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Chemically monoubiquitinated PEX5 binds to the components of the peroxisomal docking and export machinery. Sci Rep 2018; 8:16014. [PMID: 30375424 PMCID: PMC6207756 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-34200-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2018] [Accepted: 10/12/2018] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Peroxisomal matrix proteins contain either a peroxisomal targeting sequence 1 (PTS1) or a PTS2 that are recognized by the import receptors PEX5 and PEX7, respectively. PEX5 transports the PTS1 proteins and the PEX7/PTS2 complex to the docking translocation module (DTM) at the peroxisomal membrane. After cargo release PEX5 is monoubiquitinated and extracted from the peroxisomal membrane by the receptor export machinery (REM) comprising PEX26 and the AAA ATPases PEX1 and PEX6. Here, we investigated the protein interactions of monoubiquitinated PEX5 with the docking proteins PEX13, PEX14 and the REM. “Click” chemistry was used to synthesise monoubiquitinated recombinant PEX5. We found that monoubiquitinated PEX5 binds the PEX7/PTS2 complex and restores PTS2 protein import in vivo in ΔPEX5 fibroblasts. In vitro pull-down assays revealed an interaction of recombinant PEX5 and monoubiquitinated PEX5 with PEX13, PEX14 and with the REM components PEX1, PEX6 and PEX26. The interactions with the docking proteins were independent of the PEX5 ubiquitination status whereas the interactions with the REM components were increased when PEX5 is ubiquitinated.
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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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Walton PA, Brees C, Lismont C, Apanasets O, Fransen M. The peroxisomal import receptor PEX5 functions as a stress sensor, retaining catalase in the cytosol in times of oxidative stress. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2017; 1864:1833-1843. [PMID: 28760655 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2017.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2017] [Revised: 07/03/2017] [Accepted: 07/27/2017] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Accumulating evidence indicates that peroxisome functioning, catalase localization, and cellular oxidative balance are intimately interconnected. Nevertheless, it remains largely unclear why modest increases in the cellular redox state especially interfere with the subcellular localization of catalase, the most abundant peroxisomal antioxidant enzyme. This study aimed at gaining more insight into this phenomenon. Therefore, we first established a simple and powerful approach to study peroxisomal protein import and protein-protein interactions in living cells in response to changes in redox state. By employing this approach, we confirm and extend previous observations that Cys-11 of human PEX5, the shuttling import receptor for peroxisomal matrix proteins containing a C-terminal peroxisomal targeting signal (PTS1), functions as a redox switch that modulates the protein's activity in response to intracellular oxidative stress. In addition, we show that oxidative stress affects the import of catalase, a non-canonical PTS1-containing protein, more than the import of a reporter protein containing a canonical PTS1. Furthermore, we demonstrate that changes in the local redox state do not affect PEX5-substrate binding and that human PEX5 does not oligomerize in cellulo, not even when the cells are exposed to oxidative stress. Finally, we present evidence that catalase retained in the cytosol can protect against H2O2-mediated redox changes in a manner that peroxisomally targeted catalase does not. Together, these findings lend credit to the idea that inefficient catalase import, when coupled with the role of PEX5 as a redox-regulated import receptor, constitutes a cellular defense mechanism to combat oxidative insults of extra-peroxisomal origin.
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- Paul A Walton
- Laboratory of Lipid Biochemistry and Protein Interactions, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven - University of Leuven, Herestraat 49, Box 601, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium; Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Western Ontario, 474 Medical Sciences Building, London, Ontario ON N6A 3K7, Canada
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- Laboratory of Lipid Biochemistry and Protein Interactions, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven - University of Leuven, Herestraat 49, Box 601, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Lipid Biochemistry and Protein Interactions, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven - University of Leuven, Herestraat 49, Box 601, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Lipid Biochemistry and Protein Interactions, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven - University of Leuven, Herestraat 49, Box 601, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Lipid Biochemistry and Protein Interactions, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven - University of Leuven, Herestraat 49, Box 601, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.
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Peroxisomal protein import pores. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2016; 1863:821-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2015.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2015] [Revised: 10/14/2015] [Accepted: 10/16/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Giannopoulou EA, Emmanouilidis L, Sattler M, Dodt G, Wilmanns M. Towards the molecular mechanism of the integration of peroxisomal membrane proteins. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2015; 1863:863-9. [PMID: 26434995 PMCID: PMC4819957 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2015.09.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2015] [Revised: 09/22/2015] [Accepted: 09/28/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The correct topogenesis of peroxisomal membrane proteins is a crucial step for the formation of functioning peroxisomes. Although this process has been widely studied, the exact mechanism with which it occurs has not yet been fully characterized. Nevertheless, it is generally accepted that peroxisomes employ three proteins – Pex3, Pex19 and Pex16 in mammals – for the insertion of peroxisomal membrane proteins into the peroxisomal membrane. Structural biology approaches have been utilized for the elucidation of the mechanistic questions of peroxisome biogenesis, mainly by providing information on the architecture of the proteins significant for this process. This review aims to summarize, compare and put into perspective the structural knowledge that has been generated mainly for Pex3 and Pex19 and their interaction partners in recent years. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Peroxisomes edited by Ralf Erdmann. Structures of the PMP insertion factors Pex3 and Pex19 and their interactions with other protein ligands Structural insights provide a mechanistic understanding of the PMP functional network. Functional implications of structural order/disorder transitions
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- Institute of Structural Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany; Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich (CIPSM) at Department of Chemistry, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstr. 4, 85747 Garching, Germany
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- Institute of Structural Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany; Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich (CIPSM) at Department of Chemistry, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstr. 4, 85747 Garching, Germany
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- Interfaculty Institute of Biochemistry, University of Tübingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Str. 4, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- EMBL Hamburg, c/o DESY, Building 25A, Notkestraße 85, 22603 Hamburg, Germany; University of Hamburg Clinical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany.
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The first minutes in the life of a peroxisomal matrix protein. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2015; 1863:814-20. [PMID: 26408939 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2015.09.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2015] [Revised: 09/18/2015] [Accepted: 09/21/2015] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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In the field of intracellular protein sorting, peroxisomes are most famous by their capacity to import oligomeric proteins. The data supporting this remarkable property are abundant and, understandably, have inspired a variety of hypothetical models on how newly synthesized (cytosolic) proteins reach the peroxisome matrix. However, there is also accumulating evidence suggesting that many peroxisomal oligomeric proteins actually arrive at the peroxisome still as monomers. In support of this idea, recent data suggest that PEX5, the shuttling receptor for peroxisomal matrix proteins, is also a chaperone/holdase, binding newly synthesized peroxisomal proteins in the cytosol and blocking their oligomerization. Here we review the data behind these two different perspectives and discuss their mechanistic implications on this protein sorting pathway.
