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Caron-Godon CA, Collington E, Wolf JL, Coletta G, Glerum DM. More than Just Bread and Wine: Using Yeast to Understand Inherited Cytochrome Oxidase Deficiencies in Humans. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:3814. [PMID: 38612624 PMCID: PMC11011759 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25073814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2024] [Revised: 03/26/2024] [Accepted: 03/28/2024] [Indexed: 04/14/2024] Open
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Inherited defects in cytochrome c oxidase (COX) are associated with a substantial subset of diseases adversely affecting the structure and function of the mitochondrial respiratory chain. This multi-subunit enzyme consists of 14 subunits and numerous cofactors, and it requires the function of some 30 proteins to assemble. COX assembly was first shown to be the primary defect in the majority of COX deficiencies 36 years ago. Over the last three decades, most COX assembly genes have been identified in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and studies in yeast have proven instrumental in testing the impact of mutations identified in patients with a specific COX deficiency. The advent of accessible genome-wide sequencing capabilities has led to more patient mutations being identified, with the subsequent identification of several new COX assembly factors. However, the lack of genotype-phenotype correlations and the large number of genes involved in generating a functional COX mean that functional studies must be undertaken to assign a genetic variant as being causal. In this review, we provide a brief overview of the use of yeast as a model system and briefly compare the COX assembly process in yeast and humans. We focus primarily on the studies in yeast that have allowed us to both identify new COX assembly factors and to demonstrate the pathogenicity of a subset of the mutations that have been identified in patients with inherited defects in COX. We conclude with an overview of the areas in which studies in yeast are likely to continue to contribute to progress in understanding disease arising from inherited COX deficiencies.
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- Chenelle A. Caron-Godon
- Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada; (C.A.C.-G.); (E.C.); (J.L.W.); (G.C.)
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- Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada; (C.A.C.-G.); (E.C.); (J.L.W.); (G.C.)
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- Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada; (C.A.C.-G.); (E.C.); (J.L.W.); (G.C.)
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- Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada; (C.A.C.-G.); (E.C.); (J.L.W.); (G.C.)
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- Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada; (C.A.C.-G.); (E.C.); (J.L.W.); (G.C.)
- Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
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Das A, Subrahmanian N, Gabilly ST, Andrianova EP, Zhulin IB, Motohashi K, Hamel PP. Two disulfide-reducing pathways are required for the maturation of plastid c-type cytochromes in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Genetics 2023; 225:iyad155. [PMID: 37595062 PMCID: PMC10550313 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/iyad155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2023] [Revised: 06/27/2023] [Accepted: 06/29/2023] [Indexed: 08/20/2023] Open
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In plastids, conversion of light energy into ATP relies on cytochrome f, a key electron carrier with a heme covalently attached to a CXXCH motif. Covalent heme attachment requires reduction of the disulfide-bonded CXXCH by CCS5 and CCS4. CCS5 receives electrons from the oxidoreductase CCDA, while CCS4 is a protein of unknown function. In Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, loss of CCS4 or CCS5 yields a partial cytochrome f assembly defect. Here, we report that the ccs4ccs5 double mutant displays a synthetic photosynthetic defect characterized by a complete loss of holocytochrome f assembly. This defect is chemically corrected by reducing agents, confirming the placement of CCS4 and CCS5 in a reducing pathway. CCS4-like proteins occur in the green lineage, and we show that HCF153, a distant ortholog from Arabidopsis thaliana, can substitute for Chlamydomonas CCS4. Dominant suppressor mutations mapping to the CCS4 gene were identified in photosynthetic revertants of the ccs4ccs5 mutants. The suppressor mutations yield changes in the stroma-facing domain of CCS4 that restore holocytochrome f assembly above the residual levels detected in ccs5. Because the CCDA protein accumulation is decreased specifically in the ccs4 mutant, we hypothesize the suppressor mutations enhance the supply of reducing power through CCDA in the absence of CCS5. We discuss the operation of a CCS5-dependent and a CCS5-independent pathway controlling the redox status of the heme-binding cysteines of apocytochrome f.
