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- Martin Ott
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden;
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden;
- Science for Life Laboratory, Stockholm University, SE-171 21 Solna, Sweden;
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Medical Research Council, Cambridge CB2 0QH, United Kingdom;
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Shimokawa-Chiba N, Kumazaki K, Tsukazaki T, Nureki O, Ito K, Chiba S. Hydrophilic microenvironment required for the channel-independent insertase function of YidC protein. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2015; 112:5063-8. [PMID: 25855636 PMCID: PMC4413333 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1423817112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The recently solved crystal structure of YidC protein suggests that it mediates membrane protein insertion by means of an intramembrane cavity rather than a transmembrane (TM) pore. This concept of protein translocation prompted us to characterize the native, membrane-integrated state of YidC with respect to the hydropathic nature of its TM region. Here, we show that the cavity-forming region of the stage III sporulation protein J (SpoIIIJ), a YidC homolog, is indeed open to the aqueous milieu of the Bacillus subtilis cells and that the overall hydrophilicity of the cavity, along with the presence of an Arg residue on several alternative sites of the cavity surface, is functionally important. We propose that YidC functions as a proteinaceous amphiphile that interacts with newly synthesized membrane proteins and reduces energetic costs of their membrane traversal.
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- Naomi Shimokawa-Chiba
- Faculty of Life Sciences, Kyoto Sangyo University, Motoyama, Kamigamo, Kita-ku, Kyoto 603-8555, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Systems Biology, Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Nara 630-0192, Japan; and Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO), Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Faculty of Life Sciences, Kyoto Sangyo University, Motoyama, Kamigamo, Kita-ku, Kyoto 603-8555, Japan
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- Faculty of Life Sciences, Kyoto Sangyo University, Motoyama, Kamigamo, Kita-ku, Kyoto 603-8555, Japan;
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Ostojić J, Glatigny A, Herbert CJ, Dujardin G, Bonnefoy N. Does the study of genetic interactions help predict the function of mitochondrial proteins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae? Biochimie 2013; 100:27-37. [PMID: 24262604 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2013.11.004] [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: 09/20/2013] [Accepted: 11/06/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Mitochondria are complex organelles of eukaryotic cells that contain their own genome, encoding key subunits of the respiratory complexes. The successive steps of mitochondrial gene expression are intimately linked, and are under the control of a large number of nuclear genes encoding factors that are imported into mitochondria. Investigating the relationships between these genes and their interaction networks, and whether they reveal direct or indirect partners, can shed light on their role in mitochondrial biogenesis, as well as identify new actors in this process. These studies, mainly developed in yeasts, are significant because mammalian equivalents of such yeast genes are candidate genes in mitochondrial pathologies. In practice, studies of physical, chemical and genetic interactions can be undertaken. The search for genetic interactions, either aggravating or alleviating the phenotype of the starting mutants, has proved to be particularly powerful in yeast since even subtle changes in respiratory phenotypes can be screened in a very efficient way. In addition, several high throughput genetic approaches have recently been developed. In this review we analyze the genetic network of three genes involved in different steps of mitochondrial gene expression, from the transcription and translation of mitochondrial RNAs to the insertion of newly synthesized proteins into the inner mitochondrial membrane, and we examine their relevance to our understanding of mitochondrial biogenesis. We find that these genetic interactions are seldom redundant with physical interactions, and thus bring a considerable amount of original and significant information as well as open new areas of research.
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- Jelena Ostojić
- Centre de Génétique Moléculaire, CNRS UPR3404 Associated to the University Paris XI-Sud, Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Centre de Génétique Moléculaire, CNRS UPR3404 Associated to the University Paris XI-Sud, Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Centre de Génétique Moléculaire, CNRS UPR3404 Associated to the University Paris XI-Sud, Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Centre de Génétique Moléculaire, CNRS UPR3404 Associated to the University Paris XI-Sud, Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Centre de Génétique Moléculaire, CNRS UPR3404 Associated to the University Paris XI-Sud, Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France.
