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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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Skowyra ML, Rapoport TA. Cell-free reconstitution of peroxisomal matrix protein import using Xenopus egg extract. STAR Protoc 2023; 4:102111. [PMID: 36853666 PMCID: PMC9947420 DOI: 10.1016/j.xpro.2023.102111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2022] [Revised: 12/08/2022] [Accepted: 01/20/2023] [Indexed: 02/13/2023] Open
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Peroxisomes are vital metabolic organelles whose matrix enzymes are imported from the cytosol in a folded state by the soluble receptor PEX5. The import mechanism has been challenging to decipher because of the lack of suitable in vitro systems. Here, we present a protocol for reconstituting matrix protein import using Xenopus egg extract. We describe how extract is prepared, how to replace endogenous PEX5 with recombinant versions, and how to perform and interpret a peroxisomal import reaction using a fluorescent cargo. For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to Skowyra and Rapoport (2022).1.
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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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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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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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UCHL3 Regulates Topoisomerase-Induced Chromosomal Break Repair by Controlling TDP1 Proteostasis. Cell Rep 2019; 23:3352-3365. [PMID: 29898404 PMCID: PMC6019701 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.05.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2017] [Revised: 04/17/2018] [Accepted: 05/11/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Genomic damage can feature DNA-protein crosslinks whereby their acute accumulation is utilized to treat cancer and progressive accumulation causes neurodegeneration. This is typified by tyrosyl DNA phosphodiesterase 1 (TDP1), which repairs topoisomerase-mediated chromosomal breaks. Although TDP1 levels vary in multiple clinical settings, the mechanism underpinning this variation is unknown. We reveal that TDP1 is controlled by ubiquitylation and identify UCHL3 as the deubiquitylase that controls TDP1 proteostasis. Depletion of UCHL3 increases TDP1 ubiquitylation and turnover rate and sensitizes cells to TOP1 poisons. Overexpression of UCHL3, but not a catalytically inactive mutant, suppresses TDP1 ubiquitylation and turnover rate. TDP1 overexpression in the topoisomerase therapy-resistant rhabdomyosarcoma is driven by UCHL3 overexpression. In contrast, UCHL3 is downregulated in spinocerebellar ataxia with axonal neuropathy (SCAN1), causing elevated levels of TDP1 ubiquitylation and faster turnover rate. These data establish UCHL3 as a regulator of TDP1 proteostasis and, consequently, a fine-tuner of protein-linked DNA break repair. TDP1 proteostasis is controlled by a UCHL3-dependent ubiquitylation mechanism UCHL3 depletion sensitizes mammalian cells to TOP1 inhibitors Increased TDP1 protein in rhabdomyosarcoma is driven by UCHL3 upregulation Decreased TDP1 protein in spinocerebellar ataxia is driven by UCHL3 downregulation
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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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Imanaka T. Biogenesis and Function of Peroxisomes in Human Disease with a Focus on the ABC Transporter. Biol Pharm Bull 2019; 42:649-665. [PMID: 31061307 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.b18-00723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Peroxisomes are indispensable organelles in mammals including humans. They are involved in the β-oxidation of very long chain fatty acids, and the synthesis of ether phospholipids and bile acids. Pre-peroxisomes bud from endoplasmic reticulum and peroxisomal membrane and matrix proteins are imported to the pre-peroxisomes. Then, matured peroxisomes grow by division. Impairment of the biogenesis and function of peroxisomes results in severe diseases. Since I first undertook peroxisome research in Prof. de Duve's laboratory at Rockefeller University in 1985, I have continuously studied peroxisomes for more than 30 years, with a particular focus on the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters. Here, I review the history of peroxisome research, the biogenesis and function of peroxisomes, and peroxisome disease including X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy. The review includes the targeting and function of the ABC transporter subfamily D.
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- Tsuneo Imanaka
- Department of Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama
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Fransen M, Lismont C. Redox Signaling from and to Peroxisomes: Progress, Challenges, and Prospects. Antioxid Redox Signal 2019; 30:95-112. [PMID: 29433327 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2018.7515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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SIGNIFICANCE Peroxisomes are organelles that are best known for their role in cellular lipid and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) metabolism. Emerging evidence suggests that these organelles serve as guardians and modulators of cellular redox balance, and that alterations in their redox metabolism may contribute to aging and the development of chronic diseases such as neurodegeneration, diabetes, and cancer. Recent Advances: H2O2 is an important signaling messenger that controls many cellular processes by modulating protein activity through cysteine oxidation. Somewhat surprisingly, the potential involvement of peroxisomes in H2O2-mediated signaling processes has been overlooked for a long time. However, recent advances in the development of live-cell approaches to monitor and modulate spatiotemporal fluxes in redox species at the subcellular level have opened up new avenues for research in redox biology and boosted interest in the concept of peroxisomes as redox signaling platforms. CRITICAL ISSUES This review first introduces the reader to what is known about the role of peroxisomes in cellular H2O2 production and clearance, with a focus on mammalian cells. Next, it briefly describes the benefits and drawbacks of current strategies used to investigate the complex interplay between peroxisome metabolism and cellular redox state. Furthermore, it integrates and critically evaluates literature dealing with the interrelationship between peroxisomal redox metabolism, cell signaling, and human disease. FUTURE DIRECTIONS As the precise molecular mechanisms underlying many of these associations are still poorly understood, a key focus for future research should be the identification of primary targets for peroxisome-derived H2O2.
