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Amberg KL, Hao L, Cranz-Mileva S, Zaratiegui M. Proteasome regulation of petite-negativity in fission yeast. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.05.09.593392. [PMID: 38798546 PMCID: PMC11118472 DOI: 10.1101/2024.05.09.593392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2024]
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Mitochondria carry out essential functions in eukaryotic cells. The mitochondrial genome encodes factors critical to support oxidative phosphorylation and mitochondrial protein import necessary for these functions. However, organisms like budding yeast can readily lose their mitochondrial genome, yielding respiration-deficient petite mutants. The fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe is petite-negative, but some nuclear mutations enable the loss of its mitochondrial genome. Here, we characterize the classical petite-positive mutation ptp1-1 as a loss of function allele of the proteasome 19S regulatory subunit component mts4/rpn1, involved in the Ubiquitin-dependent degradation pathway. The mutation results in an altered oxidative stress response, with increased levels of oxidized glutathione, and increased levels of mitochondrial and cytoplasmic chaperones. We propose that Ubiquitin-proteasome regulation of chaperones involved in the Unfolded Protein Response and mitochondrial protein import underlies petite-negativity in fission yeast.
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- Katie Lin Amberg
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Division of Life Sciences Rutgers, the State University of new Jersey
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Division of Life Sciences Rutgers, the State University of new Jersey
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Division of Life Sciences Rutgers, the State University of new Jersey
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Division of Life Sciences Rutgers, the State University of new Jersey
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Jacobs LJHC, Riemer J. Maintenance of small molecule redox homeostasis in mitochondria. FEBS Lett 2023; 597:205-223. [PMID: 36030088 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.14485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2022] [Revised: 08/18/2022] [Accepted: 08/21/2022] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Compartmentalisation of eukaryotic cells enables fundamental otherwise often incompatible cellular processes. Establishment and maintenance of distinct compartments in the cell relies not only on proteins, lipids and metabolites but also on small redox molecules. In particular, small redox molecules such as glutathione, NAD(P)H and hydrogen peroxide (H2 O2 ) cooperate with protein partners in dedicated machineries to establish specific subcellular redox compartments with conditions that enable oxidative protein folding and redox signalling. Dysregulated redox homeostasis has been directly linked with a number of diseases including cancer, neurological disorders, cardiovascular diseases, obesity, metabolic diseases and ageing. In this review, we will summarise mechanisms regulating establishment and maintenance of redox homeostasis in the mitochondrial subcompartments of mammalian cells.
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- Lianne J H C Jacobs
- Institute for Biochemistry and Center of Excellence for Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Germany
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- Institute for Biochemistry and Center of Excellence for Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Germany
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The interplay between oxidative stress and bioenergetic failure in neuropsychiatric illnesses: can we explain it and can we treat it? Mol Biol Rep 2020; 47:5587-5620. [PMID: 32564227 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-020-05590-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2020] [Accepted: 06/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Nitro-oxidative stress and lowered antioxidant defences play a key role in neuropsychiatric disorders such as major depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. The first part of this paper details mitochondrial antioxidant mechanisms and their importance in reactive oxygen species (ROS) detoxification, including details of NO networks, the roles of H2O2 and the thioredoxin/peroxiredoxin system, and the relationship between mitochondrial respiration and NADPH production. The second part highlights and identifies the causes of the multiple pathological sequelae arising from self-amplifying increases in mitochondrial ROS production and bioenergetic failure. Particular attention is paid to NAD+ depletion as a core cause of pathology; detrimental effects of raised ROS and reactive nitrogen species on ATP and NADPH generation; detrimental effects of oxidative and nitrosative stress on the glutathione and thioredoxin systems; and the NAD+-induced signalling cascade, including the roles of SIRT1, SIRT3, PGC-1α, the FOXO family of transcription factors, Nrf1 and Nrf2. The third part discusses proposed therapeutic interventions aimed at mitigating such pathology, including the use of the NAD+ precursors nicotinamide mononucleotide and nicotinamide riboside, both of which rapidly elevate levels of NAD+ in the brain and periphery following oral administration; coenzyme Q10 which, when given with the aim of improving mitochondrial function and reducing nitro-oxidative stress in the brain, may be administered via the use of mitoquinone, which is in essence ubiquinone with an attached triphenylphosphonium cation; and N-acetylcysteine, which is associated with improved mitochondrial function in the brain and produces significant decreases in oxidative and nitrosative stress in a dose-dependent manner.
