Methods Mol Biol 2023; 2643:333-343. [PMID: 36952196 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3048-8_23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/27/2023]
Abstract
Cell-free in vitro systems are invaluable tools to study the molecular mechanisms of protein translocation across biological membranes. We have been using such a strategy to dissect the mechanism of the mammalian peroxisomal matrix protein import machinery. Here, we provide a detailed protocol to import proteins containing a peroxisomal targeting signal type 2 (PTS2) into the organelle. The in vitro system consists of incubating a 35S-labeled reporter protein with a post-nuclear supernatant from rat/mouse liver. At the end of the incubation, the organelle suspensions are generally treated with an aggressive protease to degrade reporter proteins that did not enter peroxisomes, and the organelles are isolated by centrifugation and analyzed by SDS-PAGE and autoradiography. This in vitro system is particularly suited to characterize the functional consequences of PEX5 and PEX7 mutations found in patients affected with a peroxisomal biogenesis disorder.
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- Maria J Ferreira
- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (I3S), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar (ICBAS), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (I3S), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar (ICBAS), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (I3S), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar (ICBAS), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (I3S), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar (ICBAS), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (I3S), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
- Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
- Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar (ICBAS), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
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Feng P, Skowyra ML, Rapoport TA. Structure and function of the peroxisomal ubiquitin ligase complex. Biochem Soc Trans 2022; 50:1921-1930. [PMID: 36421406 PMCID: PMC9788354 DOI: 10.1042/bst20221393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2022] [Revised: 11/10/2022] [Accepted: 11/14/2022] [Indexed: 09/26/2023]
Abstract
Peroxisomes are membrane-bounded organelles that exist in most eukaryotic cells and are involved in the oxidation of fatty acids and the destruction of reactive oxygen species. Depending on the organism, they house additional metabolic reactions that range from glycolysis in parasitic protozoa to the production of ether lipids in animals and antibiotics in fungi. The importance of peroxisomes for human health is revealed by various disorders - notably the Zellweger spectrum - that are caused by defects in peroxisome biogenesis and are often fatal. Most peroxisomal metabolic enzymes reside in the lumen, but are synthesized in the cytosol and imported into the organelle by mobile receptors. The receptors accompany cargo all the way into the lumen and must return to the cytosol to start a new import cycle. Recycling requires receptor monoubiquitination by a membrane-embedded ubiquitin ligase complex composed of three RING finger (RF) domain-containing proteins: PEX2, PEX10, and PEX12. A recent cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) structure of the complex reveals its function as a retro-translocation channel for peroxisomal import receptors. Each subunit of the complex contributes five transmembrane segments that assemble into an open channel. The N terminus of a receptor likely inserts into the pore from the lumenal side, and is then monoubiquitinated by one of the RFs to enable extraction into the cytosol. If recycling is compromised, receptors are polyubiquitinated by the concerted action of the other two RFs and ultimately degraded. The new data provide mechanistic insight into a crucial step of peroxisomal protein import.
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- Peiqiang Feng
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, U.S.A
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, U.S.A
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, U.S.A
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Hochreiter B, Malagon-Vina H, Schmid JA, Berger J, Kunze M. Studying the interaction between PEX5 and its full-length cargo proteins in living cells by a novel Försteŕs resonance energy transfer-based competition assay. Front Cell Dev Biol 2022; 10:1026388. [PMID: 36407094 PMCID: PMC9669585 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2022.1026388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2022] [Accepted: 10/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
Abstract
The import of the majority of soluble peroxisomal proteins is initiated by the interaction between type-1 peroxisomal targeting signals (PTS1) and their receptor PEX5. PTS1 motifs reside at the extreme C-terminus of proteins and consist of a characteristic tripeptide and a modulatory upstream region. Various PTS1-PEX5 interactions have been studied by biophysical methods using isolated proteins or in heterologous systems such as two-hybrid assays, but a recently established approach based on Försters resonance energy transfer (FRET) allows a quantifying investigation in living cells. FRET is the radiation-free energy transfer between two fluorophores in close proximity and can be used to estimate the fraction of acceptor molecules bound to a donor molecule. For PTS1-PEX5 this method relies on the measurement of FRET-efficiency between the PTS1-binding TPR-domain of PEX5 tagged with mCherry and EGFP fused to a PTS1 peptide. However, this method is less suitable for binding partners with low affinity and protein complexes involving large proteins such as the interaction between full-length PTS1-carrying cargo proteins and PEX5. To overcome this limitation, we introduce a life-cell competition assay based on the same FRET approach but including a fusion protein of Cerulean with the protein of interest as a competitor. After implementing the mathematical description of competitive binding experiments into a fitting algorithm, we demonstrate the functionality of this approach using known interaction partners, its ability to circumvent previous limitations of FRET-measurements and its ability to study the interaction between PEX5 and its full-length cargo proteins. We find that some proteins (SCP2 and AGXT) bind PEX5 with higher affinity than their PTS1-peptides alone, but other proteins (ACOX3, DAO, PerCR-SRL) bind with lower but reasonable affinity, whereas GSTK1 binds with very low affinity. This binding strength was not increased upon elongating the PEX5 TPR-domain at its N-terminus, PEX5(N-TPR), although it interacts specifically with the N-terminal domain of PEX14. Finally, we demonstrate that the latter reduces the interaction strength between PEX5(N-TPR) and PTS1 by a dose-dependent but apparently non-competitive mechanism. Altogether, this demonstrates the power of this novel FRET-based competition approach for studying cargo recognition by PEX5 and protein complexes including large proteins in general.
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- Bernhard Hochreiter
- Institute for Vascular Biology and Thrombosis Research, Center for Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Cognitive Neurobiology, Center for Brain Research, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute for Vascular Biology and Thrombosis Research, Center for Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pathobiology of the Nervous System, Center for Brain Research, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pathobiology of the Nervous System, Center for Brain Research, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- *Correspondence: Markus Kunze,
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Bittner E, Stehlik T, Freitag J. Sharing the wealth: The versatility of proteins targeted to peroxisomes and other organelles. Front Cell Dev Biol 2022; 10:934331. [PMID: 36225313 PMCID: PMC9549241 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2022.934331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2022] [Accepted: 07/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Peroxisomes are eukaryotic organelles with critical functions in cellular energy and lipid metabolism. Depending on the organism, cell type, and developmental stage, they are involved in numerous other metabolic and regulatory pathways. Many peroxisomal functions require factors also relevant to other cellular compartments. Here, we review proteins shared by peroxisomes and at least one different site within the cell. We discuss the mechanisms to achieve dual targeting, their regulation, and functional consequences. Characterization of dual targeting is fundamental to understand how peroxisomes are integrated into the metabolic and regulatory circuits of eukaryotic cells.
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- Department of Biology, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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Kelsall IR. Non-lysine ubiquitylation: Doing things differently. Front Mol Biosci 2022; 9:1008175. [PMID: 36200073 PMCID: PMC9527308 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2022.1008175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2022] [Accepted: 09/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The post-translational modification of proteins with ubiquitin plays a central role in nearly all aspects of eukaryotic biology. Historically, studies have focused on the conjugation of ubiquitin to lysine residues in substrates, but it is now clear that ubiquitylation can also occur on cysteine, serine, and threonine residues, as well as on the N-terminal amino group of proteins. Paradigm-shifting reports of non-proteinaceous substrates have further extended the reach of ubiquitylation beyond the proteome to include intracellular lipids and sugars. Additionally, results from bacteria have revealed novel ways to ubiquitylate (and deubiquitylate) substrates without the need for any of the enzymatic components of the canonical ubiquitylation cascade. Focusing mainly upon recent findings, this review aims to outline the current understanding of non-lysine ubiquitylation and speculate upon the molecular mechanisms and physiological importance of this non-canonical modification.
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Skowyra ML, Rapoport TA. PEX5 translocation into and out of peroxisomes drives matrix protein import. Mol Cell 2022; 82:3209-3225.e7. [PMID: 35931083 PMCID: PMC9444985 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2022.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2022] [Revised: 05/30/2022] [Accepted: 07/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Peroxisomes are ubiquitous organelles whose dysfunction causes fatal human diseases. Most peroxisomal enzymes are imported from the cytosol by the receptor PEX5, which interacts with a docking complex in the peroxisomal membrane and then returns to the cytosol after monoubiquitination by a membrane-embedded ubiquitin ligase. The mechanism by which PEX5 shuttles between cytosol and peroxisomes and releases cargo inside the lumen is unclear. Here, we use Xenopus egg extract to demonstrate that PEX5 accompanies cargo completely into the lumen, utilizing WxxxF/Y motifs near its N terminus that bind a lumenal domain of the docking complex. PEX5 recycling is initiated by an amphipathic helix that binds to the lumenal side of the ubiquitin ligase. The N terminus then emerges in the cytosol for monoubiquitination. Finally, PEX5 is extracted from the lumen, resulting in the unfolding of the receptor and cargo release. Our results reveal the unique mechanism by which PEX5 ferries proteins into peroxisomes.