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- Marc Fransen
- Laboratory of Lipid Biochemistry and Protein Interactions, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven-University of Leuven , Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Lipid Biochemistry and Protein Interactions, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven-University of Leuven , Leuven, Belgium
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El Magraoui F, Brinkmeier R, Mastalski T, Hupperich A, Strehl C, Schwerter D, Girzalsky W, Meyer HE, Warscheid B, Erdmann R, Platta HW. The deubiquitination of the PTS1-import receptor Pex5p is required for peroxisomal matrix protein import. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2018; 1866:199-213. [PMID: 30408545 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2018.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2018] [Revised: 10/13/2018] [Accepted: 11/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Peroxisomal biogenesis depends on the correct import of matrix proteins into the lumen of the organelle. Most peroxisomal matrix proteins harbor the peroxisomal targeting-type 1 (PTS1), which is recognized by the soluble PTS1-receptor Pex5p in the cytosol. Pex5p ferries the PTS1-proteins to the peroxisomal membrane and releases them into the lumen. Finally, the PTS1-receptor is monoubiquitinated on the conserved cysteine 6 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The monoubiquitinated Pex5p is recognized by the peroxisomal export machinery and is retrotranslocated into the cytosol for further rounds of protein import. However, the functional relevance of deubiquitination has not yet been addressed. In this study, we have analyzed a Pex5p-truncation lacking Cys6 [(Δ6)Pex5p], a construct with a ubiquitin-moiety genetically fused to the truncation [Ub-(Δ6)Pex5p], as well as a construct with a reduced susceptibility to deubiquitination [Ub(G75/76A)-(Δ6)Pex5p]. While the (Δ6)Pex5p-truncation is not functional, the Ub-(Δ6)Pex5p chimeric protein can facilitate matrix protein import. In contrast, the Ub(G75/76A)-(Δ6)Pex5p chimera exhibits a complete PTS1-import defect. The data show for the first time that not only ubiquitination but also deubiquitination rates are tightly regulated and that efficient deubiquitination of Pex5p is essential for peroxisomal biogenesis.
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- Fouzi El Magraoui
- Biomedizinische Forschung, Leibniz-Insitute for Analytische Wissenschaften - ISAS e.V. - (ISAS e.V.), 44139 Dortmund, Germany; Systembiochemie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44801 Bochum, Germany
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- Biochemie Intrazellulärer Transportprozesse, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44801 Bochum, Germany
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- Biochemie Intrazellulärer Transportprozesse, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44801 Bochum, Germany
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- Biochemie Intrazellulärer Transportprozesse, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44801 Bochum, Germany
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- Biochemie Intrazellulärer Transportprozesse, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44801 Bochum, Germany
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- Biomedizinische Forschung, Leibniz-Insitute for Analytische Wissenschaften - ISAS e.V. - (ISAS e.V.), 44139 Dortmund, Germany
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- Functional Proteomics, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Systembiochemie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44801 Bochum, Germany
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- Biochemie Intrazellulärer Transportprozesse, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44801 Bochum, Germany.
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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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Mix AK, Cenci U, Heimerl T, Marter P, Wirkner ML, Moog D. Identification and Localization of Peroxisomal Biogenesis Proteins Indicates the Presence of Peroxisomes in the Cryptophyte Guillardia theta and Other "Chromalveolates". Genome Biol Evol 2018; 10:2834-2852. [PMID: 30247558 PMCID: PMC6203080 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evy214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Peroxisomes are single-membrane-bound organelles with a huge metabolic versatility, including the degradation of fatty acids (β-oxidation) and the detoxification of reactive oxygen species as most conserved functions. Although peroxisomes seem to be present in the majority of investigated eukaryotes, where they are responsible for many eclectic and important spatially separated metabolic reactions, knowledge about their existence in the plethora of protists (eukaryotic microorganisms) is scarce. Here, we investigated genomic data of organisms containing complex plastids with red algal ancestry (so-called “chromalveolates”) for the presence of genes encoding peroxins—factors specific for the biogenesis, maintenance, and division of peroxisomes in eukaryotic cells. Our focus was on the cryptophyte Guillardia theta, a marine microalga, which possesses two phylogenetically different nuclei of host and endosymbiont origin, respectively, thus being of enormous evolutionary significance. Besides the identification of a complete set of peroxins in G. theta, we heterologously localized selected factors as GFP fusion proteins via confocal and electron microscopy in the model diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. Furthermore, we show that peroxins, and thus most likely peroxisomes, are present in haptophytes as well as eustigmatophytes, brown algae, and alveolates including dinoflagellates, chromerids, and noncoccidian apicomplexans. Our results indicate that diatoms are not the only “chromalveolate” group devoid of the PTS2 receptor Pex7, and thus a PTS2-dependent peroxisomal import pathway, which seems to be absent in haptophytes (Emiliania huxleyi) as well. Moreover, important aspects of peroxisomal biosynthesis and protein import in “chromalveolates”are highlighted.