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Ceh-Pavia E, Tang X, Liu Y, Heyes DJ, Zhao B, Xiao P, Lu H. Redox characterisation of Erv1, a key component for protein import and folding in yeast mitochondria. FEBS J 2019; 287:2281-2291. [PMID: 31713999 PMCID: PMC7318334 DOI: 10.1111/febs.15136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2019] [Revised: 10/08/2019] [Accepted: 11/10/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The mitochondrial import and assembly (MIA) pathway plays a vitally important role in import and oxidative folding of mitochondrial proteins. Erv1, a member of the FAD-dependent Erv1/ALR disulphide bond generating enzyme family, is a key player of the MIA pathway. Although considerable progress has been made, the molecular mechanism of electron transfer within Erv1 is still not fully understood. The reduction potentials of the three redox centres were previously determined to be -320 mV for the shuttle disulphide, -150 mV for the active-site disulphide and -215 mV for FAD cofactor. However, it is unknown why FAD of Erv1 has such a low potential compared with other sulfhydryl oxidases, and why the shuttle disulphide has a potential as low as many of the stable structural disulphides of the substrates of MIA pathway. In this study, the three reduction potentials of Erv1 were reassessed using the wild-type and inactive mutants of Erv1 under anaerobic conditions. Our results show that the standard potentials for the shuttle and active-site disulphides are approximately -250 mV and -215 ~ -260 mV, respectively, and the potential for FAD cofactor is -148 mV. Our results support a model that both disulphide bonds are redox-active, and electron flow in Erv1 is thermodynamically favourable. Furthermore, the redox behaviour of Erv1 was confirmed, for the first time using Mia40, the physiological electron donor of Erv1. Together with previous studies on proteins of MIA pathway, we conclude that electron flow in the MIA pathway is a thermodynamically favourable, smoothly downhill process for all steps. DATABASE: Erv1: EC 1.8.3.2.
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- Efrain Ceh-Pavia
- Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, UK
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- Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, UK.,School of Materials, University of Manchester, UK
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, University of Manchester, UK
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- School of Materials, University of Manchester, UK
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- Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, UK
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Tang X, Ang SK, Ceh-Pavia E, Heyes DJ, Lu H. Kinetic characterisation of Erv1, a key component for protein import and folding in yeast mitochondria. FEBS J 2019; 287:1220-1231. [PMID: 31569302 PMCID: PMC7155059 DOI: 10.1111/febs.15077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2019] [Revised: 08/22/2019] [Accepted: 09/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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Yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) essential for respiration and viability 1 (Erv1; EC number http://www.chem.qmul.ac.uk/iubmb/enzyme/1/8/3/2.html), a member of the flavin adenine dinucleotide‐dependent Erv1/ALR disulphide bond generating enzyme family, works together with Mia40 to catalyse protein import and oxidative folding in the mitochondrial intermembrane space. Erv1/ALR functions either as an oxidase or cytochrome c reductase by passing electrons from a thiol substrate to molecular oxygen (O2) or cytochrome c, respectively. However, the substrate specificity for oxygen and cytochrome c is not fully understood. In this study, the oxidase and cytochrome c reductase kinetics of yeast Erv1 were investigated in detail, under aerobic and anaerobic conditions, using stopped‐flow absorption spectroscopy and oxygen consumption analysis. Using DTT as an electron donor, our results show that cytochrome c is ~ 7‐ to 15‐fold more efficient than O2 as electron acceptors for yeast Erv1, and that O2 is a competitive inhibitor of Erv1 cytochrome c reductase activity. In addition, Mia40, the physiological thiol substrate of Erv1, was used as an electron donor for Erv1 in a detailed enzyme kinetic study. Different enzyme kinetic kcat and Km values were obtained with Mia40 compared to DTT, suggesting that Mia40 modulates Erv1 enzyme kinetics. Taken together, this study shows that Erv1 is a moderately active enzyme with the ability to use both O2 and cytochrome c as the electron acceptors, indicating that Erv1 contributes to mitochondrial hydrogen peroxide production. Our results also suggest that Mia40‐Erv1 system may involve in regulation of the redox state of glutathione in the mitochondrial intermembrane space. Erv1 EC number http://www.chem.qmul.ac.uk/iubmb/enzyme/1/8/3/2.html.