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- Ankita Das
- Department of Molecular Genetics, The Ohio State University, 500 Aronoff Laboratory, 318 W. 12th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Molecular Genetics Graduate Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, The Ohio State University, 500 Aronoff Laboratory, 318 W. 12th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, The Ohio State University, 500 Aronoff Laboratory, 318 W. 12th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Translational Data Analytics Institute, The Ohio State University, 318 W. 12th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Translational Data Analytics Institute, The Ohio State University, 318 W. 12th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Frontier Life Sciences, Kyoto Sangyo University, Karigamo Motoyama, Kita-ku, Kyoto 603-8047, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Department of Biological Chemistry and Pharmacology, The Ohio State University, 500 Aronoff Laboratory, 318 W. 12th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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Das S, Mukherjee S, Bedi M, Ghosh A. Mutations in the Yeast Cox12 Subunit Severely Compromise the Activity of the Mitochondrial Complex IV. BIOCHEMISTRY. BIOKHIMIIA 2021; 86:1607-1623. [PMID: 34937540 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297921120105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2021] [Revised: 10/25/2021] [Accepted: 11/21/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Cytochrome c oxidase 6B1 (COX6B1) is one of the less characterized subunits of the mitochondrial electron transport chain complex IV (CIV). Here, we studied the pathobiochemical and respiratory functions of Cox12 (yeast ortholog of COX6B1) using Saccharomyces cerevisiae BY4741 (cox12Δ) cells deficient by the Cox12 protein. The cells exhibited severe growth deficiency in the respiratory glycerol-ethanol medium, which could be reverted by complementation with the yeast COX12 or human COX6B1 genes. Cox12 with arginine 17 residue substituted by histidine (R17H) or cysteine (R17C) (mutations analogous to those observed in human patients) failed to complement the loss of Cox12 function. When cox12Δ cells were grown in rich respiratory/fermentative galactose medium, no changes in the expression of individual respiratory chain subunits were observed. Blue native PAGE/Western blotting analysis using antibodies against Rip1 and Cox1, which are specific components of complexes III (CIII) and IV (CIV), respectively, revealed no noticeable decrease in the native CIII2CIV2 and CIII2CIV1 supercomplexes (SCs). However, the association of the respiratory SC factor 2 (Rcf2) and Cox2 subunit within the SCs of cox12Δ cells was reduced, while the specific activity of CIV was downregulated by 90%. Both basal respiration and succinate-ADP stimulated state 3 respiration, as well as the mitochondrial membrane potential, were decreased in cox12Δ cells. Furthermore, cox12Δ cells and cells synthesizing Cox12 mutants R17H and R17C showed higher sensitivity to the H2O2-induced oxidative stress compared to the wild-type (WT) cells. In silico structural modeling of the WT yeast SCs revealed that Cox12 forms a network of interactions with Rcf2 and Cox2. Together, our results establish that Cox12 is essential for the CIV activity.
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- Shubhojit Das
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, 700019, India.
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, 700019, India.
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, 700019, India.
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Franco LVR, Su CH, Tzagoloff A. Modular assembly of yeast mitochondrial ATP synthase and cytochrome oxidase. Biol Chem 2021; 401:835-853. [PMID: 32142477 DOI: 10.1515/hsz-2020-0112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2020] [Accepted: 02/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The respiratory pathway of mitochondria is composed of four electron transfer complexes and the ATP synthase. In this article, we review evidence from studies of Saccharomyces cerevisiae that both ATP synthase and cytochrome oxidase (COX) are assembled from independent modules that correspond to structurally and functionally identifiable components of each complex. Biogenesis of the respiratory chain requires a coordinate and balanced expression of gene products that become partner subunits of the same complex, but are encoded in the two physically separated genomes. Current evidence indicates that synthesis of two key mitochondrial encoded subunits of ATP synthase is regulated by the F1 module. Expression of COX1 that codes for a subunit of the COX catalytic core is also regulated by a mechanism that restricts synthesis of this subunit to the availability of a nuclear-encoded translational activator. The respiratory chain must maintain a fixed stoichiometry of the component enzyme complexes during cell growth. We propose that high-molecular-weight complexes composed of Cox6, a subunit of COX, and of the Atp9 subunit of ATP synthase play a key role in establishing the ratio of the two complexes during their assembly.