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- Ann-Kathrin Mix
- Laboratory for Cell Biology, Philipps University Marburg, Germany
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- Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, UMR 8576 CNRS-USTL, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France
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- LOEWE Center for Synthetic Microbiology (Synmikro), Philipps University Marburg, Germany
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- Laboratory for Cell Biology, Philipps University Marburg, Germany
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- Laboratory for Cell Biology, Philipps University Marburg, Germany
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Marcassa E, Kallinos A, Jardine J, Rusilowicz-Jones EV, Martinez A, Kuehl S, Islinger M, Clague MJ, Urbé S. Dual role of USP30 in controlling basal pexophagy and mitophagy. EMBO Rep 2018; 19:embr.201745595. [PMID: 29895712 PMCID: PMC6030704 DOI: 10.15252/embr.201745595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2017] [Revised: 05/15/2018] [Accepted: 05/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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USP30 is an integral protein of the outer mitochondrial membrane that counteracts PINK1 and Parkin‐dependent mitophagy following acute mitochondrial depolarisation. Here, we use two distinct mitophagy reporter systems to reveal tonic suppression by USP30, of a PINK1‐dependent component of basal mitophagy in cells lacking detectable Parkin. We propose that USP30 acts upstream of PINK1 through modulation of PINK1‐substrate availability and thereby determines the potential for mitophagy initiation. We further show that a fraction of endogenous USP30 is independently targeted to peroxisomes where it regulates basal pexophagy in a PINK1‐ and Parkin‐independent manner. Thus, we reveal a critical role of USP30 in the clearance of the two major sources of ROS in mammalian cells and in the regulation of both a PINK1‐dependent and a PINK1‐independent selective autophagy pathway.
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- Elena Marcassa
- Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Institute of Neuroanatomy, Centre for Biomedicine and Medical Technology Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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- Institute of Neuroanatomy, Centre for Biomedicine and Medical Technology Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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- Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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Towards designer organelles by subverting the peroxisomal import pathway. Nat Commun 2017; 8:454. [PMID: 28878206 PMCID: PMC5587766 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-00487-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2017] [Accepted: 07/03/2017] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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The development of ‘designer’ organelles could be a key strategy to enable foreign pathways to be efficiently controlled within eukaryotic biotechnology. A fundamental component of any such system will be the implementation of a bespoke protein import pathway that can selectively deliver constituent proteins to the new compartment in the presence of existing endogenous trafficking systems. Here we show that the protein–protein interactions that control the peroxisomal protein import pathway can be manipulated to create a pair of interacting partners that still support protein import in moss cells, but are orthogonal to the naturally occurring pathways. In addition to providing a valuable experimental tool to give new insights into peroxisomal protein import, the variant receptor-signal sequence pair forms the basis of a system in which normal peroxisomal function is downregulated and replaced with an alternative pathway, an essential first step in the creation of a designer organelle. Designer organelles could allow the isolation of synthetic biological pathways from endogenous components of the host cell. Here the authors engineer a peroxisomal protein import pathway orthogonal to the naturally occurring system.
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Francisco T, Rodrigues TA, Dias AF, Barros-Barbosa A, Bicho D, Azevedo JE. Protein transport into peroxisomes: Knowns and unknowns. Bioessays 2017; 39. [PMID: 28787099 DOI: 10.1002/bies.201700047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Peroxisomal matrix proteins are synthesized on cytosolic ribosomes and rapidly transported into the organelle by a complex machinery. The data gathered in recent years suggest that this machinery operates through a syringe-like mechanism, in which the shuttling receptor PEX5 - the "plunger" - pushes a newly synthesized protein all the way through a peroxisomal transmembrane protein complex - the "barrel" - into the matrix of the organelle. Notably, insertion of cargo-loaded receptor into the "barrel" is an ATP-independent process, whereas extraction of the receptor back into the cytosol requires its monoubiquitination and the action of ATP-dependent mechanoenzymes. Here, we review the main data behind this model.