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Kunze M, Berger J. The similarity between N-terminal targeting signals for protein import into different organelles and its evolutionary relevance. Front Physiol 2015; 6:259. [PMID: 26441678 PMCID: PMC4585086 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2015.00259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2015] [Accepted: 09/04/2015] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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The proper distribution of proteins between the cytosol and various membrane-bound compartments is crucial for the functionality of eukaryotic cells. This requires the cooperation between protein transport machineries that translocate diverse proteins from the cytosol into these compartments and targeting signal(s) encoded within the primary sequence of these proteins that define their cellular destination. The mechanisms exerting protein translocation differ remarkably between the compartments, but the predominant targeting signals for mitochondria, chloroplasts and the ER share the N-terminal position, an α-helical structural element and the removal from the core protein by intraorganellar cleavage. Interestingly, similar properties have been described for the peroxisomal targeting signal type 2 mediating the import of a fraction of soluble peroxisomal proteins, whereas other peroxisomal matrix proteins encode the type 1 targeting signal residing at the extreme C-terminus. The structural similarity of N-terminal targeting signals poses a challenge to the specificity of protein transport, but allows the generation of ambiguous targeting signals that mediate dual targeting of proteins into different compartments. Dual targeting might represent an advantage for adaptation processes that involve a redistribution of proteins, because it circumvents the hierarchy of targeting signals. Thus, the co-existence of two equally functional import pathways into peroxisomes might reflect a balance between evolutionary constant and flexible transport routes.
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- Markus Kunze
- 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
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Cysteine-specific ubiquitination protects the peroxisomal import receptor Pex5p against proteasomal degradation. Biosci Rep 2015; 35:BSR20150103. [PMID: 26182377 PMCID: PMC4613714 DOI: 10.1042/bsr20150103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2015] [Accepted: 05/01/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Peroxisomal import receptors cycle between the peroxisomal membrane and the cytosol. A monoubiquitinated cysteine is required for efficient recycling of the peroxisomal import receptor Pex5p and prevents the protein from polyubiquitination, which leads to a rapid degradation of the protein. Peroxisomal matrix protein import is mediated by dynamic import receptors, which cycle between the peroxisomal membrane and the cytosol. Proteins with a type 1 peroxisomal targeting signal (PTS1) are bound by the import receptor Pex5p in the cytosol and guided to the peroxisomal membrane. After cargo translocation into the peroxisomal matrix, the receptor is released from the membrane back to the cytosol in an ATP-dependent manner by the AAA-type ATPases Pex1p and Pex6p. These mechanoenzymes recognize ubiquitinated Pex5p-species as substrates for membrane extraction. The PTS1-receptor is either polyubiquitinated via peptide bonds at two certain lysines and results in proteasomal degradation or monoubiquitinated via a thioester-bond at a conserved cysteine, which enables the recycling of Pex5p and further rounds of matrix protein import. To investigate the physiological relevance of the conserved N-terminal cysteine of Pex5p, the known target amino acids for ubiquitination were substituted by site-directed mutagenesis. In contrast with Pex5pC6A, Pex5pC6K turned out to be functional in PTS1 import and utilization of oleic acid, independent of the lysines at position 18 and 24. In contrast with wild-type Pex5p, Pex5pC6K displays an ubiquitination pattern, similar to the polyubiquitination pattern of Pex4p or Pex22p mutant strains. Moreover, Pex5pC6K displays a significantly reduced steady-state level when the deubiquitinating enzyme Ubp15p is missing. Thus, our results indicate that not the cysteine residue but the position of ubiquitination is important for Pex5p function. The presence of the cysteine prevents polyubiquitination and rapid degradation of Pex5p.
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Kim PK, Hettema EH. Multiple pathways for protein transport to peroxisomes. J Mol Biol 2015; 427:1176-90. [PMID: 25681696 PMCID: PMC4726662 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2015.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2014] [Revised: 02/05/2015] [Accepted: 02/06/2015] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Peroxisomes are unique among the organelles of the endomembrane system. Unlike other organelles that derive most if not all of their proteins from the ER (endoplasmic reticulum), peroxisomes contain dedicated machineries for import of matrix proteins and insertion of membrane proteins. However, peroxisomes are also able to import a subset of their membrane proteins from the ER. One aspect of peroxisome biology that has remained ill defined is the role the various import pathways play in peroxisome maintenance. In this review, we discuss the available data on matrix and membrane protein import into peroxisomes. Peroxisomal membrane and matrix proteins require distinct factors for their transport. Matrix proteins fold in the cytosol prior to their import. Loaded targeting receptors form part of the matrix protein translocation pore. Many membrane proteins are directly inserted into the peroxisomal membrane. Some peroxisomal membrane proteins are transported via the ER to peroxisomes.
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- P K Kim
- Program in Cell Biology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada M5G 1X8; Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada M5S 1A8
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Firth Court, Western Bank, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S10 2TN, United Kingdom.
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Fodor K, Wolf J, Reglinski K, Passon DM, Lou Y, Schliebs W, Erdmann R, Wilmanns M. Ligand-Induced Compaction of the PEX5 Receptor-Binding Cavity Impacts Protein Import Efficiency into Peroxisomes. Traffic 2014; 16:85-98. [DOI: 10.1111/tra.12238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2014] [Revised: 11/03/2014] [Accepted: 11/03/2014] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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- Krisztián Fodor
- Hamburg Unit; European Molecular Biology Laboratory Hamburg Unit; Hamburg Germany
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- Department of Systems Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Ruhr-University Bochum; Bochum Germany
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- Department of Systems Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Ruhr-University Bochum; Bochum Germany
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- Hamburg Unit; European Molecular Biology Laboratory Hamburg Unit; Hamburg Germany
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- Hamburg Unit; European Molecular Biology Laboratory Hamburg Unit; Hamburg Germany
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- Department of Systems Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Ruhr-University Bochum; Bochum Germany
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- Department of Systems Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Ruhr-University Bochum; Bochum Germany
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- Hamburg Unit; European Molecular Biology Laboratory Hamburg Unit; Hamburg Germany
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Lanyon-Hogg T, Hooper J, Gunn S, Warriner SL, Baker A. PEX14 binding to Arabidopsis PEX5 has differential effects on PTS1 and PTS2 cargo occupancy of the receptor. FEBS Lett 2014; 588:2223-9. [PMID: 24879895 PMCID: PMC4065332 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2014.05.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2014] [Revised: 04/16/2014] [Accepted: 05/15/2014] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The interaction between Arabidopsis PEX5 and PEX14N is independent of cargo binding. The affinity of a PTS1 peptide for PEX5 is unaffected by PEX14N binding. Arabidopsis PEX5 complexes PTS1 and PTS2 cargoes. PEX5 and 7 co-isolate with PEX14N, but the PTS2 cargo thiolase does not. PEX14N does not unload canonical PTS1 cargo peptide in vitro but may play a role in PTS2 release.