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- Michael L Skowyra
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Feng P, Wu X, Erramilli SK, Paulo JA, Knejski P, Gygi SP, Kossiakoff AA, Rapoport TA. A peroxisomal ubiquitin ligase complex forms a retrotranslocation channel. Nature 2022; 607:374-380. [PMID: 35768507 PMCID: PMC9279156 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-04903-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2022] [Accepted: 05/25/2022] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Peroxisomes are ubiquitous organelles that house various metabolic reactions and are essential for human health1-4. Luminal peroxisomal proteins are imported from the cytosol by mobile receptors, which then recycle back to the cytosol by a poorly understood process1-4. Recycling requires receptor modification by a membrane-embedded ubiquitin ligase complex comprising three RING finger domain-containing proteins (Pex2, Pex10 and Pex12)5,6. Here we report a cryo-electron microscopy structure of the ligase complex, which together with biochemical and in vivo experiments reveals its function as a retrotranslocation channel for peroxisomal import receptors. Each subunit of the complex contributes five transmembrane segments that co-assemble into an open channel. The three ring finger domains form a cytosolic tower, with ring finger 2 (RF2) positioned above the channel pore. We propose that the N terminus of a recycling receptor is inserted from the peroxisomal lumen into the pore and monoubiquitylated by RF2 to enable extraction into the cytosol. If recycling is compromised, receptors are polyubiquitylated by the concerted action of RF10 and RF12 and degraded. This polyubiquitylation pathway also maintains the homeostasis of other peroxisomal import factors. Our results clarify a crucial step during peroxisomal protein import and reveal why mutations in the ligase complex cause human disease.
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- Peiqiang Feng
- Department of Cell Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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- Department of Cell Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
- Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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Sawada H, Saito T. Mechanisms of Sperm-Egg Interactions: What Ascidian Fertilization Research Has Taught Us. Cells 2022; 11:2096. [PMID: 35805180 PMCID: PMC9265791 DOI: 10.3390/cells11132096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2022] [Revised: 06/18/2022] [Accepted: 06/28/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Fertilization is an essential process in terrestrial organisms for creating a new organism with genetic diversity. Before gamete fusion, several steps are required to achieve successful fertilization. Animal spermatozoa are first activated and attracted to the eggs by egg-derived chemoattractants. During the sperm passage of the egg's extracellular matrix or upon the sperm binding to the proteinaceous egg coat, the sperm undergoes an acrosome reaction, an exocytosis of acrosome. In hermaphrodites such as ascidians, the self/nonself recognition process occurs when the sperm binds to the egg coat. The activated or acrosome-reacted spermatozoa penetrate through the proteinaceous egg coat. The extracellular ubiquitin-proteasome system, the astacin-like metalloproteases, and the trypsin-like proteases play key roles in this process in ascidians. In the present review, we summarize our current understanding and perspectives on gamete recognition and egg coat lysins in ascidians and consider the general mechanisms of fertilization in animals and plants.
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- Hitoshi Sawada
- Department of Nutritional Environment, College of Human Life and Environment, Kinjo Gakuin University, Nagoya 463-8521, Japan
- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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- Department of Applied Life Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan
- Shizuoka Institute for the Study of Marine Biology and Chemistry, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan
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Ast J, Bäcker N, Bittner E, Martorana D, Ahmad H, Bölker M, Freitag J. Two Pex5 Proteins With Different Cargo Specificity Are Critical for Peroxisome Function in Ustilago maydis. Front Cell Dev Biol 2022; 10:858084. [PMID: 35646929 PMCID: PMC9133605 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2022.858084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2022] [Accepted: 03/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Peroxisomes are dynamic multipurpose organelles with a major function in fatty acid oxidation and breakdown of hydrogen peroxide. Many proteins destined for the peroxisomal matrix contain a C-terminal peroxisomal targeting signal type 1 (PTS1), which is recognized by tetratricopeptide repeat (TPR) proteins of the Pex5 family. Various species express at least two different Pex5 proteins, but how this contributes to protein import and organelle function is not fully understood. Here, we analyzed truncated and chimeric variants of two Pex5 proteins, Pex5a and Pex5b, from the fungus Ustilago maydis. Both proteins are required for optimal growth on oleic acid-containing medium. The N-terminal domain (NTD) of Pex5b is critical for import of all investigated peroxisomal matrix proteins including PTS2 proteins and at least one protein without a canonical PTS. In contrast, the NTD of Pex5a is not sufficient for translocation of peroxisomal matrix proteins. In the presence of Pex5b, however, specific cargo can be imported via this domain of Pex5a. The TPR domains of Pex5a and Pex5b differ in their affinity to variations of the PTS1 motif and thus can mediate import of different subsets of matrix proteins. Together, our data reveal that U. maydis employs versatile targeting modules to control peroxisome function. These findings will promote our understanding of peroxisomal protein import also in other biological systems.
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- Julia Ast
- Department of Biology, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
- Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research (IMSR), and Centre of Membrane Proteins and Receptors (COMPARE), University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biology, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
- Center for Synthetic Microbiology, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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Zhang T, Li YN, Li X, Gu W, Moeketsi EK, Zhou R, Zheng X, Zhang Z, Zhang H. The Peroxisomal-CoA Synthetase MoPcs60 Is Important for Fatty Acid Metabolism and Infectious Growth of the Rice Blast Fungus. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 12:811041. [PMID: 35154208 PMCID: PMC8826238 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.811041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2021] [Accepted: 12/01/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Fatty acid metabolism is important for the maintenance of fatty acid homeostasis. Free fatty acids, which are toxic in excess, are activated by esterification with coenzyme A (CoA) and then subjected to β-oxidization. Fatty acid β-oxidation-related genes play critical roles in the development and virulence of several phytopathogens. In this study, we identified and characterized a peroxisomal-CoA synthetase in the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae, MoPCS60, which is a homolog of PCS60 in budding yeast. MoPCS60 was highly expressed during the conidial and early infectious stages and was induced under oleate treatment. Targeted deletion of MoPCS60 resulted in a significant reduction in growth rate when oleate and olive oil were used as the sole carbon sources. Compared with the wild-type strain Guy11, the ΔMopcs60 mutant exhibited fewer peroxisomes, more lipid droplets, and decreased pathogenicity. The distribution of MoPcs60 varied among developmental stages and was mainly localized to peroxisomes in the hyphae, conidia, and appressoria when treated with oleate. Our results suggest that MoPcs60 is a key peroxisomal-CoA synthetase involved in fatty acid β-oxidation and pathogenicity in rice blast fungi.
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Kim J, Bai H. Peroxisomal Stress Response and Inter-Organelle Communication in Cellular Homeostasis and Aging. Antioxidants (Basel) 2022; 11:192. [PMID: 35204075 PMCID: PMC8868334 DOI: 10.3390/antiox11020192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2021] [Revised: 01/15/2022] [Accepted: 01/16/2022] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Peroxisomes are key regulators of cellular and metabolic homeostasis. These organelles play important roles in redox metabolism, the oxidation of very-long-chain fatty acids (VLCFAs), and the biosynthesis of ether phospholipids. Given the essential role of peroxisomes in cellular homeostasis, peroxisomal dysfunction has been linked to various pathological conditions, tissue functional decline, and aging. In the past few decades, a variety of cellular signaling and metabolic changes have been reported to be associated with defective peroxisomes, suggesting that many cellular processes and functions depend on peroxisomes. Peroxisomes communicate with other subcellular organelles, such as the nucleus, mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum (ER), and lysosomes. These inter-organelle communications are highly linked to the key mechanisms by which cells surveil defective peroxisomes and mount adaptive responses to protect them from damages. In this review, we highlight the major cellular changes that accompany peroxisomal dysfunction and peroxisomal inter-organelle communication through membrane contact sites, metabolic signaling, and retrograde signaling. We also discuss the age-related decline of peroxisomal protein import and its role in animal aging and age-related diseases. Unlike other organelle stress response pathways, such as the unfolded protein response (UPR) in the ER and mitochondria, the cellular signaling pathways that mediate stress responses to malfunctioning peroxisomes have not been systematically studied and investigated. Here, we coin these signaling pathways as "peroxisomal stress response pathways". Understanding peroxisomal stress response pathways and how peroxisomes communicate with other organelles are important and emerging areas of peroxisome research.
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- Jinoh Kim
- Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA
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Li H, Lismont C, Revenco I, Hussein MAF, Costa CF, Fransen M. The Peroxisome-Autophagy Redox Connection: A Double-Edged Sword? Front Cell Dev Biol 2021; 9:814047. [PMID: 34977048 PMCID: PMC8717923 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.814047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2021] [Accepted: 12/02/2021] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Peroxisomes harbor numerous enzymes that can produce or degrade hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). Depending on its local concentration and environment, this oxidant can function as a redox signaling molecule or cause stochastic oxidative damage. Currently, it is well-accepted that dysfunctional peroxisomes are selectively removed by the autophagy-lysosome pathway. This process, known as "pexophagy," may serve a protective role in curbing peroxisome-derived oxidative stress. Peroxisomes also have the intrinsic ability to mediate and modulate H2O2-driven processes, including (selective) autophagy. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying these phenomena are multifaceted and have only recently begun to receive the attention they deserve. This review provides a comprehensive overview of what is known about the bidirectional relationship between peroxisomal H2O2 metabolism and (selective) autophagy. After introducing the general concepts of (selective) autophagy, we critically examine the emerging roles of H2O2 as one of the key modulators of the lysosome-dependent catabolic program. In addition, we explore possible relationships among peroxisome functioning, cellular H2O2 levels, and autophagic signaling in health and disease. Finally, we highlight the most important challenges that need to be tackled to understand how alterations in peroxisomal H2O2 metabolism contribute to autophagy-related disorders.