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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
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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
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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
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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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Dias AF, Rodrigues TA, Pedrosa AG, Barros-Barbosa A, Francisco T, Azevedo JE. The peroxisomal matrix protein translocon is a large cavity-forming protein assembly into which PEX5 protein enters to release its cargo. J Biol Chem 2017; 292:15287-15300. [PMID: 28765278 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m117.805044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2017] [Revised: 07/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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A remarkable property of the machinery for import of peroxisomal matrix proteins is that it can accept already folded proteins as substrates. This import involves binding of newly synthesized proteins by cytosolic peroxisomal biogenesis factor 5 (PEX5) followed by insertion of the PEX5-cargo complex into the peroxisomal membrane at the docking/translocation module (DTM). However, how these processes occur remains largely unknown. Here, we used truncated PEX5 molecules to probe the DTM architecture. We found that the DTM can accommodate a larger number of truncated PEX5 molecules comprising amino acid residues 1-197 than full-length PEX5 molecules. A shorter PEX5 version (PEX5(1-125)) still interacted correctly with the DTM; however, this species was largely accessible to exogenously added proteinase K, suggesting that this protease can access the DTM occupied by a small PEX5 protein. Interestingly, the PEX5(1-125)-DTM interaction was inhibited by a polypeptide comprising PEX5 residues 138-639. Apparently, the DTM can recruit soluble PEX5 through interactions with different PEX5 domains, suggesting that the PEX5-DTM interactions are to some degree fuzzy. Finally, we found that the interaction between PEX5 and PEX14, a major DTM component, is stable at pH 11.5. Thus, there is no reason to assume that the hitherto intriguing resistance of DTM-bound PEX5 to alkaline extraction reflects its direct contact with the peroxisomal lipid bilayer. Collectively, these results suggest that the DTM is best described as a large cavity-forming protein assembly into which cytosolic PEX5 can enter to release its cargo.
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- Ana F Dias
- From the Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S) and.,the Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal and.,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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- From the Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S) and.,the Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal and.,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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- From the Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S) and.,the Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal and.,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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- From the Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S) and.,the Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal and
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- From the Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S) and.,the Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal and
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- From the Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S) and .,the Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal and.,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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Luo S, Jing L, Zhao T, Li Y, Liu Z, Diao A. Ubiquitination and dynactin regulate TMEPAI lysosomal trafficking. Sci Rep 2017; 7:42668. [PMID: 28218281 PMCID: PMC5316989 DOI: 10.1038/srep42668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2016] [Accepted: 01/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The transmembrane prostate androgen-induced protein (TMEPAI) has been reported to be elevated in various tumor cells, is localized to the lysosome and promotes lysosome stability. The molecular mechanism of TMEPAI trafficking however to the lysosome is unknown. Here we report that clathrin and CI-M6PR mediate TMEPAI transport from the Golgi directly into the endo-lysosomal pathway. TMEPAI is ubiquitinated at its C-terminal region and ubiquitination modification of TMEPAI is a signal for its lysosomal trafficking. Moreover, TMEPAI binds the ubiquitin binding proteins Hrs and STAM which is required for its lysosomal transport. In addition, TMEPAI interacts with the dynactin pointed-end complex subunits dynactin 5 and dynactin 6. The aa 132–155 domain is essential for specific TMEPAI binding and deletion of this binding site leads to mis-trafficking of TMEPAI to the plasma membrane. These results reveal the pathway and mechanism regulating transport of TMEPAI to the lysosome, which helps to further understand the role of TMEPAI in tumorigenesis.
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- Shenheng Luo
- School of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Key Lab of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology of the Ministry of Education, Tianjin, 300457, China
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- School of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Key Lab of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology of the Ministry of Education, Tianjin, 300457, China
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- School of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Key Lab of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology of the Ministry of Education, Tianjin, 300457, China
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- School of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Key Lab of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology of the Ministry of Education, Tianjin, 300457, China
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- School of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Key Lab of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology of the Ministry of Education, Tianjin, 300457, China
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- School of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Key Lab of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology of the Ministry of Education, Tianjin, 300457, China
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Chan A, Schummer A, Fischer S, Schröter T, Cruz-Zaragoza LD, Bender J, Drepper F, Oeljeklaus S, Kunau WH, Girzalsky W, Warscheid B, Erdmann R. Pex17p-dependent assembly of Pex14p/Dyn2p-subcomplexes of the peroxisomal protein import machinery. Eur J Cell Biol 2016; 95:585-597. [PMID: 27823812 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2016.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2016] [Revised: 09/30/2016] [Accepted: 10/10/2016] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Peroxisomal matrix protein import is facilitated by cycling receptors that recognize their cargo proteins in the cytosol by peroxisomal targeting sequences (PTS). In the following, the assembled receptor-cargo complex is targeted to the peroxisomal membrane where it docks to the docking-complex as part of the peroxisomal translocation machinery. The docking-complex is composed of Pex13p, Pex14p and in yeast also Pex17p, whose function is still elusive. In order to characterize the function of Pex17p, we compared the composition and size of peroxisomal receptor-docking complexes from wild-type and pex17Δ cells. Our data demonstrate that the deficiency of Pex17p affects the stoichiometry of the constituents of an isolated 600kDa complex and that pex17Δ cells lack a high molecular weight complex (>900kDa) of unknown function. We identified the dynein light chain protein Dyn2p as an additional core component of the Pex14p/Pex17p-complex. Both, Pex14p and Pex17p interact directly with Dyn2p, but in vivo, Pex17p turned out to be prerequisite for an association of Dyn2p with Pex14p. Finally, like pex17Δ also dyn2Δ cells lack the high molecular weight complex. As dyn2Δ cells also display reduced peroxisomal function, our data indicate that Dyn2p-dependent formation of the high molecular weight Pex14p-complex is required to maintain peroxisomal function on wild-type level.