PEX5 acts as a cycling receptor for import of PTS1 proteins into peroxisomes and as a co-receptor for PEX7, the PTS2 receptor, but the mechanism of cargo unloading has remained obscure. Using recombinant protein domains we show PEX5 binding to the PEX14N-terminal domain (PEX14N) has no effect on the affinity of PEX5 for a PTS1 containing peptide. PEX5 can form a complex containing both recombinant PTS1 cargo and endogenous PEX7-thiolase simultaneously but isolation of the complex via the PEX14 construct resulted in an absence of thiolase, suggesting a possible role for PEX14 in the unloading of PTS2 cargos. pMDH1physically interacts with PEX5 by pull down (View interaction) PEX5Cbinds to PEX14N by filter binding (View interaction) PEX14Nbinds to PEX5C by pull down (View interaction) PEX14Nphysically interacts with PEX7 by pull down (View interaction) PEX5physically interacts with PEX7 by pull down (View interaction) DCI1physically interacts with PEX5 by pull down (View interaction) PEX5physically interacts with thiolase PTS2-cargo by pull down (View interaction) pMDH1physically interacts with PEX7 by pull down (View interaction) DCI1physically interacts with thiolase PTS2-cargo by pull down (View interaction) DCI1physically interacts with PEX7 by pull down (View interaction) PEX14Nphysically interacts with PEX5 by pull down (View interaction)
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- Thomas Lanyon-Hogg
- Centre for Plant Sciences, Irene Manton Building, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK; School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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- Centre for Plant Sciences, Irene Manton Building, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK; School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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- Centre for Plant Sciences, Irene Manton Building, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK.
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Analysis of the Leishmania peroxin 7 interactions with peroxin 5, peroxin 14 and PTS2 ligands. Biochem J 2014; 460:273-82. [DOI: 10.1042/bj20131628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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LPEX7 (Leishmania peroxin 7) is essential for targeting newly synthesized proteins with a PTS2 (peroxisome-targeting signal type 2) import signal into the glycosome. In the present paper, we describe the biophysical characterization of a functional LPEX7 isolated from Escherichia coli inclusion bodies. Pull-down assays showed that LPEX7 binds the interacting partners LdPEX5 (Leishmania donovani peroxin 5) and LdPEX14, but, more importantly, this receptor can specifically bind PTS2 cargo proteins in the monomeric and dimeric states. However, in the absence of interacting partners, LPEX7 preferentially adopts a tetrameric structure. Mapping studies localized the LdPEX5- and LdPEX14-binding sites to the N-terminal portion of LPEX7. Deletion of the first 52 residues abolished LdPEX14 association without altering the LdPEX5 interaction. Intrinsic fluorescence techniques suggested that each LPEX7 subunit has a single unique binding site for each of the respective interacting partners LdPEX5, LdPEX14 and PTS2 cargo proteins. Extrinsic fluorescence studies with ANS (8-anilinonaphthalene-1-sulfonic acid) demonstrated that LPEX7 contains a surface-exposed hydrophobic region(s) that was not altered by the binding of a PTS2 protein or LdPEX5. However, in the presence of these ligands, the accessibility of the hydrophobic domain was dramatically restricted, suggesting that both ligands are necessary to induce notable conformational changes in LPEX7. In contrast, binding of LdPEX14 did not alter the hydrophobic domain on LPEX7. It is possible that the hydrophobic surfaces on LPEX7 may be a crucial characteristic for the shuttling of this receptor in and out of the glycosome.
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A tuberous sclerosis complex signalling node at the peroxisome regulates mTORC1 and autophagy in response to ROS. Nat Cell Biol 2013; 15:1186-96. [PMID: 23955302 PMCID: PMC3789865 DOI: 10.1038/ncb2822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 197] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2012] [Accepted: 07/10/2013] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Subcellular localization is emerging as an important mechanism for mTORC1 regulation. We report that the tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) signaling node, TSC1, TSC2 and Rheb, localizes to peroxisomes, where it regulates mTORC1 in response to reactive oxygen species (ROS). TSC1 and TSC2 were bound by PEX19 and PEX5, respectively, and peroxisome-localized TSC functioned as a Rheb GAP to suppress mTORC1 and induce autophagy. Naturally occurring pathogenic mutations in TSC2 decreased PEX5 binding, abrogated peroxisome localization, Rheb GAP activity, and suppression of mTORC1 by ROS. Cells lacking peroxisomes were deficient in mTORC1 repression by ROS and peroxisome-localization deficient TSC2 mutants caused polarity defects and formation of multiple axons in neurons. These data identify a role for TSC in responding to ROS at the peroxisome, and identify the peroxisome as a signaling organelle involved in regulation of mTORC1.
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Pex5p stabilizes Pex14p: a study using a newly isolated pex5 CHO cell mutant, ZPEG101. Biochem J 2013; 449:195-207. [PMID: 23009329 DOI: 10.1042/bj20120911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Pex5p [PTS (peroxisome-targeting signal) type 1 receptor] plays an essential role in peroxisomal matrix protein import. In the present study, we isolated a novel PEX5-deficient CHO (Chinese-hamster ovary) cell mutant, termed ZPEG101, showing typical peroxisomal import defects of both PTS1 and PTS2 proteins. ZPEG101 is distinct from other known pex5 CHO mutants in its Pex5p expression. An undetectable level of Pex5p in ZPEG101 results in unstable Pex14p, which is due to inefficient translocation to the peroxisomal membrane. All of the mutant phenotypes of ZPEG101 are restored by expression of wild-type Pex5pL, a longer form of Pex5p, suggesting a role for Pex5p in sustaining the levels of Pex14p in addition to peroxisomal matrix protein import. Complementation analysis using various Pex5p mutants revealed that in the seven pentapeptide WXXXF/Y motifs in Pex5pL, known as the multiple binding sites for Pex14p, the fifth motif is an auxiliary binding site for Pex14p and is required for Pex14p stability. Furthermore, we found that Pex5p-Pex13p interaction is essential for the import of PTS1 proteins as well as catalase, but not for that of PTS2 proteins. Therefore ZPEG101 with no Pex5p would be a useful tool for investigating Pex5p function and delineating the mechanisms underlying peroxisomal matrix protein import.
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Peroxisomes are remarkably versatile cell organelles whose size, shape, number, and protein content can vary greatly depending on the organism, the developmental stage of the organism’s life cycle, and the environment in which the organism lives. The main functions usually associated with peroxisomes include the metabolism of lipids and reactive oxygen species. However, in recent years, it has become clear that these organelles may also act as intracellular signaling platforms that mediate developmental decisions by modulating extraperoxisomal concentrations of several second messengers. To fulfill their functions, peroxisomes physically and functionally interact with other cell organelles, including mitochondria and the endoplasmic reticulum. Defects in peroxisome dynamics can lead to organelle dysfunction and have been associated with various human disorders. The purpose of this paper is to thoroughly summarize and discuss the current concepts underlying peroxisome formation, multiplication, and degradation. In addition, this paper will briefly highlight what is known about the interplay between peroxisomes and other cell organelles and explore the physiological and pathological implications of this interorganellar crosstalk.