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- Xiaofan Tang
- School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, UK.,School of Materials, University of Manchester, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, UK
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, University of Manchester, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, UK
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Backes S, Herrmann JM. Protein Translocation into the Intermembrane Space and Matrix of Mitochondria: Mechanisms and Driving Forces. Front Mol Biosci 2017; 4:83. [PMID: 29270408 PMCID: PMC5725982 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2017.00083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2017] [Accepted: 11/24/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Mitochondria contain two aqueous subcompartments, the matrix and the intermembrane space (IMS). The matrix is enclosed by both the inner and outer mitochondrial membranes, whilst the IMS is sandwiched between the two. Proteins of the matrix are synthesized in the cytosol as preproteins, which contain amino-terminal matrix targeting sequences that mediate their translocation through translocases embedded in the outer and inner membrane. For these proteins, the translocation reaction is driven by the import motor which is part of the inner membrane translocase. The import motor employs matrix Hsp70 molecules and ATP hydrolysis to ratchet proteins into the mitochondrial matrix. Most IMS proteins lack presequences and instead utilize the IMS receptor Mia40, which facilitates their translocation across the outer membrane in a reaction that is coupled to the formation of disulfide bonds within the protein. This process requires neither ATP nor the mitochondrial membrane potential. Mia40 fulfills two roles: First, it acts as a holdase, which is crucial in the import of IMS proteins and second, it functions as a foldase, introducing disulfide bonds into newly imported proteins, which induces and stabilizes their natively folded state. For several Mia40 substrates, oxidative folding is an essential prerequisite for their assembly into oligomeric complexes. Interestingly, recent studies have shown that the two functions of Mia40 can be experimentally separated from each other by the use of specific mutants, hence providing a powerful new way to dissect the different physiological roles of Mia40. In this review we summarize the current knowledge relating to the mitochondrial matrix-targeting and the IMS-targeting/Mia40 pathway. Moreover, we discuss the mechanistic properties by which the mitochondrial import motor on the one hand and Mia40 on the other, drive the translocation of their substrates into the organelle. We propose that the lateral diffusion of Mia40 in the inner membrane and the oxidation-mediated folding of incoming polypeptides supports IMS import.
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- Sandra Backes
- Cell Biology, University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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Mitochondrial Tim9 protects Tim10 from degradation by the protease Yme1. Biosci Rep 2015; 35:BSR20150038. [PMID: 26182355 PMCID: PMC4438305 DOI: 10.1042/bsr20150038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2015] [Accepted: 02/19/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Translocase of IM (inner membrane; Tim)9 and Tim10 are essential homologue proteins of the mitochondrial intermembrane space (IMS) and form a stable hexameric Tim9-Tim10 complex there. Redox-switch of the four conserved cysteine residues plays a key role during the biogenesis of these proteins and, in turn, the Tim proteins play a vital chaperone-like role during import of mitochondrial membrane proteins. However, the functional mechanism of the small Tim chaperones is far from solved and it is unclear whether the individual proteins play specific roles or the complex functions as a single unit. In the present study, we examined the requirement and role for the individual disulfide bonds of Tim9 on cell viability, complex formation and stability using yeast genetic, biochemical and biophysical methods. Loss of the Tim9 inner disulfide bond led to a temperature-sensitive phenotype and degradation of both Tim9 and Tim10. The growth phenotype could be suppressed by deletion of the mitochondrial i-AAA (ATPases associated with diverse cellular activities) protease Yme1, and this correlates strongly with stabilization of the Tim10 protein regardless of Tim9 levels. Formation of both disulfide bonds is not essential for Tim9 function, but it can facilitate the formation and improve the stability of the hexameric Tim9-Tim10 complex. Furthermore, our results suggest that the primary function of Tim9 is to protect Tim10 from degradation by Yme1 via assembly into the Tim9-Tim10 complex. We propose that Tim10, rather than the hexameric Tim9-Tim10 complex, is the functional form of these proteins.