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- Leticia Veloso Ribeiro Franco
- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York City, NY 10027, USA.,Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, 05508-000, Brasil
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York City, NY 10027, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York City, NY 10027, USA
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Pietikäinen LP, Rahman MT, Hiltunen JK, Dieckmann CL, Kastaniotis AJ. Genetic dissection of the mitochondrial lipoylation pathway in yeast. BMC Biol 2021; 19:14. [PMID: 33487163 PMCID: PMC7831266 DOI: 10.1186/s12915-021-00951-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2020] [Accepted: 01/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Lipoylation of 2-ketoacid dehydrogenases is essential for mitochondrial function in eukaryotes. While the basic principles of the lipoylation processes have been worked out, we still lack a thorough understanding of the details of this important post-translational modification pathway. Here we used yeast as a model organism to characterize substrate usage by the highly conserved eukaryotic octanoyl/lipoyl transferases in vivo and queried how amenable the lipoylation system is to supplementation with exogenous substrate. RESULTS We show that the requirement for mitochondrial fatty acid synthesis to provide substrates for lipoylation of the 2-ketoacid dehydrogenases can be bypassed by supplying the cells with free lipoic acid (LA) or octanoic acid (C8) and a mitochondrially targeted fatty acyl/lipoyl activating enzyme. We also provide evidence that the S. cerevisiae lipoyl transferase Lip3, in addition to transferring LA from the glycine cleavage system H protein to the pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) and α-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase (KGD) E2 subunits, can transfer this cofactor from the PDH complex to the KGD complex. In support of yeast as a model system for human metabolism, we demonstrate that the human octanoyl/lipoyl transferases can substitute for their counterparts in yeast to support respiratory growth and protein lipoylation. Like the wild-type yeast enzyme, the human lipoyl transferase LIPT1 responds to LA supplementation in the presence of the activating enzyme LplA. CONCLUSIONS In the yeast model system, the eukaryotic lipoylation pathway can use free LA and C8 as substrates when fatty/lipoic acid activating enzymes are targeted to mitochondria. Lip3 LA transferase has a wider substrate specificity than previously recognized. We show that these features of the lipoylation mechanism in yeast are conserved in mammalian mitochondria. Our findings have important implications for the development of effective therapies for the treatment of LA or mtFAS deficiency-related disorders.
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- Laura P Pietikäinen
- Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine and Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, PO Box 5400, FI-90014, Oulu, Finland
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- Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine and Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, PO Box 5400, FI-90014, Oulu, Finland
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- Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine and Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, PO Box 5400, FI-90014, Oulu, Finland
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA
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- Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine and Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, PO Box 5400, FI-90014, Oulu, Finland.
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Wintjes LTM, Kava M, van den Brandt FA, van den Brand MAM, Lapina O, Bliksrud YT, Kulseth MA, Amundsen SS, Selberg TR, Ybema-Antoine M, Tutakhel OAZ, Greed L, Thorburn DR, Tangeraas T, Balasubramaniam S, Rodenburg RJT. A novel variant in COX16 causes cytochrome c oxidase deficiency, severe fatal neonatal lactic acidosis, encephalopathy, cardiomyopathy, and liver dysfunction. Hum Mutat 2020; 42:135-141. [PMID: 33169484 PMCID: PMC7898715 DOI: 10.1002/humu.24137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2020] [Revised: 10/26/2020] [Accepted: 11/02/2020] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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COX16 is involved in the biogenesis of cytochrome-c-oxidase (complex IV), the terminal complex of the mitochondrial respiratory chain. We present the first report of two unrelated patients with the homozygous nonsense variant c.244C>T(p. Arg82*) in COX16 with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, encephalopathy and severe fatal lactic acidosis, and isolated complex IV deficiency. The absence of COX16 protein expression leads to a complete loss of the holo-complex IV, as detected by Western blot in patient fibroblasts. Lentiviral transduction of patient fibroblasts with wild-type COX16 complementary DNA rescued complex IV biosynthesis. We hypothesize that COX16 could play a role in the copper delivery route of the COX2 module as part of the complex IV assembly. Our data provide clear evidence for the pathogenicity of the COX16 variant as a cause for the observed clinical features and the isolated complex IV deficiency in these two patients and that COX16 deficiency is a cause for mitochondrial disease.