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- Marc Fransen
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, P.O. Box 601, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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Pieuchot L, Jedd G. Peroxisome Assembly and Functional Diversity in Eukaryotic Microorganisms. Annu Rev Microbiol 2012; 66:237-63. [DOI: 10.1146/annurev-micro-092611-150126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Laurent Pieuchot
- Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory and Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 117604 Singapore; ,
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- Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory and Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 117604 Singapore; ,
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Translocation of solutes and proteins across the glycosomal membrane of trypanosomes; possibilities and limitations for targeting with trypanocidal drugs. Parasitology 2012; 140:1-20. [PMID: 22914253 DOI: 10.1017/s0031182012001278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Glycosomes are specialized peroxisomes found in all kinetoplastid organisms. The organelles are unique in harbouring most enzymes of the glycolytic pathway. Matrix proteins, synthesized in the cytosol, cofactors and metabolites have to be transported across the membrane. Recent research on Trypanosoma brucei has provided insight into how these translocations across the membrane occur, although many details remain to be elucidated. Proteins are imported by a cascade of reactions performed by specialized proteins, called peroxins, in which a cytosolic receptor with bound matrix protein inserts itself in the membrane to deliver its cargo into the organelle and is subsequently retrieved from the glycosome to perform further rounds of import. Bulky solutes, such as cofactors and acyl-CoAs, seem to be translocated by specific transporter molecules, whereas smaller solutes such as glycolytic intermediates probably cross the membrane through pore-forming channels. The presence of such channels is in apparent contradiction with previous results that suggested a low permeability of the glycosomal membrane. We propose 3 possible, not mutually exclusive, solutions for this paradox. Glycosomal glycolytic enzymes have been validated as drug targets against trypanosomatid-borne diseases. We discuss the possible implications of the new data for the design of drugs to be delivered into glycosomes.
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Recent advances in peroxisomal matrix protein import. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2012; 24:484-9. [PMID: 22683191 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2012.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2012] [Accepted: 05/14/2012] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Peroxisomes are essential organelles responsible for many metabolic reactions, such as the oxidation of very long chain and branched fatty acids, D-amino acids and polyamines, as well as the production and turnover of hydrogen peroxide. They comprise a class of organelles called microbodies, including glycosomes, glyoxysomes and Woronin bodies. Dysfunction of human peroxisomes causes severe and often fatal peroxisome biogenesis disorders (PBDs). Peroxisomal matrix protein import is mediated by receptors that shuttle between the cytosol and peroxisomal matrix using ubiquitination/deubiquitination reactions and ATP hydrolysis for receptor recycling. We focus on the machinery involved in the peroxisomal matrix protein import cycle, highlighting recent advances in peroxisomal matrix protein import, cargo release and receptor recycling/degradation.
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Grou CP, Francisco T, Rodrigues TA, Freitas MO, Pinto MP, Carvalho AF, Domingues P, Wood SA, Rodríguez-Borges JE, Sá-Miranda C, Fransen M, Azevedo JE. Identification of ubiquitin-specific protease 9X (USP9X) as a deubiquitinase acting on ubiquitin-peroxin 5 (PEX5) thioester conjugate. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:12815-27. [PMID: 22371489 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.340158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Peroxin 5 (PEX5), the peroxisomal protein shuttling receptor, binds newly synthesized peroxisomal matrix proteins in the cytosol and promotes their translocation across the organelle membrane. During the translocation step, PEX5 itself becomes inserted into the peroxisomal docking/translocation machinery. PEX5 is then monoubiquitinated at a conserved cysteine residue and extracted back into the cytosol in an ATP-dependent manner. We have previously shown that the ubiquitin-PEX5 thioester conjugate (Ub-PEX5) released into the cytosol can be efficiently disrupted by physiological concentrations of glutathione, raising the possibility that a fraction of Ub-PEX5 is nonenzymatically deubiquitinated in vivo. However, data suggesting that Ub-PEX5 is also a target of a deubiquitinase were also obtained in that work. Here, we used an unbiased biochemical approach to identify this enzyme. Our results suggest that ubiquitin-specific protease 9X (USP9X) is by far the most active deubiquitinase acting on Ub-PEX5, both in female rat liver and HeLa cells. We also show that USP9X is an elongated monomeric protein with the capacity to hydrolyze thioester, isopeptide, and peptide bonds. The strategy described here will be useful in identifying deubiquitinases acting on other ubiquitin conjugates.
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- Cláudia P Grou
- Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre, 823, 4150-180 Porto, Portugal
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Freitas MO, Francisco T, Rodrigues TA, Alencastre IS, Pinto MP, Grou CP, Carvalho AF, Fransen M, Sá-Miranda C, Azevedo JE. PEX5 protein binds monomeric catalase blocking its tetramerization and releases it upon binding the N-terminal domain of PEX14. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:40509-19. [PMID: 21976670 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.287201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Newly synthesized peroxisomal matrix proteins are targeted to the organelle by PEX5. PEX5 has a dual role in this process. First, it acts as a soluble receptor recognizing these proteins in the cytosol. Subsequently, at the peroxisomal docking/translocation machinery, PEX5 promotes their translocation across the organelle membrane. Despite significant advances made in recent years, several aspects of this pathway remain unclear. Two important ones regard the formation and disruption of the PEX5-cargo protein interaction in the cytosol and at the docking/translocation machinery, respectively. Here, we provide data on the interaction of PEX5 with catalase, a homotetrameric enzyme in its native state. We found that PEX5 interacts with monomeric catalase yielding a stable protein complex; no such complex was detected with tetrameric catalase. Binding of PEX5 to monomeric catalase potently inhibits its tetramerization, a property that depends on domains present in both the N- and C-terminal halves of PEX5. Interestingly, the PEX5-catalase interaction is disrupted by the N-terminal domain of PEX14, a component of the docking/translocation machinery. One or two of the seven PEX14-binding diaromatic motifs present in the N-terminal half of PEX5 are probably involved in this phenomenon. These results suggest the following: 1) catalase domain(s) involved in the interaction with PEX5 are no longer accessible upon tetramerization of the enzyme; 2) the catalase-binding interface in PEX5 is not restricted to its C-terminal peroxisomal targeting sequence type 1-binding domain and also involves PEX5 N-terminal domain(s); and 3) PEX14 participates in the cargo protein release step.
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- Marta O Freitas
- Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre, 823, 4150-180 Porto, Portugal
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Peraza-Reyes L, Arnaise S, Zickler D, Coppin E, Debuchy R, Berteaux-Lecellier V. The importomer peroxins are differentially required for peroxisome assembly and meiotic development in Podospora anserina: insights into a new peroxisome import pathway. Mol Microbiol 2011; 82:365-77. [PMID: 21895788 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07816.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Peroxisome biogenesis relies on two known peroxisome matrix protein import pathways that are mediated by the receptors PEX5 and PEX7. These pathways converge at the importomer, a peroxisome-membrane complex that is required for protein translocation into peroxisomes and consists of docking and RING-finger subcomplexes. In the fungus Podospora anserina, the RING-finger peroxins are crucial for meiocyte formation, while PEX5, PEX7 or the docking peroxin PEX14 are not. Here we show that PEX14 and the PEX14-related protein PEX14/17 are differentially involved in peroxisome import during development. PEX14/17 activity does not compensate for loss of PEX14 function, and elimination of both proteins has no effect on meiocyte differentiation. In contrast, the docking peroxin PEX13, and the peroxins implicated in peroxisome membrane biogenesis PEX3 and PEX19, are required for meiocyte formation. Remarkably, the PTS2 coreceptor PEX20 is also essential for meiocyte differentiation and this function does not require PEX5 or PEX7. This finding suggests that PEX20 can mediate the import receptor activity of specific peroxisome matrix proteins. Our results suggest a new pathway for peroxisome import, which relies on PEX20 as import receptor and which seems critically required for specific developmental processes, like meiocyte differentiation in P. anserina.