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Protein redox regulation in the thylakoid lumen: the importance of disulfide bonds for violaxanthin de-epoxidase. FEBS Lett 2015; 589:919-23. [PMID: 25747136 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2015.02.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2015] [Revised: 02/23/2015] [Accepted: 02/26/2015] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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When exposed to saturating light conditions photosynthetic eukaryotes activate the xanthophyll cycle where the carotenoid violaxanthin is converted into zeaxanthin by the enzyme violaxanthin de-epoxidase (VDE). VDE protein sequence includes 13 cysteine residues, 12 of which are strongly conserved in both land plants and algae. Site directed mutagenesis of Arabidopsis thaliana VDE showed that all these 12 conserved cysteines have a major role in protein function and their mutation leads to a strong reduction of activity. VDE is also shown to be active in its completely oxidized form presenting six disulfide bonds. Redox titration showed that VDE activity is sensitive to variation in redox potential, suggesting the possibility that dithiol/disulfide exchange reactions may represent a mechanism for VDE regulation.
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The disease-associated mutation of the mitochondrial thiol oxidase Erv1 impairs cofactor binding during its catalytic reaction. Biochem J 2014; 464:449-59. [DOI: 10.1042/bj20140679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Erv1 is a mitochondrial FAD-dependent thiol oxidase. We show that the Erv1 R182H mutant impairs cofactor binding to its catalytic intermediates, providing a model for molecular basis of the functional defect of the disease-associated mutation.
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Mitochondrial thiol oxidase Erv1: both shuttle cysteine residues are required for its function with distinct roles. Biochem J 2014; 460:199-210. [PMID: 24625320 PMCID: PMC4019985 DOI: 10.1042/bj20131540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Erv1 (essential for respiration and viability 1), is an essential component of the MIA (mitochondrial import and assembly) pathway, playing an important role in the oxidative folding of mitochondrial intermembrane space proteins. In the MIA pathway, Mia40, a thiol oxidoreductase with a CPC motif at its active site, oxidizes newly imported substrate proteins. Erv1 a FAD-dependent thiol oxidase, in turn reoxidizes Mia40 via its N-terminal Cys30–Cys33 shuttle disulfide. However, it is unclear how the two shuttle cysteine residues of Erv1 relay electrons from the Mia40 CPC motif to the Erv1 active-site Cys130–Cys133 disulfide. In the present study, using yeast genetic approaches we showed that both shuttle cysteine residues of Erv1 are required for cell growth. In organelle and in vitro studies confirmed that both shuttle cysteine residues were indeed required for import of MIA pathway substrates and Erv1 enzyme function to oxidize Mia40. Furthermore, our results revealed that the two shuttle cysteine residues of Erv1 are functionally distinct. Although Cys33 is essential for forming the intermediate disulfide Cys33–Cys130′ and transferring electrons to the redox active-site directly, Cys30 plays two important roles: (i) dominantly interacts and receives electrons from the Mia40 CPC motif; and (ii) resolves the Erv1 Cys33–Cys130 intermediate disulfide. Taken together, we conclude that both shuttle cysteine residues are required for Erv1 function, and play complementary, but distinct, roles to ensure rapid turnover of active Erv1. Erv1 is a sulfydryl oxidase, an essential component of mitochondrial MIA pathway. The present study shows that both shuttle cysteine residues of Erv1 are required for its function, they play complementary, but distinct, roles to ensure rapid turnover of active enzyme.
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Fraga H, Bech-Serra JJ, Canals F, Ortega G, Millet O, Ventura S. The mitochondrial intermembrane space oxireductase Mia40 funnels the oxidative folding pathway of the cytochrome c oxidase assembly protein Cox19. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:9852-64. [PMID: 24569988 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.553479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Mia40-catalyzed disulfide formation drives the import of many proteins into the mitochondria. Here we characterize the oxidative folding of Cox19, a twin CX9C Mia40 substrate. Cox19 oxidation is extremely slow, explaining the persistence of import-competent reduced species in the cytosol. Mia40 accelerates Cox19 folding through the specific recognition of the third Cys in the second helical CX9C motif and the subsequent oxidation of the inner disulfide bond. This renders a native-like intermediate that oxidizes in a slow uncatalyzed reaction into native Cox19. The same intermediate dominates the pathway in the absence of Mia40, and chemical induction of an α-helical structure by trifluoroethanol suffices to accelerate productive folding and mimic the Mia40 folding template mechanism. The Mia40 role is to funnel a rough folding landscape, skipping the accumulation of kinetic traps, providing a rationale for the promiscuity of Mia40.