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- Anna Chan
- Institute of Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, System Biochemistry, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry and Functional Proteomics, Faculty of Biology and BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry and Functional Proteomics, Faculty of Biology and BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, System Biochemistry, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, System Biochemistry, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry and Functional Proteomics, Faculty of Biology and BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry and Functional Proteomics, Faculty of Biology and BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry and Functional Proteomics, Faculty of Biology and BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, System Biochemistry, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, System Biochemistry, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry and Functional Proteomics, Faculty of Biology and BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, System Biochemistry, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
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Nordgren M, Francisco T, Lismont C, Hennebel L, Brees C, Wang B, Van Veldhoven PP, Azevedo JE, Fransen M. Export-deficient monoubiquitinated PEX5 triggers peroxisome removal in SV40 large T antigen-transformed mouse embryonic fibroblasts. Autophagy 2016; 11:1326-40. [PMID: 26086376 DOI: 10.1080/15548627.2015.1061846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Peroxisomes are ubiquitous cell organelles essential for human health. To maintain a healthy cellular environment, dysfunctional and superfluous peroxisomes need to be selectively removed. Although emerging evidence suggests that peroxisomes are mainly degraded by pexophagy, little is known about the triggers and molecular mechanisms underlying this process in mammalian cells. In this study, we show that PEX5 proteins fused to a bulky C-terminal tag trigger peroxisome degradation in SV40 large T antigen-transformed mouse embryonic fibroblasts. In addition, we provide evidence that this process is autophagy-dependent and requires monoubiquitination of the N-terminal cysteine residue that marks PEX5 for recycling. As our findings also demonstrate that the addition of a bulky tag to the C terminus of PEX5 does not interfere with PEX5 monoubiquitination but strongly inhibits its export from the peroxisomal membrane, we hypothesize that such a tag mimics a cargo protein that cannot be released from PEX5, thus keeping monoubiquitinated PEX5 at the membrane for a sufficiently long time to be recognized by the autophagic machinery. This in turn suggests that monoubiquitination of the N-terminal cysteine of peroxisome-associated PEX5 not only functions to recycle the peroxin back to the cytosol, but also serves as a quality control mechanism to eliminate peroxisomes with a defective protein import machinery.
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- Marcus Nordgren
- a Laboratory of Lipid Biochemistry and Protein Interactions; Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine; University of Leuven - KU Leuven ; Leuven , Belgium
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The import of proteins into peroxisomes possesses many unusual features such as the ability to import folded proteins, and a surprising diversity of targeting signals with differing affinities that can be recognized by the same receptor. As understanding of the structure and function of many components of the protein import machinery has grown, an increasingly complex network of factors affecting each step of the import pathway has emerged. Structural studies have revealed the presence of additional interactions between cargo proteins and the PEX5 receptor that affect import potential, with a subtle network of cargo-induced conformational changes in PEX5 being involved in the import process. Biochemical studies have also indicated an interdependence of receptor-cargo import with release of unloaded receptor from the peroxisome. Here, we provide an update on recent literature concerning mechanisms of protein import into peroxisomes.
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- Alison Baker
- School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology and Centre for Plant Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, U.K.
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- Institute of Chemical Biology, Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, U.K
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- School of Chemistry, Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, U.K
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Freitas MO, Francisco T, Rodrigues TA, Lismont C, Domingues P, Pinto MP, Grou CP, Fransen M, Azevedo JE. The peroxisomal protein import machinery displays a preference for monomeric substrates. Open Biol 2016; 5:140236. [PMID: 25854684 PMCID: PMC4422123 DOI: 10.1098/rsob.140236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Peroxisomal matrix proteins are synthesized on cytosolic ribosomes and transported by the shuttling receptor PEX5 to the peroxisomal membrane docking/translocation machinery, where they are translocated into the organelle matrix. Under certain experimental conditions this protein import machinery has the remarkable capacity to accept already oligomerized proteins, a property that has heavily influenced current models on the mechanism of peroxisomal protein import. However, whether or not oligomeric proteins are really the best and most frequent clients of this machinery remain unclear. In this work, we present three lines of evidence suggesting that the peroxisomal import machinery displays a preference for monomeric proteins. First, in agreement with previous findings on catalase, we show that PEX5 binds newly synthesized (monomeric) acyl-CoA oxidase 1 (ACOX1) and urate oxidase (UOX), potently inhibiting their oligomerization. Second, in vitro import experiments suggest that monomeric ACOX1 and UOX are better peroxisomal import substrates than the corresponding oligomeric forms. Finally, we provide data strongly suggesting that although ACOX1 lacking a peroxisomal targeting signal can be imported into peroxisomes when co-expressed with ACOX1 containing its targeting signal, this import pathway is inefficient.