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- Hongli Li
- Laboratory of Peroxisome Biology and Intracellular Communication, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Peroxisome Biology and Intracellular Communication, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Peroxisome Biology and Intracellular Communication, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Peroxisome Biology and Intracellular Communication, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University, Asyut, Egypt
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- Laboratory of Peroxisome Biology and Intracellular Communication, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Peroxisome Biology and Intracellular Communication, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Horváthová L, Žárský V, Pánek T, Derelle R, Pyrih J, Motyčková A, Klápšťová V, Vinopalová M, Marková L, Voleman L, Klimeš V, Petrů M, Vaitová Z, Čepička I, Hryzáková K, Harant K, Gray MW, Chami M, Guilvout I, Francetic O, Franz Lang B, Vlček Č, Tsaousis AD, Eliáš M, Doležal P. Analysis of diverse eukaryotes suggests the existence of an ancestral mitochondrial apparatus derived from the bacterial type II secretion system. Nat Commun 2021; 12:2947. [PMID: 34011950 PMCID: PMC8134430 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-23046-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2018] [Accepted: 03/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
The type 2 secretion system (T2SS) is present in some Gram-negative eubacteria and used to secrete proteins across the outer membrane. Here we report that certain representative heteroloboseans, jakobids, malawimonads and hemimastigotes unexpectedly possess homologues of core T2SS components. We show that at least some of them are present in mitochondria, and their behaviour in biochemical assays is consistent with the presence of a mitochondrial T2SS-derived system (miT2SS). We additionally identified 23 protein families co-occurring with miT2SS in eukaryotes. Seven of these proteins could be directly linked to the core miT2SS by functional data and/or sequence features, whereas others may represent different parts of a broader functional pathway, possibly also involving the peroxisome. Its distribution in eukaryotes and phylogenetic evidence together indicate that the miT2SS-centred pathway is an ancestral eukaryotic trait. Our findings thus have direct implications for the functional properties of the early mitochondrion. Bacteria use the type 2 secretion system to secrete enzymes and toxins across the outer membrane to the environment. Here the authors analyse the T2SS pathway in three protist lineages and suggest that the early mitochondrion may have been capable of secreting proteins into the cytosol.
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- Lenka Horváthová
- Faculty of Science, Department of Parasitology, Charles University, BIOCEV, Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Science, Department of Parasitology, Charles University, BIOCEV, Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Science, Department of Biology and Ecology, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic.,Faculty of Science, Department of Zoology, Charles University, Prague 2, Czech Republic
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- School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, UK
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- Laboratory of Molecular & Evolutionary Parasitology, RAPID group, School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.,Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Science, Department of Parasitology, Charles University, BIOCEV, Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Science, Department of Parasitology, Charles University, BIOCEV, Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Science, Department of Parasitology, Charles University, BIOCEV, Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Science, Department of Parasitology, Charles University, BIOCEV, Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Science, Department of Parasitology, Charles University, BIOCEV, Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Science, Department of Biology and Ecology, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Science, Department of Parasitology, Charles University, BIOCEV, Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Science, Department of Parasitology, Charles University, BIOCEV, Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Science, Department of Zoology, Charles University, Prague 2, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Science, Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Charles University, Prague 2, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Science, Proteomic core facility, Charles University, BIOCEV, Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Centre for Comparative Genomics and Evolutionary Bioinformatics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
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- Center for Cellular Imaging and NanoAnalytics, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Biochemistry of Macromolecular Interactions Unit, Department of Structural Biology and Chemistry, Institut Pasteur, CNRS UMR3528, Paris, France
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- Biochemistry of Macromolecular Interactions Unit, Department of Structural Biology and Chemistry, Institut Pasteur, CNRS UMR3528, Paris, France
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- Robert Cedergren Centre for Bioinformatics and Genomics, Département de Biochimie, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Institute of Molecular Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague 4, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Molecular & Evolutionary Parasitology, RAPID group, School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
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- Faculty of Science, Department of Biology and Ecology, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic.
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- Faculty of Science, Department of Parasitology, Charles University, BIOCEV, Vestec, Czech Republic.
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Dindo M, Ambrosini G, Oppici E, Pey AL, O’Toole PJ, Marrison JL, Morrison IEG, Butturini E, Grottelli S, Costantini C, Cellini B. Dimerization Drives Proper Folding of Human Alanine:Glyoxylate Aminotransferase But Is Dispensable for Peroxisomal Targeting. J Pers Med 2021; 11:jpm11040273. [PMID: 33917320 PMCID: PMC8067440 DOI: 10.3390/jpm11040273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2021] [Revised: 03/30/2021] [Accepted: 04/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Peroxisomal matrix proteins are transported into peroxisomes in a fully-folded state, but whether multimeric proteins are imported as monomers or oligomers is still disputed. Here, we used alanine:glyoxylate aminotransferase (AGT), a homodimeric pyridoxal 5′-phosphate (PLP)-dependent enzyme, whose deficit causes primary hyperoxaluria type I (PH1), as a model protein and compared the intracellular behavior and peroxisomal import of native dimeric and artificial monomeric forms. Monomerization strongly reduces AGT intracellular stability and increases its aggregation/degradation propensity. In addition, monomers are partly retained in the cytosol. To assess possible differences in import kinetics, we engineered AGT to allow binding of a membrane-permeable dye and followed its intracellular trafficking without interfering with its biochemical properties. By fluorescence recovery after photobleaching, we measured the import rate in live cells. Dimeric and monomeric AGT displayed a similar import rate, suggesting that the oligomeric state per se does not influence import kinetics. However, when dimerization is compromised, monomers are prone to misfolding events that can prevent peroxisomal import, a finding crucial to predicting the consequences of PH1-causing mutations that destabilize the dimer. Treatment with pyridoxine of cells expressing monomeric AGT promotes dimerization and folding, thus, demonstrating the chaperone role of PLP. Our data support a model in which dimerization represents a potential key checkpoint in the cytosol at the crossroad between misfolding and correct targeting, a possible general mechanism for other oligomeric peroxisomal proteins.
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- Mirco Dindo
- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, 06132 Perugia, Italy; (M.D.); (S.G.); (C.C.)
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- Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy; (G.A.); (E.O.); (E.B.)
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- Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy; (G.A.); (E.O.); (E.B.)
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- Departamento de Química Física, Unidad de Excelencia de Química Aplicada a Biomedicina y Medioambiente e Instituto de Biotecnología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain;
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- Bioscience Technology Facility, Department of Biology, University of York, York YO23 3GE, UK; (P.J.O.); (J.L.M.); (I.E.G.M.)
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- Bioscience Technology Facility, Department of Biology, University of York, York YO23 3GE, UK; (P.J.O.); (J.L.M.); (I.E.G.M.)
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- Bioscience Technology Facility, Department of Biology, University of York, York YO23 3GE, UK; (P.J.O.); (J.L.M.); (I.E.G.M.)
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- Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy; (G.A.); (E.O.); (E.B.)
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, 06132 Perugia, Italy; (M.D.); (S.G.); (C.C.)
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, 06132 Perugia, Italy; (M.D.); (S.G.); (C.C.)
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, 06132 Perugia, Italy; (M.D.); (S.G.); (C.C.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +39-075-585-8339
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Dahan N, Francisco T, Falter C, Rodrigues T, Kalel V, Kunze M, Hansen T, Schliebs W, Erdmann R. Current advances in the function and biogenesis of peroxisomes and their roles in health and disease. Histochem Cell Biol 2021; 155:513-524. [PMID: 33818645 PMCID: PMC8062356 DOI: 10.1007/s00418-021-01982-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Noa Dahan
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Plant Biochemistry and Infection Biology, Institute of Plant Science and Microbiology, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Department System Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Medical Faculty, Ruhr-University of Bochum, Universitätstr.150, 44780, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Pathobiology of the Nervous System, Center for Brain Research, Medical University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 4, 1090, Vienna, Austria
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- Department System Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Medical Faculty, Ruhr-University of Bochum, Universitätstr.150, 44780, Bochum, Germany
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- Department System Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Medical Faculty, Ruhr-University of Bochum, Universitätstr.150, 44780, Bochum, Germany
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- Department System Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Medical Faculty, Ruhr-University of Bochum, Universitätstr.150, 44780, Bochum, Germany.