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- Liesbeth T M Wintjes
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Translational Metabolic Laboratory, Radboud Centre for Mitochondrial Medicine, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Perth Children's Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.,School of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Translational Metabolic Laboratory, Radboud Centre for Mitochondrial Medicine, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, Radboud Centre for Mitochondrial Medicine, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department for Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Norwegian National Unit for Diagnostics of Congenital Metabolic Disorders, Department of Medical Biochemistry, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Pediatrics, Ostfold Hospital Trust, Kalnes, Norway
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- Department of Pediatrics, Radboud Centre for Mitochondrial Medicine, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Translational Metabolic Laboratory, Radboud Centre for Mitochondrial Medicine, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, PathWest, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute and Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Pediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Norwegian National Unit for Newborn Screening, Division of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Western Sydney Genetics Program, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Translational Metabolic Laboratory, Radboud Centre for Mitochondrial Medicine, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.,Department of Pediatrics, Radboud Centre for Mitochondrial Medicine, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Functions of Cytochrome c oxidase Assembly Factors. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21197254. [PMID: 33008142 PMCID: PMC7582755 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21197254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2020] [Accepted: 09/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Cytochrome c oxidase is the terminal complex of eukaryotic oxidative phosphorylation in mitochondria. This process couples the reduction of electron carriers during metabolism to the reduction of molecular oxygen to water and translocation of protons from the internal mitochondrial matrix to the inter-membrane space. The electrochemical gradient formed is used to generate chemical energy in the form of adenosine triphosphate to power vital cellular processes. Cytochrome c oxidase and most oxidative phosphorylation complexes are the product of the nuclear and mitochondrial genomes. This poses a series of topological and temporal steps that must be completed to ensure efficient assembly of the functional enzyme. Many assembly factors have evolved to perform these steps for insertion of protein into the inner mitochondrial membrane, maturation of the polypeptide, incorporation of co-factors and prosthetic groups and to regulate this process. Much of the information about each of these assembly factors has been gleaned from use of the single cell eukaryote Saccharomyces cerevisiae and also mutations responsible for human disease. This review will focus on the assembly factors of cytochrome c oxidase to highlight some of the outstanding questions in the assembly of this vital enzyme complex.
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Mukherjee S, Ghosh A. Molecular mechanism of mitochondrial respiratory chain assembly and its relation to mitochondrial diseases. Mitochondrion 2020; 53:1-20. [PMID: 32304865 DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2020.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2019] [Revised: 03/28/2020] [Accepted: 04/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The mitochondrial respiratory chain (MRC) is comprised of ~92 nuclear and mitochondrial DNA-encoded protein subunits that are organized into five different multi-subunit respiratory complexes. These complexes produce 90% of the ATP required for cell sustenance. Specific sets of subunits are assembled in a modular or non-modular fashion to construct the MRC complexes. The complete assembly process is gradually chaperoned by a myriad of assembly factors that must coordinate with several other prosthetic groups to reach maturity, makingthe entire processextensively complicated. Further, the individual respiratory complexes can be integrated intovarious giant super-complexes whose functional roles have yet to be explored. Mutations in the MRC subunits and in the related assembly factors often give rise to defects in the proper assembly of the respiratory chain, which then manifests as a group of disorders called mitochondrial diseases, the most common inborn errors of metabolism. This review summarizes the current understanding of the biogenesis of individual MRC complexes and super-complexes, and explores how mutations in the different subunits and assembly factors contribute to mitochondrial disease pathology.