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- Hugo Fraga
- From the Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina and
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The mitochondrial disulfide relay system: roles in oxidative protein folding and beyond. Int J Cell Biol 2013; 2013:742923. [PMID: 24348563 PMCID: PMC3848088 DOI: 10.1155/2013/742923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2013] [Accepted: 10/01/2013] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Disulfide bond formation drives protein import of most proteins of the mitochondrial intermembrane space (IMS). The main components of this disulfide relay machinery are the oxidoreductase Mia40 and the sulfhydryl oxidase Erv1/ALR. Their precise functions have been elucidated in molecular detail for the yeast and human enzymes in vitro and in intact cells. However, we still lack knowledge on how Mia40 and Erv1/ALR impact cellular and organism physiology and whether they have functions beyond their role in disulfide bond formation. Here we summarize the principles of oxidation-dependent protein import mediated by the mitochondrial disulfide relay. We proceed by discussing recently described functions of Mia40 in the hypoxia response and of ALR in influencing mitochondrial morphology and its importance for tissue development and embryogenesis. We also include a discussion of the still mysterious function of Erv1/ALR in liver regeneration.
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Identification and characterization of mitochondrial Mia40 as an iron–sulfur protein. Biochem J 2013; 455:27-35. [DOI: 10.1042/bj20130442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Mia40 is a highly conserved mitochondrial protein playing an essential role during biogenesis of mitochondrial proteins. Here we show that Mia40 is a novel iron–sulfur protein that binds a [2Fe–2S] cluster in a dimer form with its CPC motifs.
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Ceh-Pavia E, Spiller MP, Lu H. Folding and biogenesis of mitochondrial small Tim proteins. Int J Mol Sci 2013; 14:16685-705. [PMID: 23945562 PMCID: PMC3759932 DOI: 10.3390/ijms140816685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2013] [Revised: 08/01/2013] [Accepted: 08/07/2013] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Correct and timely folding is critical to the function of all proteins. The importance of this is illustrated in the biogenesis of the mitochondrial intermembrane space (IMS) “small Tim” proteins. Biogenesis of the small Tim proteins is regulated by dedicated systems or pathways, beginning with synthesis in the cytosol and ending with assembly of individually folded proteins into functional complexes in the mitochondrial IMS. The process is mostly centered on regulating the redox states of the conserved cysteine residues: oxidative folding is crucial for protein function in the IMS, but oxidized (disulfide bonded) proteins cannot be imported into mitochondria. How the redox-sensitive small Tim precursor proteins are maintained in a reduced, import-competent form in the cytosol is not well understood. Recent studies suggest that zinc and the cytosolic thioredoxin system play a role in the biogenesis of these proteins. In the IMS, the mitochondrial import and assembly (MIA) pathway catalyzes both import into the IMS and oxidative folding of the small Tim proteins. Finally, assembly of the small Tim complexes is a multistep process driven by electrostatic and hydrophobic interactions; however, the chaperone function of the complex might require destabilization of these interactions to accommodate the substrate. Here, we review how folding of the small Tim proteins is regulated during their biogenesis, from maintenance of the unfolded precursors in the cytosol, to their import, oxidative folding, complex assembly and function in the IMS.
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- Efrain Ceh-Pavia
- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
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Cytosolic thioredoxin system facilitates the import of mitochondrial small Tim proteins. EMBO Rep 2012; 13:916-22. [PMID: 22878414 DOI: 10.1038/embor.2012.116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2012] [Revised: 07/05/2012] [Accepted: 07/13/2012] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Thiol-disulphide redox regulation has a key role during the biogenesis of mitochondrial intermembrane space (IMS) proteins. Only the Cys-reduced form of precursor proteins can be imported into mitochondria, which is followed by disulphide bond formation in the mitochondrial IMS. In contrast to the wealth of knowledge on the oxidation process inside mitochondria, little is known about how precursors are maintained in an import-competent form in the cytosol. Here we provide the first evidence that the cytosolic thioredoxin system is required to maintain the IMS small Tim proteins in reduced forms and facilitate their mitochondrial import during respiratory growth.