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Bürgi J, Ekal L, Wilmanns M. Versatile allosteric properties in Pex5-like tetratricopeptide repeat proteins to induce diverse downstream function. Traffic 2021; 22:140-152. [PMID: 33580581 DOI: 10.1111/tra.12785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2020] [Revised: 01/30/2021] [Accepted: 02/10/2021] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Proteins composed of tetratricopeptide repeat (TPR) arrays belong to the α-solenoid tandem-repeat family that have unique properties in terms of their overall conformational flexibility and ability to bind to multiple protein ligands. The peroxisomal matrix protein import receptor Pex5 comprises two TPR triplets that recognize protein cargos with a specific C-terminal Peroxisomal Targeting Signal (PTS) 1 motif. Import of PTS1-containing protein cargos into peroxisomes through a transient pore is mainly driven by allosteric binding, coupling and release mechanisms, without a need for external energy. A very similar TPR architecture is found in the functionally unrelated TRIP8b, a regulator of the hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated (HCN) ion channel. TRIP8b binds to the HCN ion channel via a C-terminal sequence motif that is nearly identical to the PTS1 motif of Pex5 receptor cargos. Pex5, Pex5-related Pex9, and TRIP8b also share a less conserved N-terminal domain. This domain provides a second protein cargo-binding site and plays a distinct role in allosteric coupling of initial cargo loading by PTS1 motif-mediated interactions and different downstream functional readouts. The data reviewed here highlight the overarching role of molecular allostery in driving the diverse functions of TPR array proteins, which could form a model for other α-solenoid tandem-repeat proteins involved in translocation processes across membranes.
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- Jérôme Bürgi
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Hamburg Unit, Hamburg, Germany
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Hamburg Unit, Hamburg, Germany
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Hamburg Unit, Hamburg, Germany.,University Hamburg Clinical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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Lu P, Ma L, Sun J, Gong X, Cai C. A Chinese newborn with Zellweger syndrome and compound heterozygous mutations novel in the PEX1 gene: a case report and literature review. Transl Pediatr 2021; 10:446-453. [PMID: 33708531 PMCID: PMC7944177 DOI: 10.21037/tp-20-167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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In this study, we report a male newborn with severe Zellweger spectrum disorder (ZSDs) presenting asphyxia, hypotonia, poor feeding, and dysmorphic facial features. Despite intensive supportive treatment, the boy's condition deteriorated progressively. The patient's diagnosis was made by delayed results after his death. His genetic analysis showed that the boy carried novel compound heterozygous mutation in PEX1 gene (c.2050C > T and c.782_783del). We conducted a literature search and identified 316 patients with ZSD caused by mutations in the PEX1 gene. The p.G843D and p.I700Yfs*42 were the most commonly reported mutations. Among the 316 patients, clinical manifestations were available in 265 patients. The segregation of these patients' manifestation showed that patients with missense PEX1 mutations have a milder phenotype than those with truncating mutations, while the common p.G843D mutations are milder than other missense mutations. Nearly all truncating mutations in PEX1 except for those with premature stop codons near the end of the gene were associated with a severe disease phenotype. These results indicated that all domains of PEX1 were important in the maintenance of normal peroxisome function. The correlation between severity of the disease and type of mutations in PEX1 can be helpful in predicting prognosis among patients with ZSD caused by mutated PEX1.
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- Pei Lu
- Department of Neonatology, Shanghai Children's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neonatology, Shanghai Children's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neonatology, Shanghai Children's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neonatology, Shanghai Children's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neonatology, Shanghai Children's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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A missense allele of PEX5 is responsible for the defective import of PTS2 cargo proteins into peroxisomes. Hum Genet 2021; 140:649-666. [PMID: 33389129 DOI: 10.1007/s00439-020-02238-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2020] [Accepted: 11/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Peroxisomes, single-membrane intracellular organelles, play an important role in various metabolic pathways. The translocation of proteins from the cytosol to peroxisomes depends on peroxisome import receptor proteins and defects in peroxisome transport result in a wide spectrum of peroxisomal disorders. Here, we report a large consanguineous family with autosomal recessive congenital cataracts and developmental defects. Genome-wide linkage analysis localized the critical interval to chromosome 12p with a maximum two-point LOD score of 4.2 (θ = 0). Next-generation exome sequencing identified a novel homozygous missense variant (c.653 T > C; p.F218S) in peroxisomal biogenesis factor 5 (PEX5), a peroxisome import receptor protein. This missense mutation was confirmed by bidirectional Sanger sequencing. It segregated with the disease phenotype in the family and was absent in ethnically matched control chromosomes. The lens-specific knockout mice of Pex5 recapitulated the cataractous phenotype. In vitro import assays revealed a normal capacity of the mutant PEX5 to enter the peroxisomal Docking/Translocation Module (DTM) in the presence of peroxisome targeting signal 1 (PTS1) cargo protein, be monoubiquitinated and exported back into the cytosol. Importantly, the mutant PEX5 protein was unable to form a stable trimeric complex with peroxisomal biogenesis factor 7 (PEX7) and a peroxisome targeting signal 2 (PTS2) cargo protein and, therefore, failed to promote the import of PTS2 cargo proteins into peroxisomes. In conclusion, we report a novel missense mutation in PEX5 responsible for the defective import of PTS2 cargo proteins into peroxisomes resulting in congenital cataracts and developmental defects.
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Rackles E, Witting M, Forné I, Zhang X, Zacherl J, Schrott S, Fischer C, Ewbank JJ, Osman C, Imhof A, Rolland SG. Reduced peroxisomal import triggers peroxisomal retrograde signaling. Cell Rep 2021; 34:108653. [PMID: 33472070 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.108653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2019] [Revised: 10/06/2020] [Accepted: 12/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Maintaining organelle function in the face of stress is known to involve organelle-specific retrograde signaling. Using Caenorhabditis elegans, we present evidence of the existence of such retrograde signaling for peroxisomes, which we define as the peroxisomal retrograde signaling (PRS). Specifically, we show that peroxisomal import stress caused by knockdown of the peroxisomal matrix import receptor prx-5/PEX5 triggers NHR-49/peroxisome proliferator activated receptor alpha (PPARα)- and MDT-15/MED15-dependent upregulation of the peroxisomal Lon protease lonp-2/LONP2 and the peroxisomal catalase ctl-2/CAT. Using proteomic and transcriptomic analyses, we show that proteins involved in peroxisomal lipid metabolism and immunity are also upregulated upon prx-5(RNAi). While the PRS can be triggered by perturbation of peroxisomal β-oxidation, we also observed hallmarks of PRS activation upon infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa. We propose that the PRS, in addition to a role in lipid metabolism homeostasis, may act as a surveillance mechanism to protect against pathogens.
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- Elisabeth Rackles
- Faculty of Biology, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
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- Research Unit Analytical BioGeoChemistry, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany; Chair of Analytical Food Chemistry, TUM School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Maximus-von-Imhof-Forum 2, 85354 Freising, Germany
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- Protein Analysis Unit, BioMedical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Großhadernerstr. 9, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, INSERM, CIML, Turing Centre for Living Systems, Marseille, France
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- Faculty of Biology, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
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- Faculty of Biology, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
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- Faculty of Biology, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, INSERM, CIML, Turing Centre for Living Systems, Marseille, France
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- Faculty of Biology, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
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- Protein Analysis Unit, BioMedical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Großhadernerstr. 9, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
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- Faculty of Biology, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, 82152 Martinsried, Germany.
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Hochreiter B, Chong CS, Hartig A, Maurer-Stroh S, Berger J, Schmid JA, Kunze M. A Novel FRET Approach Quantifies the Interaction Strength of Peroxisomal Targeting Signals and Their Receptor in Living Cells. Cells 2020; 9:cells9112381. [PMID: 33143123 PMCID: PMC7693011 DOI: 10.3390/cells9112381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2020] [Revised: 10/22/2020] [Accepted: 10/25/2020] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Measuring Förster–resonance–energy–transfer (FRET) efficiency allows the investigation of protein–protein interactions (PPI), but extracting quantitative measures of affinity necessitates highly advanced technical equipment or isolated proteins. We demonstrate the validity of a recently suggested novel approach to quantitatively analyze FRET-based experiments in living mammalian cells using standard equipment using the interaction between different type-1 peroxisomal targeting signals (PTS1) and their soluble receptor peroxin 5 (PEX5) as a model system. Large data sets were obtained by flow cytometry coupled FRET measurements of cells expressing PTS1-tagged EGFP together with mCherry fused to the PTS1-binding domain of PEX5, and were subjected to a fitting algorithm extracting a quantitative measure of the interaction strength. This measure correlates with results obtained by in vitro techniques and a two-hybrid assay, but is unaffected by the distance between the fluorophores. Moreover, we introduce a live cell competition assay based on this approach, capable of depicting dose- and affinity-dependent modulation of the PPI. Using this system, we demonstrate the relevance of a sequence element next to the core tripeptide in PTS1 motifs for the interaction strength between PTS1 and PEX5, which is supported by a structure-based computational prediction of the binding energy indicating a direct involvement of this sequence in the interaction.
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- Bernhard Hochreiter
- Center for Physiology and Pharmacology, Institute of Vascular Biology and Thrombosis Research, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria;
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- Bioinformatics Institute (BII), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore 138671, Singapore; (C.-S.C.); (S.M.-S.)
- NUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119077, Singapore
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Max Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, 1030 Vienna, Austria;
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- Bioinformatics Institute (BII), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore 138671, Singapore; (C.-S.C.); (S.M.-S.)
- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117558, Singapore
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- Center for Brain Research, Department of Pathobiology of the Nervous System, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria;
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- Center for Physiology and Pharmacology, Institute of Vascular Biology and Thrombosis Research, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria;
- Correspondence: (J.A.S.); (M.K.)
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- Center for Brain Research, Department of Pathobiology of the Nervous System, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria;
- Correspondence: (J.A.S.); (M.K.)
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Impaired peroxisomal import in Drosophila oenocytes causes cardiac dysfunction by inducing upd3 as a peroxikine. Nat Commun 2020; 11:2943. [PMID: 32523050 PMCID: PMC7286907 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16781-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2019] [Accepted: 05/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Aging is characterized by a chronic, low-grade inflammation, which is a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. It remains poorly understood whether pro-inflammatory factors released from non-cardiac tissues contribute to the non-autonomous regulation of age-related cardiac dysfunction. Here, we report that age-dependent induction of cytokine unpaired 3 (upd3) in Drosophila oenocytes (hepatocyte-like cells) is the primary non-autonomous mechanism for cardiac aging. We show that upd3 is significantly up-regulated in aged oenocytes. Oenocyte-specific knockdown of upd3 is sufficient to block aging-induced cardiac arrhythmia. We further show that the age-dependent induction of upd3 is triggered by impaired peroxisomal import and elevated JNK signaling in aged oenocytes. We term hormonal factors induced by peroxisome dysfunction as peroxikines. Intriguingly, oenocyte-specific overexpression of Pex5, the key peroxisomal import receptor, blocks age-related upd3 induction and alleviates cardiac arrhythmicity. Thus, our studies identify an important role of hepatocyte-specific peroxisomal import in mediating non-autonomous regulation of cardiac aging.
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Stehlik T, Kremp M, Kahnt J, Bölker M, Freitag J. Peroxisomal targeting of a protein phosphatase type 2C via mitochondrial transit. Nat Commun 2020; 11:2355. [PMID: 32398688 PMCID: PMC7217942 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16146-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2019] [Accepted: 04/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Correct intracellular distribution of proteins is critical for the function of eukaryotic cells. Certain proteins are targeted to more than one cellular compartment, e.g. to mitochondria and peroxisomes. The protein phosphatase Ptc5 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae contains an N-terminal mitochondrial presequence followed by a transmembrane domain, and has been detected in the mitochondrial intermembrane space. Here we show mitochondrial transit of Ptc5 to peroxisomes. Translocation of Ptc5 to peroxisomes depended both on the C-terminal peroxisomal targeting signal (PTS1) and N-terminal cleavage by the mitochondrial inner membrane peptidase complex. Indirect targeting of Ptc5 to peroxisomes prevented deleterious effects of its phosphatase activity in the cytosol. Sorting of Ptc5 involves simultaneous interaction with import machineries of both organelles. We identify additional mitochondrial proteins with PTS1, which localize in both organelles and can increase their physical association. Thus, a tug-of-war-like mechanism can influence the interaction and communication of two cellular compartments.
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- Thorsten Stehlik
- Department of Biology, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
- LOEWE Center for Synthetic Microbiology, Marburg, Germany.
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- Department of Biology, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
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Imanaka T, Kawaguchi K. A novel dynein-type AAA+ protein with peroxisomal targeting signal type 2. J Biochem 2020; 167:429-432. [PMID: 32027355 DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvaa018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2020] [Accepted: 01/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Peroxisomal matrix proteins are imported into peroxisomes in a process mediated by peroxisomal targeting signal (PTS) type 1 and 2. The PTS2 proteins are imported into peroxisomes after binding with Pex7p. Niwa et al. (A newly isolated Pex7-binding, atypical PTS2 protein P7BP2 is a novel dynein-type AAA+ protein. J Biochem 2018;164:437-447) identified a novel Pex7p-binding protein in CHO cells and characterized the subcellular distribution and molecular properties of the human homologue, 'P7BP2'. Interestingly, P7BP2 possesses PTS2 at the NH2 terminal and six putative AAA+ domains. Another group has suggested that the protein also possesses mitochondrial targeting signal at the NH2 terminal. In fact, the P7BP2 expressed in mammalian cells is targeted to both peroxisomes and mitochondria. The purified protein from Sf9 cells is a monomer and has a disc-like ring structure, suggesting that P7BP2 is a novel dynein-type AAA+ family protein. The protein expressed in insect cells exhibits ATPase activity. P7BP2 localizes to peroxisomes and mitochondria, and has a common function related to dynein-type ATPases in both organelles.
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- Tsuneo Imanaka
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hiroshima International University, 5-1-1 Hirokoshinkai, Kure, Hiroshima 737-0112, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan
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Passmore JB, Carmichael RE, Schrader TA, Godinho LF, Ferdinandusse S, Lismont C, Wang Y, Hacker C, Islinger M, Fransen M, Richards DM, Freisinger P, Schrader M. Mitochondrial fission factor (MFF) is a critical regulator of peroxisome maturation. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2020; 1867:118709. [PMID: 32224193 PMCID: PMC7262603 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2020.118709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2019] [Revised: 02/21/2020] [Accepted: 03/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Peroxisomes are highly dynamic subcellular compartments with important functions in lipid and ROS metabolism. Impaired peroxisomal function can lead to severe metabolic disorders with developmental defects and neurological abnormalities. Recently, a new group of disorders has been identified, characterised by defects in the membrane dynamics and division of peroxisomes rather than by loss of metabolic functions. However, the contribution of impaired peroxisome plasticity to the pathophysiology of those disorders is not well understood. Mitochondrial fission factor (MFF) is a key component of both the peroxisomal and mitochondrial division machinery. Patients with MFF deficiency present with developmental and neurological abnormalities. Peroxisomes (and mitochondria) in patient fibroblasts are highly elongated as a result of impaired organelle division. The majority of studies into MFF-deficiency have focused on mitochondrial dysfunction, but the contribution of peroxisomal alterations to the pathophysiology is largely unknown. Here, we show that MFF deficiency does not cause alterations to overall peroxisomal biochemical function. However, loss of MFF results in reduced import-competency of the peroxisomal compartment and leads to the accumulation of pre-peroxisomal membrane structures. We show that peroxisomes in MFF-deficient cells display alterations in peroxisomal redox state and intra-peroxisomal pH. Removal of elongated peroxisomes through induction of autophagic processes is not impaired. A mathematical model describing key processes involved in peroxisome dynamics sheds further light into the physical processes disturbed in MFF-deficient cells. The consequences of our findings for the pathophysiology of MFF-deficiency and related disorders with impaired peroxisome plasticity are discussed. Peroxisomes are highly elongated in cells from patients lacking fission factor MFF. Peroxisomal proteins are not uniformly distributed in highly elongated peroxisomes. Peroxisomal metabolism is unaltered in MFF-deficient patients. Peroxisomal elongations are stabilised through interaction with microtubules. Highly elongated peroxisomes are not spared from degradation.
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- Laboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Amsterdam University Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Institute of Neuroanatomy, Medical Faculty Manheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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- Institute of Neuroanatomy, Medical Faculty Manheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Pediatrics, Kreiskliniken Reutlingen, Reutlingen, Germany
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Nass K, Redecke L, Perbandt M, Yefanov O, Klinge M, Koopmann R, Stellato F, Gabdulkhakov A, Schönherr R, Rehders D, Lahey-Rudolph JM, Aquila A, Barty A, Basu S, Doak RB, Duden R, Frank M, Fromme R, Kassemeyer S, Katona G, Kirian R, Liu H, Majoul I, Martin-Garcia JM, Messerschmidt M, Shoeman RL, Weierstall U, Westenhoff S, White TA, Williams GJ, Yoon CH, Zatsepin N, Fromme P, Duszenko M, Chapman HN, Betzel C. In cellulo crystallization of Trypanosoma brucei IMP dehydrogenase enables the identification of genuine co-factors. Nat Commun 2020; 11:620. [PMID: 32001697 PMCID: PMC6992785 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-14484-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2019] [Accepted: 01/06/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Sleeping sickness is a fatal disease caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma brucei (Tb). Inosine-5’-monophosphate dehydrogenase (IMPDH) has been proposed as a potential drug target, since it maintains the balance between guanylate deoxynucleotide and ribonucleotide levels that is pivotal for the parasite. Here we report the structure of TbIMPDH at room temperature utilizing free-electron laser radiation on crystals grown in living insect cells. The 2.80 Å resolution structure reveals the presence of ATP and GMP at the canonical sites of the Bateman domains, the latter in a so far unknown coordination mode. Consistent with previously reported IMPDH complexes harboring guanosine nucleotides at the second canonical site, TbIMPDH forms a compact oligomer structure, supporting a nucleotide-controlled conformational switch that allosterically modulates the catalytic activity. The oligomeric TbIMPDH structure we present here reveals the potential of in cellulo crystallization to identify genuine allosteric co-factors from a natural reservoir of specific compounds. Trypanosoma brucei inosine-5′-monophosphate dehydrogenase (IMPDH) is an enzyme in the guanine nucleotide biosynthesis pathway and of interest as a drug target. Here the authors present the 2.8 Å room temperature structure of TbIMPDH determined by utilizing X-ray free-electron laser radiation and crystals that were grown in insect cells and find that ATP and GMP are bound at the canonical sites of the Bateman domains.