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Price CE, Driessen AJM. Conserved negative charges in the transmembrane segments of subunit K of the NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase determine its dependence on YidC for membrane insertion. J Biol Chem 2009; 285:3575-3581. [PMID: 19959836 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.051128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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All members of the Oxa1/Alb3/YidC family have been implicated in the biogenesis of respiratory and energy transducing proteins. In Escherichia coli, YidC functions together with and independently of the Sec system. Although the range of proteins shown to be dependent on YidC continues to increase, the exact role of YidC in insertion remains enigmatic. Here we show that YidC is essential for the insertion of subunit K of the NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase and that the dependence is due to the presence of two conserved glutamate residues in the transmembrane segments of subunit K. The results suggest a model in which YidC serves as a membrane chaperone for the insertion of the less hydrophobic, negatively charged transmembrane segments of NuoK.
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- Claire E Price
- From the Department of Molecular Microbiology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, the Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, and the Kluyver Center for Genomics of Industrial Fermentation, University of Groningen, Kerklaan 30, NL-9751 NN Haren, The Netherlands
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- From the Department of Molecular Microbiology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, the Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, and the Kluyver Center for Genomics of Industrial Fermentation, University of Groningen, Kerklaan 30, NL-9751 NN Haren, The Netherlands.
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Bonnefoy N, Fiumera HL, Dujardin G, Fox TD. Roles of Oxa1-related inner-membrane translocases in assembly of respiratory chain complexes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2008; 1793:60-70. [PMID: 18522806 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2008.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2008] [Revised: 05/02/2008] [Accepted: 05/05/2008] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Members of the family of the polytopic inner membrane proteins are related to Saccharomyces cerevisiae Oxa1 function in the assembly of energy transducing complexes of mitochondria and chloroplasts. Here we focus on the two mitochondrial members of this family, Oxa1 and Cox18, reviewing studies on their biogenesis as well as their functions, reflected in the phenotypic consequences of their absence in various organisms. In yeast, cytochrome c oxidase subunit II (Cox2) is a key substrate of these proteins. Oxa1 is required for co-translational translocation and insertion of Cox2, while Cox18 is necessary for the export of its C-terminal domain. Genetic and biochemical strategies have been used to investigate the functions of distinct domains of Oxa1 and to identify its partners in protein insertion/translocation. Recent work on the related bacterial protein YidC strongly indicates that it is capable of functioning alone as a translocase for hydrophilic domains and an insertase for TM domains. Thus, the Oxa1 and Cox18 probably catalyze these reactions directly in a co- and/or posttranslational way. In various species, Oxa1 appears to assist in the assembly of different substrate proteins, although it is still unclear how Oxa1 recognizes its substrates, and whether additional factors participate in this beyond its direct interaction with mitochondrial ribosomes, demonstrated in S. cerevisiae. Oxa1 is capable of assisting posttranslational insertion and translocation in isolated mitochondria, and Cox18 may posttranslationally translocate its only known substrate, the Cox2 C-terminal domain, in vivo. Detailed understanding of the mechanisms of action of these two proteins must await the resolution of their structure in the membrane and the development of a true in vitro mitochondrial translation system.