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Herrmann JM, Riemer J. Mitochondrial disulfide relay: redox-regulated protein import into the intermembrane space. J Biol Chem 2011; 287:4426-33. [PMID: 22157015 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.r111.270678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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99% of all mitochondrial proteins are synthesized in the cytosol, from where they are imported into mitochondria. In contrast to matrix proteins, many proteins of the intermembrane space (IMS) lack presequences and are imported in an oxidation-driven reaction by the mitochondrial disulfide relay. Incoming polypeptides are recognized and oxidized by the IMS-located receptor Mia40. Reoxidation of Mia40 is facilitated by the sulfhydryl oxidase Erv1 and the respiratory chain. Although structurally unrelated, the mitochondrial disulfide relay functionally resembles the Dsb (disufide bond) system of the bacterial periplasm, the compartment from which the IMS was derived 2 billion years ago.
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- Johannes M Herrmann
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Kaiserslautern, Erwin-Schrödinger-Strasse 13, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany.
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Oxidation-driven protein import into mitochondria: Insights and blind spots. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2011; 1808:981-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2010.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2010] [Revised: 05/31/2010] [Accepted: 06/02/2010] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Tienson HL, Dabir DV, Neal SE, Loo R, Hasson SA, Boontheung P, Kim SK, Loo JA, Koehler CM. Reconstitution of the mia40-erv1 oxidative folding pathway for the small tim proteins. Mol Biol Cell 2009; 20:3481-90. [PMID: 19477928 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e08-10-1062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Mia40 and Erv1 execute a disulfide relay to import the small Tim proteins into the mitochondrial intermembrane space. Here, we have reconstituted the oxidative folding pathway in vitro with Tim13 as a substrate and determined the midpoint potentials of Mia40 and Tim13. Specifically, Mia40 served as a direct oxidant of Tim13, and Erv1 was required to reoxidize Mia40. During oxidation, four electrons were transferred from Tim13 with the insertion of two disulfide bonds in succession. The extent of Tim13 oxidation was directly dependent on Mia40 concentration and independent of Erv1 concentration. Characterization of the midpoint potentials showed that electrons flowed from Tim13 with a more negative midpoint potential of -310 mV via Mia40 with an intermediate midpoint potential of -290 mV to the C130-C133 pair of Erv1 with a positive midpoint potential of -150 mV. Intermediary complexes between Tim13-Mia40 and Mia40-Erv1 were trapped. Last, mutating C133 of the catalytic C130-C133 pair or C30 of the shuttle C30-C33 pair in Erv1 abolished oxidation of Tim13, whereas mutating the cysteines in the redox-active CPC motif, but not the structural disulfide linkages of the CX(9)C motif of Mia40, prevented Tim13 oxidation. Thus, we demonstrate that Mia40, Erv1, and oxygen are the minimal machinery for Tim13 oxidation.
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- Heather L Tienson
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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The coiled coil-helix-coiled coil-helix proteins may be redox proteins. FEBS Lett 2009; 583:1699-702. [PMID: 19345215 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2009.03.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2009] [Accepted: 03/27/2009] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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A number of nuclear encoded proteins are imported in to the intermembrane space of mitochondria where they adopt a coiled coil-helix-coiled coil-helix (CHCH) fold. Two disulfide bonds formed by twin CX(3)C or CX(9)C motifs stabilize this fold. Some of these proteins are also characterized at their N-termini by the presence of two additional cysteine residues which can perform oxidoreductase or metallochaperone functions or both. This fold represents the most 'minimal' oxidoreductase domain described so far.
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Morgan B, Ang SK, Yan G, Lu H. Zinc can play chaperone-like and inhibitor roles during import of mitochondrial small Tim proteins. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:6818-25. [PMID: 19117943 PMCID: PMC2652305 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m808691200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2008] [Revised: 12/30/2008] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Zinc is an essential cofactor required for the function of approximately 8% of the yeast and 10% of the human proteome. All of the "small Tim" proteins of the mitochondrial intermembrane space contain a strictly conserved "twin CX(3)C" zinc finger motif, which can bind zinc ions in the Cys-reduced form. We have shown previously that although disulfide bond formation is essential for the function of these proteins in mitochondria, only reduced proteins can be imported into mitochondria (Lu, H., Allen, S., Wardleworth, L., Savory, P., and Tokatlidis, K. (2004) J. Biol. Chem. 279, 18952-18958 and Morgan, B., and Lu, H. (2008) Biochem. J. 411, 115-122). However, the role of zinc during the import of these proteins is unclear. This study shows that the function of zinc is complex. It can play a thiol stabilizer role preventing oxidative folding of the small Tim proteins and maintaining the proteins in an import-competent form. On the other hand, zinc-bound forms cannot be imported into mitochondria efficiently. Furthermore, our results show that zinc is a powerful inhibitor of Erv1, an essential component of the import pathway used by the small Tim proteins. We propose that zinc plays a chaperone-like role in the cytosol during biogenesis of the small Tim proteins and that the proteins are imported into mitochondria through the apo-forms.