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- Karol Nass
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL), Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany.,Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Forschungstrasse 111, 5232, Villigen, PSI, Switzerland
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- Joint Laboratory for Structural Biology of Infection and Inflammation, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Hamburg, and Institute of Biochemistry, University of Lübeck, at Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Notkestr. 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany.,German Centre for Infection Research, University of Lübeck, 23562, Lübeck, Germany.,Institute of Biochemistry, University of Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23562, Lübeck, Germany.,Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron (DESY), Photon Science, Notkestr. 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Hamburg, at Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Notkestr. 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany.,The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging (CUI), Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL), Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Joint Laboratory for Structural Biology of Infection and Inflammation, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Hamburg, and Institute of Biochemistry, University of Lübeck, at Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Notkestr. 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany.,BioAgilytix Europe GmbH, Lademannbogen 10, 22339, Hamburg, Germany
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- Interfaculty Institute of Biochemistry, University of Tübingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Str.4, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL), Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany.,Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma Tor Vergata and INFN, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Protein Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, 4 Institutskaya Str., Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia, 142290
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- Institute of Biochemistry, University of Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23562, Lübeck, Germany.,Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron (DESY), Photon Science, Notkestr. 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Joint Laboratory for Structural Biology of Infection and Inflammation, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Hamburg, and Institute of Biochemistry, University of Lübeck, at Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Notkestr. 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany.,BODE Chemie GmbH, Melanchthonstraße 27, 22525, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL), Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany.,Institute of Biochemistry, University of Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23562, Lübeck, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL), Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany.,LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL), Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-160, USA.,European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Grenoble Outstation, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, CS 90181, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, Grenoble, France
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- Department of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85411, USA.,Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Jahnstr. 29, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Biology, University of Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23562, Lübeck, Germany
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- Biology and Biotechnology Division, Physical & Life Sciences Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, CA, 94550, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-160, USA
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- Max-Planck-Institute for Medical Research, Jahnstr. 29, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, 40530, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-160, USA
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- Department of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85411, USA.,Complex Systems Division, Beijing Computational Science Research Center, 100193, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Biology, University of Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23562, Lübeck, Germany
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- Center for Applied Structural Discovery (CASD), Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, 727 East Tyler Street, Tempe, AZ, 85287, USA
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA.,Center for Applied Structural Discovery (CASD), Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, 727 East Tyler Street, Tempe, AZ, 85287, USA
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- Max-Planck-Institute for Medical Research, Jahnstr. 29, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85411, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, 40530, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL), Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA.,Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), PO Box 5000, Upton, NY, 11973-5000, USA
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL), Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany.,LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- Department of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85411, USA.,ARC Centre of Excellence in Advanced Molecular Imaging, Department of Chemistry and Physics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Victoria, 3086, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-160, USA
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- Institute of Neurophysiology, University of Tübingen, Keplerstr. 15, 72074, Tübingen, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL), Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany.,The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging (CUI), Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, Hamburg, Germany.,Department of Physics, University of Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Hamburg, at Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Notkestr. 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany. .,The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging (CUI), Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, Hamburg, Germany.
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Mastalski T, Brinkmeier R, Platta HW. The Peroxisomal PTS1-Import Defect of PEX1- Deficient Cells Is Independent of Pexophagy in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21030867. [PMID: 32013259 PMCID: PMC7037794 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21030867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2020] [Revised: 01/25/2020] [Accepted: 01/27/2020] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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The important physiologic role of peroxisomes is shown by the occurrence of peroxisomal biogenesis disorders (PBDs) in humans. This spectrum of autosomal recessive metabolic disorders is characterized by defective peroxisome assembly and impaired peroxisomal functions. PBDs are caused by mutations in the peroxisomal biogenesis factors, which are required for the correct compartmentalization of peroxisomal matrix enzymes. Recent work from patient cells that contain the Pex1(G843D) point mutant suggested that the inhibition of the lysosome, and therefore the block of pexophagy, was beneficial for peroxisomal function. The resulting working model proposed that Pex1 may not be essential for matrix protein import at all, but rather for the prevention of pexophagy. Thus, the observed matrix protein import defect would not be caused by a lack of Pex1 activity, but rather by enhanced removal of peroxisomal membranes via pexophagy. In the present study, we can show that the specific block of PEX1 deletion-induced pexophagy does not restore peroxisomal matrix protein import or the peroxisomal function in beta-oxidation in yeast. Therefore, we conclude that Pex1 is directly and essentially involved in peroxisomal matrix protein import, and that the PEX1 deletion-induced pexophagy is not responsible for the defect in peroxisomal function. In order to point out the conserved mechanism, we discuss our findings in the context of the working models of peroxisomal biogenesis and pexophagy in yeasts and mammals.
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Kunze M. The type-2 peroxisomal targeting signal. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2019; 1867:118609. [PMID: 31751594 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2019.118609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2019] [Revised: 11/08/2019] [Accepted: 11/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The type-2 peroxisomal targeting signal (PTS2) is one of two peptide motifs destining soluble proteins for peroxisomes. This signal acts as amphiphilic α-helix exposing the side chains of all conserved residues to the same side. PTS2 motifs are recognized by a bipartite protein complex consisting of the receptor PEX7 and a co-receptor. Cargo-loaded receptor complexes are translocated across the peroxisomal membrane by a transient pore and inside peroxisomes, cargo proteins are released and processed in many, but not all species. The components of the bipartite receptor are re-exported into the cytosol by a ubiquitin-mediated and ATP-driven export mechanism. Structurally, PTS2 motifs resemble other N-terminal targeting signals, whereas the functional relation to the second peroxisomal targeting signal (PTS1) is unclear. Although only a few PTS2-carrying proteins are known in humans, subjects lacking a functional import mechanism for these proteins suffer from the severe inherited disease rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata.
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- Markus Kunze
- Medical University of Vienna, Center for Brain Research, Department of Pathobiology of the Nervous System, Spitalgasse 4, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
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A Mechanistic Perspective on PEX1 and PEX6, Two AAA+ Proteins of the Peroxisomal Protein Import Machinery. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20215246. [PMID: 31652724 PMCID: PMC6862443 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20215246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2019] [Revised: 10/18/2019] [Accepted: 10/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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In contrast to many protein translocases that use ATP or GTP hydrolysis as the driving force to transport proteins across biological membranes, the peroxisomal matrix protein import machinery relies on a regulated self-assembly mechanism for this purpose and uses ATP hydrolysis only to reset its components. The ATP-dependent protein complex in charge of resetting this machinery—the Receptor Export Module (REM)—comprises two members of the “ATPases Associated with diverse cellular Activities” (AAA+) family, PEX1 and PEX6, and a membrane protein that anchors the ATPases to the organelle membrane. In recent years, a large amount of data on the structure/function of the REM complex has become available. Here, we discuss the main findings and their mechanistic implications.
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Cell organelles and yeast longevity: an intertwined regulation. Curr Genet 2019; 66:15-41. [PMID: 31535186 DOI: 10.1007/s00294-019-01035-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2019] [Revised: 09/12/2019] [Accepted: 09/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Organelles are dynamic structures of a eukaryotic cell that compartmentalize various essential functions and regulate optimum functioning. On the other hand, ageing is an inevitable phenomenon that leads to irreversible cellular damage and affects optimum functioning of cells. Recent research shows compelling evidence that connects organelle dysfunction to ageing-related diseases/disorders. Studies in several model systems including yeast have led to seminal contributions to the field of ageing in uncovering novel pathways, proteins and their functions, identification of pro- and anti-ageing factors and so on. In this review, we present a comprehensive overview of findings that highlight the role of organelles in ageing and ageing-associated functions/pathways in yeast.
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A Potential Lock-Type Mechanism for Unconventional Secretion in Fungi. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20030460. [PMID: 30678160 PMCID: PMC6386918 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20030460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2018] [Revised: 01/18/2019] [Accepted: 01/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Protein export in eukaryotes can either occur via the classical pathway traversing the endomembrane system or exploit alternative routes summarized as unconventional secretion. Besides multiple examples in higher eukaryotes, unconventional secretion has also been described for fungal proteins with diverse functions in important processes such as development or virulence. Accumulating molecular insights into the different export pathways suggest that unconventional secretion in fungal microorganisms does not follow a common scheme but has evolved multiple times independently. In this study, we review the most prominent examples with a focus on the chitinase Cts1 from the corn smut Ustilago maydis. Cts1 participates in cell separation during budding growth. Recent evidence indicates that the enzyme might be actively translocated into the fragmentation zone connecting dividing mother and daughter cells, where it supports cell division by the degradation of remnant chitin. Importantly, a functional fragmentation zone is prerequisite for Cts1 release. We summarize in detail what is currently known about this potential lock-type mechanism of Cts1 secretion and its connection to the complex regulation of fragmentation zone assembly and cell separation.