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- Nathalie Bonnefoy
- Centre de Génétique Moléculaire, CNRS UPR 2167, Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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Chapter 5 New Insights into the Mechanism of Precursor Protein Insertion into the Mitochondrial Membranes. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2008; 268:147-90. [DOI: 10.1016/s1937-6448(08)00805-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/10/2023]
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Kamenski PA, Vinogradova EN, Krasheninnikov IA, Tarassov IA. Directed import of macromolecules into mitochondria. Mol Biol 2007. [DOI: 10.1134/s0026893307020021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Nouet C, Bourens M, Hlavacek O, Marsy S, Lemaire C, Dujardin G. Rmd9p controls the processing/stability of mitochondrial mRNAs and its overexpression compensates for a partial deficiency of oxa1p in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genetics 2006; 175:1105-15. [PMID: 17194787 PMCID: PMC1840076 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.106.063883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Oxa1p is a key component of the general membrane insertion machinery of eukaryotic respiratory complex subunits encoded by the mitochondrial genome. In this study, we have generated a respiratory-deficient mutant, oxa1-E65G-F229S, that contains two substitutions in the predicted intermembrane space domain of Oxa1p. The respiratory deficiency due to this mutation is compensated for by overexpressing RMD9. We show that Rmd9p is an extrinsic membrane protein facing the matrix side of the mitochondrial inner membrane. Its deletion leads to a pleiotropic effect on respiratory complex biogenesis. The steady-state level of all the mitochondrial mRNAs encoding respiratory complex subunits is strongly reduced in the Deltarmd9 mutant, and there is a slight decrease in the accumulation of two RNAs encoding components of the small subunit of the mitochondrial ribosome. Overexpressing RMD9 leads to an increase in the steady-state level of mitochondrial RNAs, and we discuss how this increase could suppress the oxa1 mutations and compensate for the membrane insertion defect of the subunits encoded by these mRNAs.
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- Cécile Nouet
- Centre de Génétique Moléculaire, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Gaisne M, Bonnefoy N. The COX18 gene, involved in mitochondrial biogenesis, is functionally conserved and tightly regulated in humans and fission yeast. FEMS Yeast Res 2006; 6:869-82. [PMID: 16911509 DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2006.00083.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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The biogenesis of cytochrome c oxidase requires coordination between the nucleus and mitochondria because both these compartments provide the structural subunits of this enzyme. In addition, synthesis, membrane insertion and assembly of the mitochondrially encoded subunits are controlled in a concerted way by numerous nuclear-encoded factors, including Oxa1 and Cox18, which play successive roles in Cox2 assembly in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. These two factors share a weak structural similarity and define two sub-branches of the Oxa1/YidC/Alb3 gene family, whose members facilitate the membrane insertion of various hydrophobic proteins into diverse biological membranes. In this study, we have analyzed a second human and a third fission yeast member of the family. We show, by deletion in the fission yeast genome, as well as expression and functional complementation experiments in both yeasts, that these new genes belong to the COX18 rather than to the OXA1 sub-branch. So far, the fission yeast gene cox18Sp+ is the smallest functional member of this gene family. COX18Hs gives rise to various mRNAs with different coding capacities, and we show that cox18Sp+ and COX18Hs are expressed at a low level and appear to be stringently regulated. This transcriptional control contrasts with the constitutive abundance of the OXA1 mRNAs and might reflect major functional differences between these nevertheless structurally related genes.
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- Mauricette Gaisne
- Centre de Génétique Moléculaire, CNRS Gif-sur-Yvette, UPR 2167, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Reif S, Randelj O, Domanska G, Dian EA, Krimmer T, Motz C, Rassow J. Conserved Mechanism of Oxa1 Insertion into the Mitochondrial Inner Membrane. J Mol Biol 2005; 354:520-8. [PMID: 16253275 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.09.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2005] [Revised: 09/02/2005] [Accepted: 09/14/2005] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Oxa1 is the mitochondrial representative of a family of related proteins that mediate the insertion of substrate proteins into the membranes of bacteria, chloroplasts, and mitochondria. Several studies have demonstrated that the bacterial homologue YidC participates both in the direct uptake of proteins from the bacterial cytosol, and in the uptake of nascent proteins from the Sec translocase. Studies on the biogenesis of membrane proteins in mitochondria established that Oxa1 has the capability to receive substrates at the inner surface of the inner membrane. In this study, we asked if Oxa1 may similarly cooperate with a protein translocase within the membrane. Since Oxa1 is involved in its own biogenesis, we used the precursor of Oxa1 as a model protein and investigated its import pathway. We found that immediately after import into mitochondria, Oxa1 initially accumulates at Tim23 that forms the inner membrane protein translocase. Cleavage of the Oxa1 presequence is dependent on mtHsp70, a heat shock protein of the mitochondrial matrix. However, mutant mtHsp70 showing a defect in the release of bound substrate proteins does not interfere with subsequent membrane insertion, indicating that membrane insertion of the mature protein is essentially mtHsp70-independent. We conclude that Oxa1 has the ability to accept preproteins within the membrane.