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- Soumyajit Mukherjee
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Calcutta, 35 Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata 700019, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Calcutta, 35 Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata 700019, India.
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Barros MH, McStay GP. Modular biogenesis of mitochondrial respiratory complexes. Mitochondrion 2019; 50:94-114. [PMID: 31669617 DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2019.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2019] [Revised: 09/04/2019] [Accepted: 10/10/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Mitochondrial function relies on the activity of oxidative phosphorylation to synthesise ATP and generate an electrochemical gradient across the inner mitochondrial membrane. These coupled processes are mediated by five multi-subunit complexes that reside in this inner membrane. These complexes are the product of both nuclear and mitochondrial gene products. Defects in the function or assembly of these complexes can lead to mitochondrial diseases due to deficits in energy production and mitochondrial functions. Appropriate biogenesis and function are mediated by a complex number of assembly factors that promote maturation of specific complex subunits to form the active oxidative phosphorylation complex. The understanding of the biogenesis of each complex has been informed by studies in both simple eukaryotes such as Saccharomyces cerevisiae and human patients with mitochondrial diseases. These studies reveal each complex assembles through a pathway using specific subunits and assembly factors to form kinetically distinct but related assembly modules. The current understanding of these complexes has embraced the revolutions in genomics and proteomics to further our knowledge on the impact of mitochondrial biology in genetics, medicine, and evolution.
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- Mario H Barros
- Departamento de Microbiologia - Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom.
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Biochemistry of Copper Site Assembly in Heme-Copper Oxidases: A Theme with Variations. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20153830. [PMID: 31387303 PMCID: PMC6696091 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20153830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2019] [Revised: 07/15/2019] [Accepted: 07/16/2019] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Copper is an essential cofactor for aerobic respiration, since it is required as a redox cofactor in Cytochrome c Oxidase (COX). This ancient and highly conserved enzymatic complex from the family of heme-copper oxidase possesses two copper sites: CuA and CuB. Biosynthesis of the oxidase is a complex, stepwise process that requires a high number of assembly factors. In this review, we summarize the state-of-the-art in the assembly of COX, with special emphasis in the assembly of copper sites. Assembly of the CuA site is better understood, being at the same time highly variable among organisms. We also discuss the current challenges that prevent the full comprehension of the mechanisms of assembly and the pending issues in the field.
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Franco LVR, Su CH, McStay GP, Yu GJ, Tzagoloff A. Cox2p of yeast cytochrome oxidase assembles as a stand-alone subunit with the Cox1p and Cox3p modules. J Biol Chem 2018; 293:16899-16911. [PMID: 30224355 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra118.004138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2018] [Revised: 09/11/2018] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Cytochrome oxidase (COX) is a hetero-oligomeric complex of the mitochondrial inner membrane that reduces molecular oxygen to water, a reaction coupled to proton transfer from the mitochondrial matrix to the intermembrane space. In the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, COX is composed of 11-13 different polypeptide subunits. Here, using pulse labeling of mitochondrial gene products in isolated yeast mitochondria, combined with purification of tagged COX subunits and ancillary factors, we studied the Cox2p assembly intermediates. Analysis of radiolabeled Cox2p obtained in pulldown assays by native gel electrophoresis revealed the existence of several assembly intermediates, the largest of which had an estimated mass of 450-550 kDa. None of the other known subunits of COX were present in these Cox2p intermediates. This was also true for the several ancillary factors having still undefined functions in COX assembly. In agreement with earlier evidence, Cox18p and Cox20p, previously shown to be involved in processing and in membrane insertion of the Cox2p precursor, were found to be associated with the two largest Cox2p intermediates. A small fraction of the Cox2p module contained Sco1p and Coa6p, which have been implicated in metalation of the binuclear copper site on this subunit. Our results indicate that following its insertion into the mitochondrial inner membrane, Cox2p assembles as a stand-alone protein with the compositionally more complex Cox1p and Cox3p modules.