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- Marta O Freitas
- Organelle Biogenesis and Function Group, Instituto de Biologia Celular e Molecular (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Organelle Biogenesis and Function Group, Instituto de Biologia Celular e Molecular (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Organelle Biogenesis and Function Group, Instituto de Biologia Celular e Molecular (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (ICBAS), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Departement Cellulaire en Moleculaire Geneeskunde, KU Leuven-Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Departamento de Química, Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Organelle Biogenesis and Function Group, Instituto de Biologia Celular e Molecular (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Organelle Biogenesis and Function Group, Instituto de Biologia Celular e Molecular (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Departement Cellulaire en Moleculaire Geneeskunde, KU Leuven-Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Organelle Biogenesis and Function Group, Instituto de Biologia Celular e Molecular (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (ICBAS), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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Bhogal MS, Lanyon-Hogg T, Johnston KA, Warriner SL, Baker A. Covalent Label Transfer between Peroxisomal Importomer Components Reveals Export-driven Import Interactions. J Biol Chem 2015; 291:2460-8. [PMID: 26567336 PMCID: PMC4732227 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.686501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Peroxisomes are vital metabolic organelles found in almost all eukaryotic organisms, and they rely exclusively on import of their matrix protein content from the cytosol. In vitro import of proteins into isolated peroxisomal fractions has provided a wealth of knowledge on the import process. However, the common method of protease protection garnered no information on the import of an N-terminally truncated PEX5 (PEX5C) receptor construct or peroxisomal malate dehydrogenase 1 (pMDH1) cargo protein into sunflower peroxisomes because of high degrees of protease susceptibility or resistance, respectively. Here we present a means for analysis of in vitro import through a covalent biotin label transfer and employ this method to the import of PEX5C. Label transfer demonstrates that the PEX5C construct is monomeric under the conditions of the import assay. This technique was capable of identifying the PEX5-PEX14 interaction as the first interaction of the import process through competition experiments. Labeling of the peroxisomal protein import machinery by PEX5C demonstrated that this interaction was independent of added cargo protein, and, strikingly, the interaction between PEX5C and the import machinery was shown to be ATP-dependent. These important mechanistic insights highlight the power of label transfer in studying interactions, rather than proteins, of interest and demonstrate that this technique should be applied to future studies of peroxisomal in vitro import.
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- Moninder S Bhogal
- From the Centre for Plant Sciences and School of Molecular and Cellular Biology and
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- From the Centre for Plant Sciences and School of Molecular and Cellular Biology and School of Chemistry and Astbury Centre, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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- From the Centre for Plant Sciences and School of Molecular and Cellular Biology and
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- School of Chemistry and Astbury Centre, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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- From the Centre for Plant Sciences and School of Molecular and Cellular Biology and
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De Munter S, Verheijden S, Régal L, Baes M. Peroxisomal Disorders: A Review on Cerebellar Pathologies. Brain Pathol 2015; 25:663-78. [PMID: 26201894 PMCID: PMC8029412 DOI: 10.1111/bpa.12290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2015] [Accepted: 07/13/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Peroxisomes are organelles with diverse metabolic tasks including essential roles in lipid metabolism. They are of utmost importance for the normal functioning of the nervous system as most peroxisomal disorders are accompanied with neurological symptoms. Remarkably, the cerebellum exquisitely depends on intact peroxisomal function both during development and adulthood. In this review, we cover all aspects of cerebellar pathology that were reported in peroxisome biogenesis disorders and in diseases caused by dysfunction of the peroxisomal α-oxidation, β-oxidation or ether lipid synthesis pathways. We also discuss the phenotypes of mouse models in which cerebellar pathologies were recapitulated and search for connections with the metabolic abnormalities. It becomes increasingly clear that besides the most severe forms of peroxisome dysfunction that are associated with developmental cerebellar defects, milder impairments can give rise to ataxia later in life.
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- Stephanie De Munter
- Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, Cell MetabolismKU Leuven—University of LeuvenB‐3000LeuvenBelgium
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental MedicineTARGIDKU Leuven—University of LeuvenB‐3000LeuvenBelgium
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology and Metabolic DisordersUZ Brussel—University Hospital Brussels1000BrusselsBelgium
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, Cell MetabolismKU Leuven—University of LeuvenB‐3000LeuvenBelgium
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Schrader M, Costello JL, Godinho LF, Azadi AS, Islinger M. Proliferation and fission of peroxisomes - An update. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2015; 1863:971-83. [PMID: 26409486 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2015.09.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2015] [Revised: 09/16/2015] [Accepted: 09/21/2015] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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In mammals, peroxisomes perform crucial functions in cellular metabolism, signalling and viral defense which are essential to the health and viability of the organism. In order to achieve this functional versatility peroxisomes dynamically respond to molecular cues triggered by changes in the cellular environment. Such changes elicit a corresponding response in peroxisomes, which manifests itself as a change in peroxisome number, altered enzyme levels and adaptations to the peroxisomal structure. In mammals the generation of new peroxisomes is a complex process which has clear analogies to mitochondria, with both sharing the same division machinery and undergoing a similar division process. How the regulation of this division process is integrated into the cell's response to different stimuli, the signalling pathways and factors involved, remains somewhat unclear. Here, we discuss the mechanism of peroxisomal fission, the contributions of the various division factors and examine the potential impact of post-translational modifications, such as phosphorylation, on the proliferation process. We also summarize the signalling process and highlight the most recent data linking signalling pathways with peroxisome proliferation.