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- Leonardo Peraza-Reyes
- Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie, Univ. Paris-Sud, UMR8621, F-91405 Orsay, France.
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Allan RK, Ratajczak T. Versatile TPR domains accommodate different modes of target protein recognition and function. Cell Stress Chaperones 2011; 16:353-67. [PMID: 21153002 PMCID: PMC3118826 DOI: 10.1007/s12192-010-0248-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 177] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2010] [Revised: 11/21/2010] [Accepted: 11/24/2010] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The tetratricopeptide repeat (TPR) motif is one of many repeat motifs that form structural domains in proteins that can act as interaction scaffolds in the formation of multi-protein complexes involved in numerous cellular processes such as transcription, the cell cycle, protein translocation, protein degradation and host defence against invading pathogens. The crystal structures of many TPR domain-containing proteins have been determined, showing TPR motifs as two anti-parallel α-helices packed in tandem arrays to form a structure with an amphipathic groove which can bind a target peptide. This is however not the only mode of target recognition by TPR domains, with short amino acid insertions and alternative TPR motif conformations also shown to contribute to protein interactions, highlighting diversity in TPR domains and the versatility of this structure in mediating biological events.
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- Rudi Kenneth Allan
- Centre for Medical Research, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA 6009 Australia
- The Department of Endocrinology & Diabetes, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Hospital Avenue, Nedlands, WA 6009 Australia
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- Centre for Medical Research, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA 6009 Australia
- The Department of Endocrinology & Diabetes, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Hospital Avenue, Nedlands, WA 6009 Australia
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The biogenesis of peroxisomal matrix and membrane proteins is substantially different from the biogenesis of proteins of other subcellular compartments, such as mitochondria and chloroplasts, that are of endosymbiotic origin. Proteins are targeted to the peroxisome matrix through interactions between specific targeting sequences and receptor proteins, followed by protein translocation across the peroxisomal membrane. Recent advances have shed light on the nature of the peroxisomal translocon in matrix protein import and the molecular mechanisms of receptor recycling. Furthermore, the endoplasmic reticulum has been shown to play an important role in peroxisomal membrane protein biogenesis. Defining the molecular events in peroxisome assembly may enhance our understanding of the etiology of human peroxisome biogenesis disorders.
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- Changle Ma
- Section of Molecular Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, CA 92093, USA
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Han Y, Noam Y, Lewis AS, Gallagher JJ, Wadman WJ, Baram TZ, Chetkovich DM. Trafficking and gating of hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated channels are regulated by interaction with tetratricopeptide repeat-containing Rab8b-interacting protein (TRIP8b) and cyclic AMP at distinct sites. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:20823-34. [PMID: 21504900 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.236125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Ion channel trafficking and gating are often influenced by interactions with auxiliary subunits. Tetratricopeptide repeat-containing Rab8b-interacting protein (TRIP8b) is an auxiliary subunit for neuronal hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated (HCN) channels. TRIP8b interacts directly with two distinct sites of HCN channel pore-forming subunits to control channel trafficking and gating. Here we use mutagenesis combined with electrophysiological studies to define and distinguish the functional importance of the HCN/TRIP8b interaction sites. Interaction with the last three amino acids of the HCN1 C terminus governed the effect of TRIP8b on channel trafficking, whereas TRIP8b interaction with the HCN1 cyclic nucleotide binding domain (CNBD) affected trafficking and gating. Biochemical studies revealed that direct interaction between TRIP8b and the HCN1 CNBD was disrupted by cAMP and that TRIP8b binding to the CNBD required an arginine residue also necessary for cAMP binding. In accord, increasing cAMP levels in cells antagonized the up-regulation of HCN1 channels mediated by a TRIP8b construct binding the CNBD exclusively. These data illustrate the distinct roles of the two TRIP8b-HCN interaction domains and suggest that TRIP8b and cAMP may directly compete for binding the HCN CNBD to control HCN channel gating, kinetics, and trafficking.
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- Ye Han
- Davee Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurosciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA
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Galland N, Michels PAM. Comparison of the peroxisomal matrix protein import system of different organisms. Exploration of possibilities for developing inhibitors of the import system of trypanosomatids for anti-parasite chemotherapy. Eur J Cell Biol 2010; 89:621-37. [PMID: 20435370 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2010.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2010] [Revised: 03/28/2010] [Accepted: 04/06/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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In recent decades, research on peroxisome biogenesis has been particularly boosted since the role of these organelles in metabolism became unraveled. Indeed in plants, yeasts and fungi, peroxisomes play an important role in the adaptation of metabolism during developmental processes and/or altered environmental conditions. In mammals their importance is illustrated by the fact that several severe human inherited diseases have been identified as peroxisome biogenesis disorders (PBD). Particularly interesting are the glycosomes - peroxisome-like organelles in trypanosomatids where the major part of the glycolytic pathway is sequestered - because it was demonstrated that proper compartmentalization of matrix proteins inside glycosomes is essential for the parasite. Although the overall process of peroxisome biogenesis seems well conserved between species, careful study of the literature reveals nonetheless many differences at various steps. In this review, we present a comparison of the first two steps of peroxisome biogenesis - receptor loading and docking at the peroxisomal membrane - in yeasts, mammals, plants and trypanosomatids and highlight major differences in the import process between species despite the conservation of (some of) the proteins involved. Some of the unique features of the process as it occurs in trypanosomatids will be discussed with regard to the possibilities for exploiting them for the development of compounds that could specifically disturb interactions between trypanosomatid peroxins. This strategy could eventually lead to the discovery of drugs against the diseases caused by these parasites.
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- Nathalie Galland
- Research Unit for Tropical Diseases, de Duve Institute, Brussels, Belgium
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Williams CP, Stanley WA. Peroxin 5: a cycling receptor for protein translocation into peroxisomes. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2010; 42:1771-4. [PMID: 20633695 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2010.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2010] [Revised: 07/05/2010] [Accepted: 07/06/2010] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Peroxins are proteins that regulate the biogenesis of peroxisomes-small vesicular subcellular organelles essential for human life and health. A key peroxin - to date the best studied - is peroxin 5. Structurally, peroxin 5 is a bi-domain protein of about 70 kDa containing both globular and non-globular segments and displaying conformational flexibility. Functionally, it is a cycling receptor for importing essential enzymes into the peroxisome lumen, facilitated by highly promiscuous interactions with numerous proteins and possibly lipids. Peroxin 5 has medical significance in that (i) congenital defects can lead to fatal peroxisome biogenesis disorders, (ii) inefficient peroxisome targeting is linked to disease and aging and (iii) differences between human peroxin 5 and homologues in pathogens may be exploited in the development of therapeutics.