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- Sebastian Reif
- Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie, Universität Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Strasse 7, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany
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Hlavacek O, Bourens M, Salone V, Lachacinski N, Lemaire C, Dujardin G. The transcriptional activator HAP4 is a high copy suppressor of an oxa1 yeast mutation. Gene 2005; 354:53-7. [PMID: 15908145 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2005.03.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2005] [Accepted: 03/23/2005] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Oxa1p is a key component of the machinery for the insertion of membrane proteins in mitochondria, and in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the deletion of OXA1 impairs the biogenesis of the three respiratory complexes of dual genetic origin. Oxa1p is formed from three domains located in the intermembrane space, the inner membrane and the mitochondrial matrix. We have isolated a high copy suppressor able to partially compensate for the respiratory deficiency caused by a large deletion of the matrix domain. We show that the suppressor gene corresponds to the nuclear transcriptional activator Hap4p which is known to regulate respiratory functions.
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- Otakar Hlavacek
- Centre de Génétique Moléculaire, Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198-Gif sur Yvette, France
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The mitochondrion has developed an elaborate translocation system for the import of nuclear-coded proteins and the export of proteins coded on the mitochondrial genome. Precursor proteins contain targeting and sorting information to reach the mitochondrion, whereas the translocons recognize the information and direct the precursor to the correct compartment. The outer membrane contains the TOM (translocase of the outer membrane) complex for translocation and the SAM (sorting and assembly machinery) complex for assembly of outer membrane proteins with complex topologies. At the inner membrane, the TIM23 (translocase of the inner membrane) mediates the import of mitochondrial proteins with a typical N-terminal targeting sequence, and the TIM22 complex mediates the import of polytopic inner membrane proteins. Based on its prokaryotic origin, the inner membrane also contains several components that mediate the export and assembly of proteins from within the matrix. Together the translocation and assembly complexes coordinate assembly of the mitochondrion.
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- Carla M Koehler
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Institute, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1569, USA.
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Lemaire C, Guibet-Grandmougin F, Angles D, Dujardin G, Bonnefoy N. A yeast mitochondrial membrane methyltransferase-like protein can compensate for oxa1 mutations. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:47464-72. [PMID: 15355998 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m404861200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Members of the Oxa1p/Alb3/YidC family mediate the insertion of various organelle or bacterial hydrophobic proteins into membranes. They present at least five transmembrane segments (TM) linked by hydrophilic domains located on both sides of the membrane. To examine how Oxa1p structure relates to its function, we have introduced point mutations and large deletions into various domains of the yeast mitochondrial protein. These mutants allowed us to show the importance of the first TM domain as well as a synergistic interaction between the first loop and the C-terminal tail, which both protrude into the matrix. These mutants also led to the isolation of a high copy suppressor, OMS1, which encodes a member of the methyltransferase family. Overexpression of OMS1 seems to increase the steady-state level of both the mutant and wild-type Oxa1p. We show that Oms1p is a mitochondrial inner membrane protein inserted independently of Oxa1p. Oms1p presents one TM and a N-in C-out topology with the C-terminal domain carrying the methyltransferase-like domain. A conserved motif within this domain is essential for the suppression of oxa1 mutations. We discuss the possible role of Oms1p on Oxa1p intermembrane space domain.