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- Michael Schrader
- College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Biosciences, University of Exeter, EX4 4QJ, Exeter Devon, UK; Centre for Cell Biology, Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal.
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- College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Biosciences, University of Exeter, EX4 4QJ, Exeter Devon, UK
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- Centre for Cell Biology, Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
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- College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Biosciences, University of Exeter, EX4 4QJ, Exeter Devon, UK
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- Neuroanatomy, Center for Biomedicine and Medical Technology Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, 68167 Mannheim, 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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Grou CP, Pinto MP, Mendes AV, Domingues P, Azevedo JE. The de novo synthesis of ubiquitin: identification of deubiquitinases acting on ubiquitin precursors. Sci Rep 2015; 5:12836. [PMID: 26235645 PMCID: PMC4522658 DOI: 10.1038/srep12836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2014] [Accepted: 07/09/2015] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Protein ubiquitination, a major post-translational modification in eukaryotes, requires an adequate pool of free ubiquitin. Cells maintain this pool by two pathways, both involving deubiquitinases (DUBs): recycling of ubiquitin from ubiquitin conjugates and processing of ubiquitin precursors synthesized de novo. Although many advances have been made in recent years regarding ubiquitin recycling, our knowledge on ubiquitin precursor processing is still limited, and questions such as when are these precursors processed and which DUBs are involved remain largely unanswered. Here we provide data suggesting that two of the four mammalian ubiquitin precursors, UBA52 and UBA80, are processed mostly post-translationally whereas the other two, UBB and UBC, probably undergo a combination of co- and post-translational processing. Using an unbiased biochemical approach we found that UCHL3, USP9X, USP7, USP5 and Otulin/Gumby/FAM105b are by far the most active DUBs acting on these precursors. The identification of these DUBs together with their properties suggests that each ubiquitin precursor can be processed in at least two different manners, explaining the robustness of the ubiquitin de novo synthesis pathway.
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- Cláudia P Grou
- 1] Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S), Universidade do Porto, Portugal [2] Organelle Biogenesis and Function Group, Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre 823, 4150-180 Porto, Portugal
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- 1] Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S), Universidade do Porto, Portugal [2] Organelle Biogenesis and Function Group, Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre 823, 4150-180 Porto, Portugal
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- 1] Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S), Universidade do Porto, Portugal [2] Organelle Biogenesis and Function Group, Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre 823, 4150-180 Porto, Portugal
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- Mass Spectrometry Centre, UI-QOPNA, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- 1] Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S), Universidade do Porto, Portugal [2] Organelle Biogenesis and Function Group, Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre 823, 4150-180 Porto, Portugal [3] Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (ICBAS), Universidade do Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal
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Revisiting the intraperoxisomal pathway of mammalian PEX7. Sci Rep 2015; 5:11806. [PMID: 26138649 PMCID: PMC4490337 DOI: 10.1038/srep11806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2015] [Accepted: 06/08/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Newly synthesized peroxisomal proteins containing a cleavable type 2 targeting signal (PTS2) are transported to the peroxisome by a cytosolic PEX5-PEX7 complex. There, the trimeric complex becomes inserted into the peroxisomal membrane docking/translocation machinery (DTM), a step that leads to the translocation of the cargo into the organelle matrix. Previous work suggests that PEX5 is retained at the DTM during all the steps occurring at the peroxisome but whether the same applies to PEX7 was unknown. By subjecting different pre-assembled trimeric PEX5-PEX7-PTS2 complexes to in vitro co-import/export assays we found that the export competence of peroxisomal PEX7 is largely determined by the PEX5 molecule that transported it to the peroxisome. This finding suggests that PEX7 is also retained at the DTM during the peroxisomal steps and implies that cargo proteins are released into the organelle matrix by DTM-embedded PEX7. The release step does not depend on PTS2 cleavage. Rather, our data suggest that insertion of the trimeric PEX5-PEX7-PTS2 protein complex into the DTM is probably accompanied by conformational alterations in PEX5 to allow release of the PTS2 protein into the organelle matrix.