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- Chris P Williams
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, c/o DESY, Hamburg, Germany
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Girzalsky W, Saffian D, Erdmann R. Peroxisomal protein translocation. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2010; 1803:724-31. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2010.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2009] [Revised: 12/22/2009] [Accepted: 01/04/2010] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Getting a camel through the eye of a needle: the import of folded proteins by peroxisomes. Biol Cell 2010; 102:245-63. [PMID: 20146669 DOI: 10.1042/bc20090159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Peroxisomes are a family of organelles which have many unusual features. They can arise de novo from the endoplasmic reticulum by a still poorly characterized process, yet possess a unique machinery for the import of their matrix proteins. As peroxisomes lack DNA, their function, which is highly variable and dependent on developmental and/or environmental conditions, is determined by the post-translational import of specific metabolic enzymes in folded or oligomeric states. The two classes of matrix targeting signals for peroxisomal proteins [PTS1 (peroxisomal targeting signal 1) and PTS2] are recognized by cytosolic receptors [PEX5 (peroxin 5) and PEX7 respectively] which escort their cargo proteins to, or possibly across, the peroxisome membrane. Although the membrane translocation mechanism remains unclear, it appears to be driven by thermodynamically favourable binding interactions. Recycling of the receptors from the peroxisome membrane requires ATP hydrolysis for two linked processes: ubiquitination of PEX5 (and the PEX7 co-receptors in yeast) and the function of two peroxisome-associated AAA (ATPase associated with various cellular activities) ATPases, which play a role in recycling or turnover of the ubiquitinated receptors. This review summarizes and integrates recent findings on peroxisome matrix protein import from yeast, plant and mammalian model systems, and discusses some of the gaps in our understanding of this remarkable protein transport system.
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Peroxisomes play an important role in lipid metabolic pathways and are implicated in many human disorders. Their biogenesis has been studied over the last two decades using many uni and multi-cellular model systems and many aspects of the mechanisms and proteins involved in peroxisome biogenesis are conserved from yeast to humans. In this manuscript we review the recent progress made in our understanding of the mechanisms by which matrix and membrane proteins are sorted to and assembled into peroxisomes.
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- Changle Ma
- Section of Molecular Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0322, USA
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Alternatively spliced isoforms of TRIP8b differentially control h channel trafficking and function. J Neurosci 2009; 29:6250-65. [PMID: 19439603 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0856-09.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated (HCN) channels (h channels) are the molecular basis for the current, I(h), which contributes crucially to intrinsic neuronal excitability. The subcellular localization and biophysical properties of h channels govern their function, but the mechanisms controlling these characteristics, and especially the potential role of auxiliary subunits or other binding proteins, remain unclear. We focused on TRIP8b, an h channel-interacting protein that colocalizes with HCN1 in cortical and hippocampal pyramidal neuron dendrites, and found that it exists in multiple alternative splice variants with distinct effects on h channel trafficking and function. The developmentally regulated splice variants of TRIP8b all shared dual, C terminus-located interaction sites with HCN1. When coexpressed with HCN1 in heterologous cells individual TRIP8b isoforms similarly modulated gating of I(h), causing a hyperpolarizing shift in voltage dependence of channel activation, but differentially upregulated or downregulated I(h) current density and HCN1 surface expression. In hippocampal neurons, coexpression of TRIP8b isoforms with HCN1 produced isoform-specific changes of HCN1 localization. Interestingly, the TRIP8b isoforms most abundant in the brain are those predicted to enhance h channel surface expression. Indeed, shRNA knockdown of TRIP8b in hippocampal neurons significantly reduced native I(h). Thus, although TRIP8b exists in multiple splice isoforms, our data suggest that the predominant role of this protein in brain is to promote h channel surface expression and enhance I(h). Because I(h) expression is altered in models of several diseases, including temporal lobe epilepsy, TRIP8b may play a role in both normal neuronal function and in aberrant neuronal excitability associated with neurological disease.
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Grunau S, Schliebs W, Linnepe R, Neufeld C, Cizmowski C, Reinartz B, Meyer HE, Warscheid B, Girzalsky W, Erdmann R. Peroxisomal targeting of PTS2 pre-import complexes in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Traffic 2009; 10:451-60. [PMID: 19183303 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2008.00876.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Posttranslational matrix protein import into peroxisomes uses either one of the two peroxisomal targeting signals (PTS), PTS1 and PTS2. Unlike the PTS1 receptor Pex5p, the PTS2 receptor Pex7p is necessary but not sufficient to target cargo proteins into the peroxisomal matrix and requires coreceptors. Saccharomyces cerevisiae possesses two coreceptors, Pex18p and Pex21p, with a redundant but not a clearly defined function. To gain further insight into the early events of this import pathway, PTS2 pre-import complexes of S. cerevisiae were isolated and characterized by determination of size and protein composition in wild-type and different mutant strains. Mass spectrometric analysis of the cytosolic PTS2 pre-import complex indicates that Fox3p is the only abundant PTS2 protein under oleate growth conditions. Our data strongly suggest that the formation of the ternary cytosolic PTS2 pre-import complex occurs hierarchically. First, Pex7p recognizes cargo proteins through its PTS2 in the cytosol. In a second step, the coreceptor binds to this complex, and finally, this ternary 150 kDa pre-import complex docks at the peroxisomal membrane, where both the PTS1 and the PTS2 import pathways converge. Gel filtration analysis of membrane-bound subcomplexes suggests that Pex13p provides the initial binding partner at the peroxisomal membrane, whereas Pex14p assembles with Pex18p in high-molecular-weight complexes after or during dissociation of the PTS2 receptor.
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- Silke Grunau
- Institut für Physiologische Chemie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstrasse 150, Bochum, Germany
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Contribution of peroxisomes to penicillin biosynthesis in Aspergillus nidulans. EUKARYOTIC CELL 2009; 8:421-3. [PMID: 19151327 DOI: 10.1128/ec.00374-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Peroxisomal localization of the third enzyme of the penicillin biosynthesis pathway of Aspergillus nidulans, acyl-coenzyme A:IPN acyltransferase (IAT), is mediated by its atypical peroxisomal targeting signal 1 (PTS1). However, mislocalization of IAT by deletion of either its PTS1 or of genes encoding proteins involved in peroxisome formation or transport does not completely abolish penicillin biosynthesis. This is in contrast to the effects of IAT mislocalization in Penicillium chrysogenum.