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- Bruce Morgan
- Faculty of Life Sciences, The University of Manchester, Michael Smith Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, United Kingdom
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Zhang Y, Lyver ER, Nakamaru-Ogiso E, Yoon H, Amutha B, Lee DW, Bi E, Ohnishi T, Daldal F, Pain D, Dancis A. Dre2, a conserved eukaryotic Fe/S cluster protein, functions in cytosolic Fe/S protein biogenesis. Mol Cell Biol 2008; 28:5569-82. [PMID: 18625724 PMCID: PMC2546940 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00642-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2008] [Revised: 05/23/2008] [Accepted: 07/02/2008] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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In a forward genetic screen for interaction with mitochondrial iron carrier proteins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, a hypomorphic mutation of the essential DRE2 gene was found to confer lethality when combined with Delta mrs3 and Delta mrs4. The dre2 mutant or Dre2-depleted cells were deficient in cytosolic Fe/S cluster protein activities while maintaining mitochondrial Fe/S clusters. The Dre2 amino acid sequence was evolutionarily conserved, and cysteine motifs (CX(2)CXC and twin CX(2)C) in human and yeast proteins were perfectly aligned. The human Dre2 homolog (implicated in blocking apoptosis and called CIAPIN1 or anamorsin) was able to complement the nonviability of a Deltadre2 deletion strain. The Dre2 protein with triple hemagglutinin tag was located in the cytoplasm and in the mitochondrial intermembrane space. Yeast Dre2 overexpressed and purified from bacteria was brown and exhibited signature absorption and electron paramagnetic resonance spectra, indicating the presence of both [2Fe-2S] and [4Fe-4S] clusters. Thus, Dre2 is an essential conserved Fe/S cluster protein implicated in extramitochondrial Fe/S cluster assembly, similar to other components of the so-called CIA (cytoplasmic Fe/S cluster assembly) pathway although partially localized to the mitochondrial intermembrane space.
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- Yan Zhang
- Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology-Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Hu J, Dong L, Outten CE. The redox environment in the mitochondrial intermembrane space is maintained separately from the cytosol and matrix. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:29126-34. [PMID: 18708636 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m803028200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 201] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Redox control in the mitochondrion is essential for the proper functioning of this organelle. Disruption of mitochondrial redox processes contributes to a host of human disorders, including cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, and aging. To better characterize redox control pathways in this organelle, we have targeted a green fluorescent protein-based redox sensor to the intermembrane space (IMS) and matrix of yeast mitochondria. This approach allows us to separately monitor the redox state of the matrix and the IMS, providing a more detailed picture of redox processes in these two compartments. To verify that the sensors respond to localized glutathione (GSH) redox changes, we have genetically manipulated the subcellular redox state using oxidized GSH (GSSG) reductase localization mutants. These studies indicate that redox control in the cytosol and matrix are maintained separately by cytosolic and mitochondrial isoforms of GSSG reductase. Our studies also demonstrate that the mitochondrial IMS is considerably more oxidizing than the cytosol and mitochondrial matrix and is not directly influenced by endogenous GSSG reductase activity. These redox measurements are used to predict the oxidation state of thiol-containing proteins that are imported into the IMS.