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- Leticia Veloso R Franco
- From the Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027 and
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- From the Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027 and
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 2DF, United Kingdom
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- From the Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027 and
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- From the Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027 and
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Mansilla N, Racca S, Gras DE, Gonzalez DH, Welchen E. The Complexity of Mitochondrial Complex IV: An Update of Cytochrome c Oxidase Biogenesis in Plants. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:ijms19030662. [PMID: 29495437 PMCID: PMC5877523 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19030662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2018] [Revised: 01/26/2018] [Accepted: 01/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Mitochondrial respiration is an energy producing process that involves the coordinated action of several protein complexes embedded in the inner membrane to finally produce ATP. Complex IV or Cytochrome c Oxidase (COX) is the last electron acceptor of the respiratory chain, involved in the reduction of O2 to H2O. COX is a multimeric complex formed by multiple structural subunits encoded in two different genomes, prosthetic groups (heme a and heme a3), and metallic centers (CuA and CuB). Tens of accessory proteins are required for mitochondrial RNA processing, synthesis and delivery of prosthetic groups and metallic centers, and for the final assembly of subunits to build a functional complex. In this review, we perform a comparative analysis of COX composition and biogenesis factors in yeast, mammals and plants. We also describe possible external and internal factors controlling the expression of structural proteins and assembly factors at the transcriptional and post-translational levels, and the effect of deficiencies in different steps of COX biogenesis to infer the role of COX in different aspects of plant development. We conclude that COX assembly in plants has conserved and specific features, probably due to the incorporation of a different set of subunits during evolution.
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- Natanael Mansilla
- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral (CONICET-UNL), Cátedra de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, 3000 Santa Fe, Argentina.
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral (CONICET-UNL), Cátedra de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, 3000 Santa Fe, Argentina.
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral (CONICET-UNL), Cátedra de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, 3000 Santa Fe, Argentina.
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral (CONICET-UNL), Cátedra de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, 3000 Santa Fe, Argentina.
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral (CONICET-UNL), Cátedra de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, 3000 Santa Fe, Argentina.
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Aich A, Wang C, Chowdhury A, Ronsör C, Pacheu-Grau D, Richter-Dennerlein R, Dennerlein S, Rehling P. COX16 promotes COX2 metallation and assembly during respiratory complex IV biogenesis. eLife 2018; 7:32572. [PMID: 29381136 PMCID: PMC5809144 DOI: 10.7554/elife.32572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2017] [Accepted: 01/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Cytochrome c oxidase of the mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation system reduces molecular oxygen with redox equivalent-derived electrons. The conserved mitochondrial-encoded COX1- and COX2-subunits are the heme- and copper-center containing core subunits that catalyze water formation. COX1 and COX2 initially follow independent biogenesis pathways creating assembly modules with subunit-specific, chaperone-like assembly factors that assist in redox centers formation. Here, we find that COX16, a protein required for cytochrome c oxidase assembly, interacts specifically with newly synthesized COX2 and its copper center-forming metallochaperones SCO1, SCO2, and COA6. The recruitment of SCO1 to the COX2-module is COX16- dependent and patient-mimicking mutations in SCO1 affect interaction with COX16. These findings implicate COX16 in CuA-site formation. Surprisingly, COX16 is also found in COX1-containing assembly intermediates and COX2 recruitment to COX1. We conclude that COX16 participates in merging the COX1 and COX2 assembly lines.
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Affiliation(s)
- Abhishek Aich
- Department of Cellular Biochemistry, University Medical Centre Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Cellular Biochemistry, University Medical Centre Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Cellular Biochemistry, University Medical Centre Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Cellular Biochemistry, University Medical Centre Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
| | - David Pacheu-Grau
- Department of Cellular Biochemistry, University Medical Centre Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Cellular Biochemistry, University Medical Centre Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Cellular Biochemistry, University Medical Centre Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.,Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany
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