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- Claire Lemaire
- Centre de Génétique Moléculaire, CNRS Gif-sur-Yvette, UPR 2167, Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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Hamel P, Saint-Georges Y, de Pinto B, Lachacinski N, Altamura N, Dujardin G. Redundancy in the function of mitochondrial phosphate transport in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Arabidopsis thaliana. Mol Microbiol 2004; 51:307-17. [PMID: 14756774 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03810.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Most cellular ATP is produced within the mitochondria from ADP and Pi which are delivered across the inner-membrane by specific nuclearly encoded polytopic carriers. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, some of these carriers and in particular the ADP/ATP carrier, are represented by several related isoforms that are distinct in their pattern of expression. Until now, only one mitochondrial Pi carrier (mPic) form, encoded by the MIR1 gene in S. cerevisiae, has been described. Here we show that the gene product encoded by the YER053C ORF also participates in the delivery of phosphate to the mitochondria. We have called this gene PIC2 for Pi carrier isoform 2. Overexpression of PIC2 compensates for the mitochondrial defect of the double mutant Deltamir1 Deltapic2 and restores phosphate transport activity in mitochondria swelling experiments. The existence of two isoforms of mPic does not seem to be restricted to S. cerevisiae as two Arabidopsis thaliana cDNAs encoding two different mPic-like proteins are also able to complement the double mutant Deltamir1 Deltapic2. Finally, we demonstrate that Pic2p is a mitochondrial protein and that its steady state level increases at high temperature. We propose that Pic2p is a minor form of mPic which plays a role under specific stress conditions.
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- Patrice Hamel
- Centre de Génétique Moléculaire, Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198- Gif sur Yvette, France
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Szyrach G, Ott M, Bonnefoy N, Neupert W, Herrmann JM. Ribosome binding to the Oxa1 complex facilitates co-translational protein insertion in mitochondria. EMBO J 2004; 22:6448-57. [PMID: 14657018 PMCID: PMC291818 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 189] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The Oxa1 translocase of the mitochondrial inner membrane facilitates the insertion of both mitochondrially and nuclear-encoded proteins from the matrix into the inner membrane. Most mitochondrially encoded proteins are hydrophobic membrane proteins which are integrated into the lipid bilayer during their synthesis on mitochondrial ribosomes. The molecular mechanism of this co-translational insertion process is unknown. Here we show that the matrix-exposed C-terminus of Oxa1 forms an alpha-helical domain that has the ability to bind to mitochondrial ribosomes. Deletion of this Oxa1 domain strongly diminished the efficiency of membrane insertion of subunit 2 of cytochrome oxidase, a mitochondrially encoded substrate of the Oxa1 translocase. This suggests that co-translational membrane insertion of mitochondrial translation products is facilitated by a physical interaction of translation complexes with the membrane-bound translocase.
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- Gregor Szyrach
- Institut für Physiologische Chemie, Butenandtstrasse 5, D-81377 München, Germany
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The biogenesis of mitochondria requires the insertion of both nuclear and mitochondrially encoded proteins into the inner membrane. The inner membrane protein Oxa1 plays an important role in this process. Translocation of the terminal intermembrane space domains of subunit 2 of the cytochrome oxidase complex, Cox2, strictly depends on Oxa1. In contrast, other Oxa1 substrates can be inserted independently of Oxa1 function, although at reduced efficiency. A Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutant containing a large deletion in its mitochondrial genome allowed us to analyze the insertion process of a fusion protein of cytochrome b and Cox2. In this mutant, the N-terminal domain of Cox2 is synthesized as a hairpin loop that is flanked by hydrophobic transmembrane segments on both sides. Both genetic and biochemical evidences indicate that translocation of this region across the inner membrane still requires Oxa1 function. Thus, the position of intermembrane space domains within protein sequences does not appear to determine their dependence on the Oxa1 translocase. Our observations rather suggest that the dependence on Oxa1 correlates with the net charge of the domain that has to be translocated across the lipid bilayer.
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- Johannes M Herrmann
- Institut für Physiologische Chemie, Universität München, Butenandtstrasse 5, München 81377, Germany.