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Identification, characterization and essentiality of the unusual peroxin 13 from Trypanosoma brucei. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2009; 1793:516-27. [PMID: 19185591 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2008.12.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2008] [Revised: 12/08/2008] [Accepted: 12/18/2008] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Peroxin 13 (PEX13) is one of the components of a peroxisomal membrane complex involved in import of proteins into the matrix of the organelles and has previously been characterized in a variety of organisms. Trypanosomatids (Trypanosoma, Leishmania), protozoan parasites having peroxisome-like organelles designated glycosomes, possess an unusual PEX13 which shares very low sequence identity with others and lacks some typical PEX13 characteristics. It was identified in the databases through its multiple YGx motifs present in a glycine-rich N-terminal region of low sequence complexity. Like other PEX13s, it contains predicted transmembrane segments and a SH3 domain in its C-terminal half. The localization of T. brucei PEX13 in the glycosomal membrane was confirmed by expression of a fusion construct with Green Fluorescent Protein, and western blot analysis of purified organelles and membranes. The C-terminal half of the protein was shown to interact with the third of three pentapeptide repeats of the previously characterized PEX5, the receptor of glycosomal proteins with a type 1 peroxisome-targeting signal, and with PEX14, another component of the same peroxisomal protein import complex in the membrane. PEX13 is essential for the parasite; depletion by RNA interference results in mislocalization of glycosomal proteins and death of the parasites.
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Goepfert S, Vidoudez C, Tellgren-Roth C, Delessert S, Hiltunen JK, Poirier Y. Peroxisomal Delta(3),Delta(2)-enoyl CoA isomerases and evolution of cytosolic paralogues in embryophytes. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2008; 56:728-42. [PMID: 18657232 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2008.03635.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Delta(3),Delta(2)-enoyl CoA isomerase (ECI) is an enzyme that participates in the degradation of unsaturated fatty acids through the beta-oxidation cycle. Three genes encoding Delta(3),Delta(2)-enoyl CoA isomerases and named AtECI1, AtECI2 and AtECI3 have been identified in Arabidopsis thaliana. When expressed heterologously in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, all three ECI proteins were targeted to the peroxisomes and enabled the yeast Deltaeci1 mutant to degrade 10Z-heptadecenoic acid, demonstrating Delta(3),Delta(2)-enoyl CoA isomerase activity in vivo. Fusion proteins between yellow fluorescent protein and AtECI1 or AtECI2 were targeted to the peroxisomes in onion epidermal cells and Arabidopsis root cells, but a similar fusion protein with AtECI3 remained in the cytosol for both tissues. AtECI3 targeting to peroxisomes in S. cerevisiae was dependent on yeast PEX5, while expression of Arabidopsis PEX5 in yeast failed to target AtECI3 to peroxisomes. AtECI2 and AtECI3 are tandem duplicated genes and show a high level of amino acid conservation, except at the C-terminus; AtECI2 ends with the well conserved peroxisome targeting signal 1 (PTS1) terminal tripeptide PKL, while AtECI3 possesses a divergent HNL terminal tripeptide. Evolutionary analysis of ECI genes in plants revealed several independent duplication events, with duplications occurring in rice and Medicago truncatula, generating homologues with divergent C-termini and no recognizable PTS1. All plant ECI genes analyzed, including AtECI3, are under negative purifying selection, implying functionality of the cytosolic AtECI3. Analysis of the mammalian and fungal genomes failed to identify cytosolic variants of the Delta(3),Delta(2)-enoyl CoA isomerase, indicating that evolution of cytosolic Delta(3),Delta(2)-enoyl CoA isomerases is restricted to the plant kingdom.
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- Simon Goepfert
- Département de Biologie Moléculaire Végétale, Biophore, Université de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Structural insights into the recognition of peroxisomal targeting signal 1 by Trypanosoma brucei peroxin 5. J Mol Biol 2008; 381:867-80. [PMID: 18598704 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.05.089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2008] [Revised: 05/29/2008] [Accepted: 05/31/2008] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Glycosomes are peroxisome-like organelles essential for trypanosomatid parasites. Glycosome biogenesis is mediated by proteins called "peroxins," which are considered to be promising drug targets in pathogenic Trypanosomatidae. The first step during protein translocation across the glycosomal membrane of peroxisomal targeting signal 1 (PTS1)-harboring proteins is signal recognition by the cytosolic receptor peroxin 5 (PEX5). The C-terminal PTS1 motifs interact with the PTS1 binding domain (P1BD) of PEX5, which is made up of seven tetratricopeptide repeats. Obtaining diffraction-quality crystals of the P1BD of Trypanosoma brucei PEX5 (TbPEX5) required surface entropy reduction mutagenesis. Each of the seven tetratricopeptide repeats appears to have a residue in the alpha(L) conformation in the loop connecting helices A and B. Five crystal structures of the P1BD of TbPEX5 were determined, each in complex with a hepta- or decapeptide corresponding to a natural or nonnatural PTS1 sequence. The PTS1 peptides are bound between the two subdomains of the P1BD. These structures indicate precise recognition of the C-terminal Leu of the PTS1 motif and important interactions between the PTS1 peptide main chain and up to five invariant Asn side chains of PEX5. The TbPEX5 structures reported here reveal a unique hydrophobic pocket in the subdomain interface that might be explored to obtain compounds that prevent relative motions of the subdomains and interfere selectively with PTS1 motif binding or release in trypanosomatids, and would therefore disrupt glycosome biogenesis and prevent parasite growth.
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Fransen M, Amery L, Hartig A, Brees C, Rabijns A, Mannaerts GP, Van Veldhoven PP. Comparison of the PTS1- and Rab8b-binding properties of Pex5p and Pex5Rp/TRIP8b. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2008; 1783:864-73. [PMID: 18346465 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2008.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2007] [Revised: 02/11/2008] [Accepted: 02/13/2008] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Tetratricopeptide (TPR)-domain proteins are involved in various cellular processes. The TPR domain is known to be responsible for interaction with other proteins commonly recognizing sequence motifs at the C-termini. One such TPR-protein, TRIP8b, was originally identified in rat as an interaction partner of Rab8b, and its human orthologue as a protein related to the peroxisomal targeting signal 1 (PTS1) receptor Pex5p (Pex5Rp). Somewhat later, the mouse orthologue was reported to bind the hyperpolarization-activated, cyclic nucleotide-regulated HCN channels, and, very recently, the rat orthologue was shown to interact with latrophilin 1, the calcium-independent receptor of alpha-latrotoxin. Here we employed various methodological approaches to investigate and compare the binding specificities of the human PTS1 receptor Pex5p and the related protein Pex5Rp/TRIP8b towards a subset of targets, including Rab8b and various C-termini resembling PTS1. The results show that the TPR domains of Pex5p and Pex5Rp/TRIP8b have distinct but overlapping substrate specificities. This suggests that selectivity in the recognition of substrates by the TPR domains of Pex5p and Pex5Rp/TRIP8b is a matter of considerable complexity, and that no single determinant appears to be sufficient in unambiguously defining a binding target for either protein. This idea is further corroborated by our observations that changes in the surrounding residues or the conformational state of one of the binding partners can profoundly alter their binding activities. The implications of these findings for the possible peroxisome-related functions of Pex5Rp/TRIP8b are discussed.
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- Marc Fransen
- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Campus Gasthuisberg (O&N 1), Departement Moleculaire Celbiologie, LIPIT, Leuven, Belgium.