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- Jingjing Hu
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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Koehler CM, Tienson HL. Redox regulation of protein folding in the mitochondrial intermembrane space. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2008; 1793:139-45. [PMID: 18761382 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2008.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2008] [Revised: 08/01/2008] [Accepted: 08/06/2008] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Protein translocation pathways to the mitochondrial matrix and inner membrane have been well characterized. However, translocation into the intermembrane space, which was thought to be simply a modification of the traditional translocation pathways, is complex. The mechanism by which a subset of intermembrane space proteins, those with disulfide bonds, are translocated has been largely unknown until recently. Specifically, the intermembrane space proteins with disulfide bonds are imported via the mitochondrial intermembrane space assembly (MIA) pathway. Substrates are imported via a disulfide exchange relay with two components Mia40 and Erv1. This new breakthrough has resulted in novel concepts for assembly of proteins in the intermembrane space, suggesting that this compartment may be similar to that of the endoplasmic reticulum and the prokaryotic periplasm. As a better understanding of this pathway emerges, new paradigms for thiol-disulfide exchange mechanisms may be developed. Given that the intermembrane space is important for disease processes including apoptosis and neurodegeneration, new roles in regulation by oxidation-reduction chemistry seem likely to be relevant.
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- Carla M Koehler
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA, Box 951569, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1569, USA.
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Kawamata H, Manfredi G. Different regulation of wild-type and mutant Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase localization in mammalian mitochondria. Hum Mol Genet 2008; 17:3303-17. [PMID: 18703498 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddn226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The antioxidant enzyme Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD1) is predominantly localized in the cytosol, but it is also found in mitochondria. Studies in yeast suggest that apoSOD1 is imported into mitochondria and trapped inside by folding and maturation, which is facilitated by its copper chaperone for SOD1 (CCS). Here, we show that in mammalian cells, SOD1 mitochondrial localization is dictated by its folding state, which is modulated by several interconnected factors. First, the intracellular distribution of CCS determines SOD1 partitioning in cytosol and mitochondria: CCS localization in the cytosol prevents SOD1 mitochondrial import, whereas CCS in mitochondria increases it. Second, the Mia40/Erv1 pathway for import of small intermembrane space proteins participates in CCS mitochondrial import in a respiratory chain-dependent manner. Third, CCS mitochondrial import is regulated by oxygen concentration: high (20%) oxygen prevents import, whereas physiological (6%) oxygen promotes it. Therefore, SOD1 localization responds to changes in environmental conditions following redistribution of CCS, which operates as an oxygen sensor. Fourth, all of the cysteine residues in human SOD1 are critical for its retention in mitochondria due to their involvement in intramolecular disulfide bonds and in the interaction with CCS. Mutations in SOD1 are associated with autosomal dominant familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Like the wild-type protein, mutant SOD1 localizes to mitochondria, where it induces bioenergetic defects. We find that the physiological regulation of mitochondrial localization is either inefficient or absent in SOD1 pathogenic mutants. We propose misfolding and aggregation of these mutants that trap them inside mitochondria.
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- Hibiki Kawamata
- Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 10065, USA
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Ivanova E, Lu H. Allosteric and electrostatic protein-protein interactions regulate the assembly of the heterohexameric Tim9-Tim10 complex. J Mol Biol 2008; 379:609-16. [PMID: 18462749 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.04.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2008] [Revised: 04/06/2008] [Accepted: 04/11/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Protein-protein interactions are crucial processes in virtually all cellular events. The heterohexameric Tim9-Tim10 complex of the mitochondrial intermembrane space plays an important role during import of mitochondrial membrane proteins. It consists of three molecules of each subunit arranged alternately in a ring-shaped structure. While the individual protein Tim9 forms a homodimer, Tim10 is a monomer. Further to our previous investigation on the complex formation pathway, in this study, the assembly mechanism of Tim9-Tim10 was investigated using a stopped-flow technique coupled with mutagenesis. We show that while the initial velocity of the assembly depends on Tim9 concentration linearly, it presents a sigmoid curve on Tim10. In addition, the overall rate of assembly depends on the pH level in a bell-shaped profile, and two pK(a) values that are in good agreement with the respective isoelectric points of Tim9 and Tim10 were determined. Using a Tim10F70W mutant, we were able to show that there was clear salt concentration dependence in the rate of assembly at the early stages. Taken together, the results of pH and salt concentration dependence indicate that electrostatic interactions are important and provide an initial driving force for the complex formation. Thus, this study not only demonstrates that allosteric and electrostatic interactions are two key regulators for the assembly of the Tim9-Tim10 complex but also has important implications for our understanding of how proteins interact with their partners.
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- Ekaterina Ivanova
- Faculty of Life Sciences, The University of Manchester, Michael Smith Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
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