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Sylvestre J, Margeot A, Jacq C, Dujardin G, Corral-Debrinski M. The role of the 3' untranslated region in mRNA sorting to the vicinity of mitochondria is conserved from yeast to human cells. Mol Biol Cell 2003; 14:3848-56. [PMID: 12972568 PMCID: PMC196577 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e03-02-0074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2003] [Revised: 05/12/2003] [Accepted: 05/12/2003] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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We recently demonstrated, using yeast DNA microarrays, that mRNAs of polysomes that coisolate with mitochondria code for a subset of mitochondrial proteins. The majority of these mRNAs encode proteins of prokaryotic origin. Herein, we show that a similar association occurs between polysomes and mitochondria in human cells. To determine whether mRNA transport machinery is conserved from yeast to human cells, we examined the subcellular localization of human OXA1 mRNA in yeast. Oxa1p is a key component in the biogenesis of mitochondrial inner membrane and is conserved from bacteria to eukaryotic organelles. The expression of human OXA1 cDNA partially restores the respiratory capacity of yeast oxa1- cells. In this study, we demonstrate that 1) OXA1 mRNAs are remarkably enriched in mitochondrion-bound polysomes purified from yeast and human cells; 2) the presence of the human OXA1 3' untranslated region (UTR) is required for the function of the human Oxa1p inside yeast mitochondria; and 3) the accurate sorting of the human OXA1 mRNA to the vicinity of yeast mitochondria is due to the recognition by yeast proteins of the human 3' UTR. Therefore, it seems that the recognition mechanism of OXA1 3' UTR is conserved throughout evolution and is necessary for Oxa1p function.
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- J Sylvestre
- Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire, Unité Mixte Recherche Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 8541, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France
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Saint-Georges Y, Bonnefoy N, di Rago JP, Chiron S, Dujardin G. A pathogenic cytochrome b mutation reveals new interactions between subunits of the mitochondrial bc1 complex. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:49397-402. [PMID: 12384503 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m207219200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Energy transduction in mitochondria involves five oligomeric complexes embedded within the inner membrane. They are composed of catalytic and noncatalytic subunits, the role of these latter proteins often being difficult to assign. One of these complexes, the bc1 complex, is composed of three catalytic subunits including cytochrome b and seven or eight noncatalytic subunits. Recently, several mutations in the human cytochrome b gene have been linked to various diseases. We have studied in detail the effects of a cardiomyopathy generating mutation G252D in yeast. This mutation disturbs the biogenesis of the bc1 complex at 36 degrees C and decreases the steady-state level of the noncatalytic subunit Qcr9p. In addition, the G252D mutation and the deletion of QCR9 show synergetic defects that can be partially bypassed by suppressor mutations at position 252 and by a new cytochrome b mutation, P174T. Altogether, our results suggest that the supernumerary subunit Qcr9p enhances or stabilizes the interactions between the catalytic subunits, this role being essential at high temperature.
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- Yann Saint-Georges
- Centre de Génétique Moléculaire du CNRS, Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198-Gif sur Yvette, France
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Baumann F, Neupert W, Herrmann JM. Insertion of bitopic membrane proteins into the inner membrane of mitochondria involves an export step from the matrix. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:21405-13. [PMID: 11932259 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m201670200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
Abstract
The mitochondrial inner membrane contains a large number of polytopic proteins that are derived from prokaryotic ancestors of mitochondria. Little is known about the intramitochondrial sorting of these proteins. We chose two proteins of known topology as examples to study the pathway of insertion into the inner membrane; Mrs2 and Yta10 are bitopic proteins that expose negatively charged loops of different complexity into the intermembrane space. Here we show that both Mrs2 and Yta10 transiently accumulate as sorting intermediates in the matrix before they integrate into the inner membrane. The sorting pathway of both proteins can be separated into two sequential reactions: (i) import into the matrix and (ii) insertion from the matrix into the inner membrane. The latter process was found to depend on the membrane potential and, in this respect, is similar to the insertion of membrane proteins in bacteria. A comparison of the charge distribution of intermembrane space loops in a variety of mitochondrial inner membrane proteins suggests that this mode of "conservative sorting" might be the typical insertion route for polytopic inner membrane proteins that originated from bacterial ancestors.
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Affiliation(s)
- Frank Baumann
- Institut für Physiologische Chemie, Butenandtstrasse 5, 81377 München, Germany
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