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Knoblach B, Rachubinski RA. Reconstitution of human peroxisomal β-oxidation in yeast. FEMS Yeast Res 2018; 18:5075582. [PMID: 30124827 DOI: 10.1093/femsyr/foy092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2018] [Accepted: 08/14/2018] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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We report the permanent introduction of the human peroxisomal β-oxidation enzymatic machinery required for straight chain degradation of fatty acids into the yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Peroxisomal β-oxidation encompasses four sequential reactions that are confined to three enzymes. The genes encoding human acyl-CoA oxidase 1, peroxisomal multifunctional enzyme type 2 and 3-ketoacyl-CoA thiolase were introduced into the genomic loci of their yeast gene equivalents. The human β-oxidation genes were individually tagged with sequence coding for GFP and expression of the protein chimeras as well as their targeting to peroxisomes was confirmed. Functional complementation of the β-oxidation pathway was assessed by growth on media containing fatty acids of different chain lengths. Yeast cells exhibited distinctive substrate specificities depending on whether they expressed the human or their endogenous β-oxidation machinery. The genetic engineering of yeast to contain a 'humanized' organelle is a first step for the in vivo study of human peroxisome disorders in a model organism.
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- Barbara Knoblach
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, MSB 5-14, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H7, Canada
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, MSB 5-14, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H7, Canada
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Barros-Barbosa A, Rodrigues TA, Ferreira MJ, Pedrosa AG, Teixeira NR, Francisco T, Azevedo JE. The intrinsically disordered nature of the peroxisomal protein translocation machinery. FEBS J 2018; 286:24-38. [PMID: 30443986 DOI: 10.1111/febs.14704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2018] [Accepted: 11/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Despite having a membrane that is impermeable to all but the smallest of metabolites, peroxisomes acquire their newly synthesized (cytosolic) matrix proteins in an already folded conformation. In some cases, even oligomeric proteins have been reported to translocate the organelle membrane. The protein sorting machinery that accomplishes this feat must be rather flexible and, unsurprisingly, several of its key components have large intrinsically disordered domains. Here, we provide an overview on these domains and their interactions trying to infer their functional roles in this protein sorting pathway.
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- Aurora Barros-Barbosa
- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S), Universidade do Porto, Portugal.,Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, Portugal.,Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar (ICBAS), Universidade do Porto, Portugal
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- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S), Universidade do Porto, Portugal.,Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, Portugal.,Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar (ICBAS), Universidade do Porto, Portugal
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- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S), Universidade do Porto, Portugal.,Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, Portugal.,Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar (ICBAS), Universidade do Porto, Portugal
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- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S), Universidade do Porto, Portugal.,Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, Portugal.,Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar (ICBAS), Universidade do Porto, Portugal
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- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S), Universidade do Porto, Portugal.,Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, Portugal.,Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar (ICBAS), Universidade do Porto, Portugal
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- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S), Universidade do Porto, Portugal.,Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, Portugal.,Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar (ICBAS), Universidade do Porto, Portugal
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- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S), Universidade do Porto, Portugal.,Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, Portugal.,Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar (ICBAS), Universidade do Porto, Portugal
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Barros-Barbosa A, Ferreira MJ, Rodrigues TA, Pedrosa AG, Grou CP, Pinto MP, Fransen M, Francisco T, Azevedo JE. Membrane topologies of PEX13 and PEX14 provide new insights on the mechanism of protein import into peroxisomes. FEBS J 2018; 286:205-222. [PMID: 30414318 DOI: 10.1111/febs.14697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2018] [Revised: 10/19/2018] [Accepted: 11/07/2018] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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PEX13 and PEX14 are two core components of the so-called peroxisomal docking/translocation module, the transmembrane hydrophilic channel through which newly synthesized peroxisomal proteins are translocated into the organelle matrix. The two proteins interact with each other and with PEX5, the peroxisomal matrix protein shuttling receptor, through relatively well characterized domains. However, the topologies of these membrane proteins are still poorly defined. Here, we subjected proteoliposomes containing PEX13 or PEX14 and purified rat liver peroxisomes to protease-protection assays and analyzed the protected protein fragments by mass spectrometry, Edman degradation and western blotting using antibodies directed to specific domains of the proteins. Our results indicate that PEX14 is a bona fide intrinsic membrane protein with a Nin -Cout topology, and that PEX13 adopts a Nout -Cin topology, thus exposing its carboxy-terminal Src homology 3 [SH3] domain into the organelle matrix. These results reconcile several enigmatic findings previously reported on PEX13 and PEX14 and provide new insights into the organization of the peroxisomal protein import machinery. ENZYMES: Trypsin, EC3.4.21.4; Proteinase K, EC3.4.21.64; Tobacco etch virus protease, EC3.4.22.44.
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- Aurora Barros-Barbosa
- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S), Universidade do Porto, Portugal.,Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, Portugal.,Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar (ICBAS), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S), Universidade do Porto, Portugal.,Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, Portugal.,Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar (ICBAS), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S), Universidade do Porto, Portugal.,Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, Portugal.,Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar (ICBAS), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S), Universidade do Porto, Portugal.,Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, Portugal.,Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar (ICBAS), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S), Universidade do Porto, Portugal.,Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, Portugal
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- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S), Universidade do Porto, Portugal.,Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, Portugal
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- Departement Cellulaire en Moleculaire Geneeskunde, KU Leuven - Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
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- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S), Universidade do Porto, Portugal.,Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, Portugal.,Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar (ICBAS), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S), Universidade do Porto, Portugal.,Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, Portugal.,Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar (ICBAS), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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Lutfullahoğlu-Bal G, Seferoğlu AB, Keskin A, Akdoğan E, Dunn CD. A bacteria-derived tail anchor localizes to peroxisomes in yeast and mammalian cells. Sci Rep 2018; 8:16374. [PMID: 30401812 PMCID: PMC6219538 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-34646-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2018] [Accepted: 10/18/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Prokaryotes can provide new genetic information to eukaryotes by horizontal gene transfer (HGT), and such transfers are likely to have been particularly consequential in the era of eukaryogenesis. Since eukaryotes are highly compartmentalized, it is worthwhile to consider the mechanisms by which newly transferred proteins might reach diverse organellar destinations. Toward this goal, we have focused our attention upon the behavior of bacteria-derived tail anchors (TAs) expressed in the eukaryote Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In this study, we report that a predicted membrane-associated domain of the Escherichia coli YgiM protein is specifically trafficked to peroxisomes in budding yeast, can be found at a pre-peroxisomal compartment (PPC) upon disruption of peroxisomal biogenesis, and can functionally replace an endogenous, peroxisome-directed TA. Furthermore, the YgiM(TA) can localize to peroxisomes in mammalian cells. Since the YgiM(TA) plays no endogenous role in peroxisomal function or assembly, this domain is likely to serve as an excellent tool allowing further illumination of the mechanisms by which TAs can travel to peroxisomes. Moreover, our findings emphasize the ease with which bacteria-derived sequences might target to organelles in eukaryotic cells following HGT, and we discuss the importance of flexible recognition of organelle targeting information during and after eukaryogenesis.
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- Güleycan Lutfullahoğlu-Bal
- Institute of Biotechnology, Helsinki Institute of Life Science, University of Helsinki, 00014, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Koç University, 34450, Sarıyer, İstanbul, Turkey
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Helsinki Institute of Life Science, University of Helsinki, 00014, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Koç University, 34450, Sarıyer, İstanbul, Turkey
- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Koç University, 34450, Sarıyer, İstanbul, Turkey
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, United States of America
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Helsinki Institute of Life Science, University of Helsinki, 00014, Helsinki, Finland.
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Koç University, 34450, Sarıyer, İstanbul, Turkey.
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Peroxisomes are key metabolic organelles, which contribute to cellular lipid metabolism, e.g. the β-oxidation of fatty acids and the synthesis of myelin sheath lipids, as well as cellular redox balance. Peroxisomal dysfunction has been linked to severe metabolic disorders in man, but peroxisomes are now also recognized as protective organelles with a wider significance in human health and potential impact on a large number of globally important human diseases such as neurodegeneration, obesity, cancer, and age-related disorders. Therefore, the interest in peroxisomes and their physiological functions has significantly increased in recent years. In this review, we intend to highlight recent discoveries, advancements and trends in peroxisome research, and present an update as well as a continuation of two former review articles addressing the unsolved mysteries of this astonishing organelle. We summarize novel findings on the biological functions of peroxisomes, their biogenesis, formation, membrane dynamics and division, as well as on peroxisome-organelle contacts and cooperation. Furthermore, novel peroxisomal proteins and machineries at the peroxisomal membrane are discussed. Finally, we address recent findings on the role of peroxisomes in the brain, in neurological disorders, and in the development of cancer.