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Mesa-Torres N, Tomic N, Albert A, Salido E, Pey AL. Molecular recognition of PTS-1 cargo proteins by Pex5p: implications for protein mistargeting in primary hyperoxaluria. Biomolecules 2015; 5:121-41. [PMID: 25689234 PMCID: PMC4384115 DOI: 10.3390/biom5010121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2014] [Accepted: 02/05/2015] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Peroxisomal biogenesis and function critically depends on the import of cytosolic proteins carrying a PTS1 sequence into this organelle upon interaction with the peroxin Pex5p. Recent structural studies have provided important insights into the molecular recognition of cargo proteins by Pex5p. Peroxisomal import is a key feature in the pathogenesis of primary hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH1), where alanine:glyoxylate aminotransferase (AGT) undergoes mitochondrial mistargeting in about a third of patients. Here, we study the molecular recognition of PTS1 cargo proteins by Pex5p using oligopeptides and AGT variants bearing different natural PTS1 sequences, and employing an array of biophysical, computational and cell biology techniques. Changes in affinity for Pex5p (spanning over 3–4 orders of magnitude) reflect different thermodynamic signatures, but overall bury similar amounts of molecular surface. Structure/energetic analyses provide information on the contribution of ancillary regions and the conformational changes induced in Pex5p and the PTS1 cargo upon complex formation. Pex5p stability in vitro is enhanced upon cargo binding according to their binding affinities. Moreover, we provide evidence that the rational modulation of the AGT: Pex5p binding affinity might be useful tools to investigate mistargeting and misfolding in PH1 by pulling the folding equilibria towards the native and peroxisomal import competent state.
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- Noel Mesa-Torres
- Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Granada, Av. Fuentenueva s/n, 18071 Granada, Spain.
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- Center for Biomedical Research on Rare Diseases (CIBERER), University Hospital of the Canary Islands and CIBICAN, University of La Laguna, 38320 Tenerife, Spain.
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- Departamento de Cristalografía y Biología Estructural, Instituto de Química-Física "Rocasolano", Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, C/Serrano 119, 28006 Madrid, Spain.
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- Center for Biomedical Research on Rare Diseases (CIBERER), University Hospital of the Canary Islands and CIBICAN, University of La Laguna, 38320 Tenerife, Spain.
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Granada, Av. Fuentenueva s/n, 18071 Granada, Spain.
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Skoulding NS, Chowdhary G, Deus MJ, Baker A, Reumann S, Warriner SL. Experimental validation of plant peroxisomal targeting prediction algorithms by systematic comparison of in vivo import efficiency and in vitro PTS1 binding affinity. J Mol Biol 2014; 427:1085-101. [PMID: 25498386 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2014.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2014] [Revised: 10/30/2014] [Accepted: 12/04/2014] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Most peroxisomal matrix proteins possess a C-terminal targeting signal type 1 (PTS1). Accurate prediction of functional PTS1 sequences and their relative strength by computational methods is essential for determination of peroxisomal proteomes in silico but has proved challenging due to high levels of sequence variability of non-canonical targeting signals, particularly in higher plants, and low levels of availability of experimentally validated non-canonical examples. In this study, in silico predictions were compared with in vivo targeting analyses and in vitro thermodynamic binding of mutated variants within the context of one model targeting sequence. There was broad agreement between the methods for entire PTS1 domains and position-specific single amino acid residues, including residues upstream of the PTS1 tripeptide. The hierarchy Leu>Met>Ile>Val at the C-terminal position was determined for all methods but both experimental approaches suggest that Tyr is underweighted in the prediction algorithm due to the absence of this residue in the positive training dataset. A combination of methods better defines the score range that discriminates a functional PTS1. In vitro binding to the PEX5 receptor could discriminate among strong targeting signals while in vivo targeting assays were more sensitive, allowing detection of weak functional import signals that were below the limit of detection in the binding assay. Together, the data provide a comprehensive assessment of the factors driving PTS1 efficacy and provide a framework for the more quantitative assessment of the protein import pathway in higher plants.
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- Nicola S Skoulding
- School of Chemistry and the Astbury Centre, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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- Centre for Organelle Research, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Stavanger, Richard Johansens Gate 4, N-4021 Stavanger, Norway; KIIT School of Biotechnology, Campus XI, KIIT University, I-751024 Bhubaneswar, India
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- Centre for Organelle Research, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Stavanger, Richard Johansens Gate 4, N-4021 Stavanger, Norway
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- Centre for Plant Sciences, School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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- Centre for Organelle Research, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Stavanger, Richard Johansens Gate 4, N-4021 Stavanger, Norway; Department of Biology, Biocentre Klein Flottbek, University of Hamburg, D-22609 Hamburg, Germany
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- School of Chemistry and the Astbury Centre, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK.
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Baker A, Paudyal R. The life of the peroxisome: from birth to death. CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 2014; 22:39-47. [PMID: 25261594 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2014.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2014] [Revised: 07/24/2014] [Accepted: 09/05/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Peroxisomes are dynamic and metabolically plastic organelles. Their multiplicity of functions impacts on many aspects of plant development and survival. New functions for plant peroxisomes such as in the synthesis of biotin, ubiquinone and phylloquinone are being uncovered and their role in generating reactive oxygen species (ROS) and reactive nitrogen species (RNS) as signalling hubs in defence and development is becoming appreciated. Understanding of the biogenesis of peroxisomes, mechanisms of import and turnover of their protein complement, and the wholesale destruction of the organelle by specific autophagic processes is giving new insight into the ways that plants can adjust peroxisome function in response to changing needs.
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- Alison Baker
- Centre for Plant Sciences, School of Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK.
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- Centre for Plant Sciences, School of Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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