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Cooper CA, Walsh LA, Damjanovski S. Peroxisome biogenesis occurs in late dorsal-anterior structures in the development of Xenopus laevis. Dev Dyn 2008; 236:3554-61. [PMID: 17973332 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Metabolism and development are two important processes not often examined in the same context. The focus of the present study is the expression of specific peroxisomal genes, the subsequent biogenesis of peroxisomes, and their potential role in the metabolism associated with the development of Xenopus laevis embryos. The temporal and expression patterns of six peroxisomal genes (PEX5, ACO, PEX19, PMP70, PEX16, and catalase) were elucidated using RT-PCR. Functionally related peroxisomal genes exhibited similar expression patterns with their RNA levels elevated relatively late during embryogenesis. Using immunohistochemistry PMP70 and catalase protein was localized largely to dorsal-anterior structures. Peroxisomal function was assayed with peroxisomal targeted-GFP, which when microinjected, revealed peroxisomes in dorsal-anterior structures at stage 45. A requirement for peroxisomal function appears to be present only late in development as organogenesis is finishing, yolk stores are depleted, and ingestion commences.
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- Colin A Cooper
- Department of Biology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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Genetic analysis of the role of peroxisomes in the utilization of acetate and fatty acids in Aspergillus nidulans. Genetics 2008; 178:1355-69. [PMID: 18245820 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.107.085795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Peroxisomes are organelles containing a diverse array of enzymes. In fungi they are important for carbon source utilization, pathogenesis, development, and secondary metabolism. We have studied Aspergillus nidulans peroxin (pex) mutants isolated by virtue of their inability to grow on butyrate or by the inactivation of specific pex genes. While all pex mutants are able to form colonies, those unable to import PTS1 proteins are partially defective in asexual and sexual development. The pex mutants are able to grow on acetate but are affected in growth on fatty acids, indicating a requirement for the peroxisomal localization of beta-oxidation enzymes. However, mislocalization of malate synthase does not prevent growth on either fatty acids or acetate, showing that the glyoxylate cycle does not require peroxisomal localization. Proliferation of peroxisomes is dependent on fatty acids, but not on acetate, and on PexK (Pex11), expression of which is activated by the FarA transcription factor. Proliferation was greatly reduced in a farADelta strain. A mutation affecting a mitochodrial ketoacyl-CoA thiolase and disruption of a mitochondrial hydroxy-acyl-CoA dehydrogenase gene prevented growth on short-chain but not long-chain fatty acids. Together with previous results, this is consistent with growth on even-numbered short-chain fatty acids requiring a mitochondrial as well as a peroxisomal beta-oxidation pathway. The mitochondrial pathway is not required for growth on valerate or for long-chain fatty acid utilization.
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Stanley WA, Fodor K, Marti-Renom MA, Schliebs W, Wilmanns M. Protein translocation into peroxisomes by ring-shaped import receptors. FEBS Lett 2007; 581:4795-802. [PMID: 17884042 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2007.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2007] [Accepted: 09/04/2007] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Folded and functional proteins destined for translocation from the cytosol into the peroxisomal matrix are recognized by two different peroxisomal import receptors, Pex5p and Pex7p. Both cargo-loaded receptors dock on the same translocon components, followed by cargo release and receptor recycling, as part of the complete translocation process. Recent structural and functional evidence on the Pex5p receptor has provided insight on the molecular requirements of specific cargo recognition, while the remaining processes still remain largely elusive. Comparison of experimental structures of Pex5p and a structural model of Pex7p reveal that both receptors are built by ring-like arrangements with cargo binding sites, central to the respective structures. Although, molecular insight into the complete peroxisomal translocon still remains to be determined, emerging data allow to deduce common molecular principles that may hold for other translocation systems as well.
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- Will A Stanley
- ARC Plant Energy Biology Centre M316, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
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A previously unobserved conformation for the human Pex5p receptor suggests roles for intrinsic flexibility and rigid domain motions in ligand binding. BMC STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY 2007; 7:24. [PMID: 17428317 PMCID: PMC1854907 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6807-7-24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2006] [Accepted: 04/11/2007] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background The C-terminal tetratricopeptide (TPR) repeat domain of Pex5p recognises proteins carrying a peroxisomal targeting signal type 1 (PTS1) tripeptide in their C-terminus. Previously, structural data have been obtained from the TPR domain of Pex5p in both the liganded and unliganded states, indicating a conformational change taking place upon cargo protein binding. Such a conformational change would be expected to play a major role both during PTS1 protein recognition as well as in cargo release into the peroxisomal lumen. However, little information is available on the factors that may regulate such structural changes. Results We have used a range of biophysical and computational methods to further analyse the conformational flexibility and ligand binding of Pex5p. A new crystal form for the human Pex5p C-terminal domain (Pex5p(C)) was obtained in the presence of Sr2+ ions, and the structure presents a novel conformation, distinct from all previous liganded and apo crystal structures for Pex5p(C). The difference relates to a near-rigid body movement of two halves of the molecule, and this movement is different from that required to reach a ring-like conformation upon PTS1 ligand binding. The bound Sr2+ ion changes the dynamic properties of Pex5p(C) affecting its conformation, possibly by making the Sr2+-binding loop – located near the hinge region for the observed domain motions – more rigid. Conclusion The current data indicate that Pex5p(C) is able to sample a range of conformational states in the absence of bound PTS1 ligand. The domain movements between various apo conformations are distinct from those involved in ligand binding, although the differences between all observed conformations so far can be characterised by the movement of the two halves of Pex5p(C) as near-rigid bodies with respect to each other.
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Maynard EL, Berg JM. Quantitative analysis of peroxisomal targeting signal type-1 binding to wild-type and pathogenic mutants of Pex5p supports an affinity threshold for peroxisomal protein targeting. J Mol Biol 2007; 368:1259-66. [PMID: 17399738 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2006] [Accepted: 03/02/2007] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Peroxisomal biogenesis disorders (PBDs) are caused by mutations in 12 distinct genes that encode the components of the peroxisome assembly machinery. Three mutations in the gene encoding Pex5p, the peroxisomal targeting signal type-1 (PTS1) receptor, have been reported, each associated with a disorder of the Zellweger spectrum of different severity. Here, we report studies of the affinities of mutated forms of Pex5p for a series of PTS1 peptides and conclude that PTS1-affinity reductions are correlated with disease severity and cell biological phenotype. A quantitative model has been developed that allows estimation of the dissociation constants for complexes with a wide range of PTS1 sequences bound to wild-type and mutant Pex5p. In the context of this model, the binding measurements suggest that no PTS1-containing proteins are targeted by Pex5p(N489K) and only a relatively small subset of PTS1-containing proteins with the highest affinity for Pex5p are targeted to peroxisomes by Pex5p(S563W). Furthermore, the results of the analysis are consistent with an approximate dissociation constant threshold near 500 nM required for efficient protein targeting to peroxisomes.
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- Ernest L Maynard
- Department of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 725 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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