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- Markus Islinger
- Institute of Neuroanatomy, Center for Biomedicine and Medical Technology Mannheim, Medical Faculty Manheim, University of Heidelberg, 68167, Mannheim, Germany
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- Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Heidelberg, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Heidelberg, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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Schwerter D, Grimm I, Girzalsky W, Erdmann R. Receptor recognition by the peroxisomal AAA complex depends on the presence of the ubiquitin moiety and is mediated by Pex1p. J Biol Chem 2018; 293:15458-15470. [PMID: 30097517 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra118.003936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2018] [Revised: 07/23/2018] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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The receptor cycle of type I peroxisomal matrix protein import is completed by ubiquitination of the membrane-bound peroxisome biogenesis factor 5 (Pex5p) and its subsequent export back to the cytosol. The receptor export is the only ATP-dependent step of the whole process and is facilitated by two members of the AAA family of proteins (ATPases associated with various cellular activities), namely Pex1p and Pex6p. To gain further insight into substrate recognition by the AAA complex, we generated an N-terminally linked ubiquitin-Pex5p fusion protein. This fusion protein displayed biological activity because it is able to functionally complement a PEX5-deletion in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In vitro assays revealed its interaction at WT level with the native cargo protein Pcs60p and Pex14p, a constituent of the receptor docking complex. We also demonstrate in vitro deubiquitination by the deubiquitinating enzyme Ubp15p. In vitro pulldown assays and cross-linking studies demonstrate that Pex5p recognition by the AAA complex depends on the presence of the ubiquitin moiety and is mediated by Pex1p.
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- Daniel Schwerter
- From the Institute of Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Systems Biochemistry, Ruhr-University Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- From the Institute of Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Systems Biochemistry, Ruhr-University Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- From the Institute of Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Systems Biochemistry, Ruhr-University Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- From the Institute of Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Systems Biochemistry, Ruhr-University Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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Pedrosa AG, Francisco T, Bicho D, Dias AF, Barros-Barbosa A, Hagmann V, Dodt G, Rodrigues TA, Azevedo JE. Peroxisomal monoubiquitinated PEX5 interacts with the AAA ATPases PEX1 and PEX6 and is unfolded during its dislocation into the cytosol. J Biol Chem 2018; 293:11553-11563. [PMID: 29884772 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra118.003669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2018] [Revised: 05/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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PEX1 and PEX6 are two members of the ATPases associated with diverse cellular activities (AAA) family and the core components of the receptor export module of the peroxisomal matrix protein import machinery. Their role is to extract monoubiquitinated PEX5, the peroxisomal protein-shuttling receptor, from the peroxisomal membrane docking/translocation module (DTM), so that a new cycle of protein transportation can start. Recent data have shown that PEX1 and PEX6 form a heterohexameric complex that unfolds substrates by processive threading. However, whether the natural substrate of the PEX1-PEX6 complex is monoubiquitinated PEX5 (Ub-PEX5) itself or some Ub-PEX5-interacting component(s) of the DTM remains unknown. In this work, we used an established cell-free in vitro system coupled with photoaffinity cross-linking and protein PEGylation assays to address this problem. We provide evidence suggesting that DTM-embedded Ub-PEX5 interacts directly with both PEX1 and PEX6 through its ubiquitin moiety and that the PEX5 polypeptide chain is globally unfolded during the ATP-dependent extraction event. These findings strongly suggest that DTM-embedded Ub-PEX5 is a bona fide substrate of the PEX1-PEX6 complex.
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- Ana G Pedrosa
- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S), Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal; Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal; Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar (ICBAS), Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
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- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S), Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal; Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
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- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S), Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal; Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
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- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S), Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal; Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal; Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar (ICBAS), Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
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- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S), Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal; Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
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- Interfakultäres Institut für Biochemie, Universität Tübingen, Hoppe Seyler Strasse 4, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Interfakultäres Institut für Biochemie, Universität Tübingen, Hoppe Seyler Strasse 4, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S), Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal; Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal; Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar (ICBAS), Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
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- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S), Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal; Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal; Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar (ICBAS), Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal.
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Rodrigues TA, Francisco T, Azevedo JE. PEX13 Enters the RING, Lives Fast, Dies Young. J Mol Biol 2018; 430:1559-1561. [PMID: 29655985 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2018.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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- Tony A Rodrigues
- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S), Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal; Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal; Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar (ICBAS), Universidade do Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira, 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal
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- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S), Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal; Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
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- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S), Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal; Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal; Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar (ICBAS), Universidade do Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira, 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal.
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Soliman K, Göttfert F, Rosewich H, Thoms S, Gärtner J. Super-resolution imaging reveals the sub-diffraction phenotype of Zellweger Syndrome ghosts and wild-type peroxisomes. Sci Rep 2018; 8:7809. [PMID: 29773809 PMCID: PMC5958128 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-24119-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2017] [Accepted: 03/22/2018] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Peroxisomes are ubiquitous cell organelles involved in many metabolic and signaling functions. Their assembly requires peroxins, encoded by PEX genes. Mutations in PEX genes are the cause of Zellweger Syndrome spectrum (ZSS), a heterogeneous group of peroxisomal biogenesis disorders (PBD). The size and morphological features of peroxisomes are below the diffraction limit of light, which makes them attractive for super-resolution imaging. We applied Stimulated Emission Depletion (STED) microscopy to study the morphology of human peroxisomes and peroxisomal protein localization in human controls and ZSS patients. We defined the peroxisome morphology in healthy skin fibroblasts and the sub-diffraction phenotype of residual peroxisomal structures (‘ghosts’) in ZSS patients that revealed a relation between mutation severity and clinical phenotype. Further, we investigated the 70 kDa peroxisomal membrane protein (PMP70) abundance in relationship to the ZSS sub-diffraction phenotype. This work improves the morphological definition of peroxisomes. It expands current knowledge about peroxisome biogenesis and ZSS pathoethiology to the sub-diffraction phenotype including key peroxins and the characteristics of ghost peroxisomes.
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- Kareem Soliman
- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Medical Center Göttingen, Georg August University Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Strasse 40, 37075, Göttingen, Germany.,Optical Nanoscopy, Laser-Laboratorium Göttingen e.V., 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of NanoBiophotonics, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Faßberg 11, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Medical Center Göttingen, Georg August University Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Strasse 40, 37075, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Medical Center Göttingen, Georg August University Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Strasse 40, 37075, Göttingen, Germany.
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- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Medical Center Göttingen, Georg August University Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Strasse 40, 37075, Göttingen, Germany
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Van Puyenbroeck V, Vermeire K. Inhibitors of protein translocation across membranes of the secretory pathway: novel antimicrobial and anticancer agents. Cell Mol Life Sci 2018; 75:1541-1558. [PMID: 29305616 PMCID: PMC5897483 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-017-2743-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2017] [Revised: 12/15/2017] [Accepted: 12/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Proteins routed to the secretory pathway start their journey by being transported across biological membranes, such as the endoplasmic reticulum. The essential nature of this protein translocation process has led to the evolution of several factors that specifically target the translocon and block translocation. In this review, various translocation pathways are discussed together with known inhibitors of translocation. Properties of signal peptide-specific systems are highlighted for the development of new therapeutic and antimicrobial applications, as compounds can target signal peptides from either host cells or pathogens and thereby selectively prevent translocation of those specific proteins. Broad inhibition of translocation is also an interesting target for the development of new anticancer drugs because cancer cells heavily depend on efficient protein translocation into the endoplasmic reticulum to support their fast growth.
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- Victor Van Puyenbroeck
- Laboratory of Virology and Chemotherapy, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, KU Leuven - University of Leuven, 3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Virology and Chemotherapy, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, KU Leuven - University of Leuven, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
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Costello JL, Schrader M. Unloosing the Gordian knot of peroxisome formation. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2018; 50:50-56. [PMID: 29475136 PMCID: PMC6525147 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2018.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2017] [Revised: 01/24/2018] [Accepted: 02/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Peroxisome biogenesis is governed by molecular machineries, which are either unique to peroxisomes or are partially shared with mitochondria. As peroxisomes have important protective functions in the cell, modulation of their number is important for human health and disease. Significant progress has been made towards our understanding of the mechanisms of peroxisome formation, revealing a remarkable plasticity of the peroxisome biogenesis pathway. Here we discuss most recent findings with particular focus on peroxisome formation in mammalian cells.
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- Joseph L Costello
- Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QD, United Kingdom
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- Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QD, United Kingdom.
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The hydrophobic region of the Leishmania peroxin 14: requirements for association with a glycosome mimetic membrane. Biochem J 2018; 475:511-529. [DOI: 10.1042/bcj20170746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2017] [Revised: 12/17/2017] [Accepted: 12/19/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Protein import into the Leishmania glycosome requires docking of the cargo-loaded peroxin 5 (PEX5) receptor to the peroxin 14 (PEX14) bound to the glycosome surface. To examine the LdPEX14–membrane interaction, we purified L. donovani promastigote glycosomes and determined the phospholipid and fatty acid composition. These membranes contained predominately phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylcholine, and phosphatidylglycerol (PG) modified primarily with C18 and C22 unsaturated fatty acid. Using large unilamellar vesicles (LUVs) with a lipid composition mimicking the glycosomal membrane in combination with sucrose density centrifugation and fluorescence-activated cell sorting technique, we established that the LdPEX14 membrane-binding activity was dependent on a predicted transmembrane helix found within residues 149–179. Monolayer experiments showed that the incorporation of PG and phospholipids with unsaturated fatty acids, which increase membrane fluidity and favor a liquid expanded phase, facilitated the penetration of LdPEX14 into biological membranes. Moreover, we demonstrated that the binding of LdPEX5 receptor or LdPEX5–PTS1 receptor–cargo complex was contingent on the presence of LdPEX14 at the surface of LUVs.
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