Molecular Mechanisms of Protein Translocation into and Across the Mitochondrial Outer Membrane

1996 ◽  
pp. 51-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roland Lill ◽  
Andreas Mayer ◽  
Harald Steiner ◽  
Gyula Kispal ◽  
Walter Neupert
Keyword(s):  
Outer Membrane ◽  
Molecular Mechanisms ◽  
Protein Translocation ◽  
Mitochondrial Outer Membrane

scholarly journals Bacterial tail anchors can target to the mitochondrial outer membrane

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Güleycan Lutfullahoğlu Bal ◽  
Abdurrahman Keskin ◽  
Ayşe Bengisu Seferoğlu ◽  
Cory D. Dunn
Keyword(s):  
Outer Membrane ◽  
Protein Translocation ◽  
Mitochondrial Protein ◽  
Eukaryotic Cell ◽  
Eukaryotic Cells ◽  
Mitochondrial Outer Membrane ◽  
Bacterial Proteins ◽  
Rate Limiting Step ◽  
Protein Entry ◽  
Rate Limiting

ABSTRACTDuring the generation and evolution of the eukaryotic cell, a proteobacterial endosymbiont was refashioned into the mitochondrion, an organelle that appears to have been present in the ancestor of all present-day eukaryotes. Mitochondria harbor proteomes derived from coding information located both inside and outside the organelle, and the rate-limiting step toward the formation of eukaryotic cells may have been development of an import apparatus allowing protein entry to mitochondria. Currently, a widely conserved translocon allows proteins to pass from the cytosol into mitochondria, but how proteins encoded outside of mitochondria were first directed to these organelles at the dawn of eukaryogenesis is not clear. Because several proteins targeted by a carboxyl-terminal tail anchor (TA) appear to have the ability to insert spontaneously into the mitochondrial outer membrane (OM), it is possible that self-inserting, tail-anchored polypeptides obtained from bacteria might have formed the first gate allowing proteins to access mitochondria from the cytosol. Here, we tested whether bacterial TAs are capable of targeting to mitochondria. In a survey of proteins encoded by the proteobacterium Escherichia coli, predicted TA sequences were directed to specific subcellular locations within the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Importantly, TAs obtained from DUF883 family members ElaB and YqjD were abundantly localized to and inserted at the mitochondrial OM. Our results support the notion that eukaryotic cells are able to utilize membrane-targeting signals present in bacterial proteins obtained by lateral gene transfer, and our findings make plausible a model in which mitochondrial protein translocation was first driven by tail-anchored proteins.

scholarly journals Role of the intermembrane-space domain of the preprotein receptor Tom22 in protein import into mitochondria.

1996 ◽  
Vol 16 (8) ◽  
pp. 4035-4042 ◽  
Author(s):  
D A Court ◽  
F E Nargang ◽  
H Steiner ◽  
R S Hodges ◽  
W Neupert ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Outer Membrane ◽  
Protein Import ◽  
Protein Translocation ◽  
Specific Binding ◽  
Mitochondrial Outer Membrane ◽  
Intermembrane Space ◽  
Inner Membrane ◽  
Terminal Domain ◽  
Tom Complex

Tom22 is an essential component of the protein translocation complex (Tom complex) of the mitochondrial outer membrane. The N-terminal domain of Tom22 functions as a preprotein receptor in cooperation with Tom20. The role of the C-terminal domain of Tom22, which is exposed to the intermembrane space (IMS), in its own assembly into the Tom complex and in the import of other preproteins was investigated. The C-terminal domain of Tom22 is not essential for the targeting and assembly of this protein, as constructs lacking part or all of the IMS domain became imported into mitochondria and assembled into the Tom complex. Mutant strains of Neurospora expressing the truncated Tom22 proteins were generated by a novel procedure. These mutants displayed wild-type growth rates, in contrast to cells lacking Tom22, which are not viable. The import of proteins into the outer membrane and the IMS of isolated mutant mitochondria was not affected. Some but not all preproteins destined for the matrix and inner membrane were imported less efficiently. The reduced import was not due to impaired interaction of presequences with their specific binding site on the trans side of the outer membrane. Rather, the IMS domain of Tom22 appears to slightly enhance the efficiency of the transfer of these preproteins to the import machinery of the inner membrane.

Application of cryo-electron microscopy for investigation of Bax-induced pores in apoptosis

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-55
Author(s):  
Tomomi Kuwana
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Outer Membrane ◽  
Molecular Mechanisms ◽  
Experimental System ◽  
Membrane Vesicles ◽  
Outer Membrane Vesicles ◽  
Mitochondrial Outer Membrane ◽  
Intermembrane Space ◽  
Mitochondrial Outer Membrane Permeabilization ◽  
Cryo Electron Microscopy

AbstractMitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization (MOMP) is a critical step in apoptosis, the molecular mechanisms of which have been a subject of intensive study. This process is important for therapeutic intervention in various diseases, such as cancer. Pro-apoptotic Bax and Bak are functionally redundant and structurally homologous. When activated at the mitochondrial outer membrane, they cause the membrane to permeabilize and release apoptogenic proteins from the intermembrane space. To unravel the molecular mechanisms of this unique and important event, we systematically reduced the experimental system. Simple outer membrane vesicles and liposomes recapitulated many features of MOMP. Although conventional transmission electron microscopy could not detect any membrane changes during MOMP in these vesicles, cryo-electron microscopy successfully revealed Bax-induced delicate pores, owing to its ability to preserve native, hydrated membrane structure. The data are consistent with the idea that Bax is unfolded and embedded in the bilayer and deforms the membrane to form a large pore. Together with the biochemical and structure data in the literature, we now have more comprehensive models of the key function of Bax. We hope that new tools, such as lipid nanodiscs, will give us an atomic-level resolution and finally solve Bax structure in the membrane, where it functions.

scholarly journals A AAA ATPase Cdc48 with a cofactor Ubx2 facilitates ubiquitylation of a mitochondrial fusion-promoting factor Fzo1 for proteasomal degradation

2019 ◽  
Vol 167 (3) ◽  
pp. 279-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabiqun Nahar ◽  
Abhijit Chowdhury ◽  
Teru Ogura ◽  
Masatoshi Esaki
Keyword(s):  
Membrane Protein ◽  
Outer Membrane ◽  
Outer Membrane Protein ◽  
Protein Translocation ◽  
Degradation Process ◽  
Proteasomal Degradation ◽  
Mitochondrial Fusion ◽  
Mitochondrial Outer Membrane ◽  
Aaa Atpase ◽  
Aaa Protein

Abstract Dynamic functionality of mitochondria is maintained by continual fusion and fission events. A mitochondrial outer membrane protein Fzo1 plays a pivotal role upon mitochondrial fusion by homo-oligomerization to tether fusing mitochondria. Fzo1 is tightly regulated by ubiquitylations and the ubiquitin-responsible AAA protein Cdc48. Here, we show that a Cdc48 cofactor Ubx2 facilitates Fzo1 turnover. The Cdc48-Ubx2 complex has been shown to facilitate degradation of ubiquitylated proteins stacked at the protein translocation complex in the mitochondrial outer membrane by releasing them from the translocase. By contrast, in the degradation process of Fzo1, the Cdc48-Ubx2 complex appears to facilitate the degradation-signalling ubiquitylation of the substrate itself. In addition, the Cdc48-Ubx2 complex interacts with Ubp2, a deubiquitylase reversing the degradation-signalling ubiquitylation of Fzo1. These results suggest that the Cdc48-Ubx2 complex regulates Fzo1 turnover by modulating ubiquitylation status of the substrate.

scholarly journals Two novel proteins in the mitochondrial outer membrane mediate β-barrel protein assembly

2004 ◽  
Vol 166 (5) ◽  
pp. 621-627 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daigo Ishikawa ◽  
Hayashi Yamamoto ◽  
Yasushi Tamura ◽  
Kaori Moritoh ◽  
Toshiya Endo
Keyword(s):  
Membrane Proteins ◽  
Outer Membrane ◽  
Protein Translocation ◽  
Outer Membrane Proteins ◽  
Protein Assembly ◽  
Mitochondrial Outer Membrane ◽  
Complex Assembly ◽  
Novel Proteins ◽  
Assembly Pathways

Mitochondrial outer and inner membranes contain translocators that achieve protein translocation across and/or insertion into the membranes. Recent evidence has shown that mitochondrial β-barrel protein assembly in the outer membrane requires specific translocator proteins in addition to the components of the general translocator complex in the outer membrane, the TOM40 complex. Here we report two novel mitochondrial outer membrane proteins in yeast, Tom13 and Tom38/Sam35, that mediate assembly of mitochondrial β-barrel proteins, Tom40, and/or porin in the outer membrane. Depletion of Tom13 or Tom38/Sam35 affects assembly pathways of the β-barrel proteins differently, suggesting that they mediate different steps of the complex assembly processes of β-barrel proteins in the outer membrane.

scholarly journals Relationship between the Peptide-sensitive Channel and the Mitochondrial Outer Membrane Protein Translocation Machinery

1997 ◽  
Vol 272 (9) ◽  
pp. 6044-6050 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philippe Juin ◽  
Michel Thieffry ◽  
Jean-Pierre Henry ◽  
François M. Vallette
Keyword(s):  
Membrane Protein ◽  
Outer Membrane ◽  
Outer Membrane Protein ◽  
Protein Translocation ◽  
Mitochondrial Outer Membrane

scholarly journals BNIP3L/NIX-mediated mitophagy: molecular mechanisms and implications for human disease

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yue Li ◽  
Wanqing Zheng ◽  
Yangyang Lu ◽  
Yanrong Zheng ◽  
Ling Pan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Membrane Protein ◽  
Outer Membrane ◽  
Outer Membrane Protein ◽  
Neurological Disorders ◽  
Human Disease ◽  
Molecular Mechanisms ◽  
Molecular Level ◽  
Current Evidence ◽  
Mitochondrial Outer Membrane ◽  
Biological Functions

AbstractMitophagy is a highly conserved cellular process that maintains the mitochondrial quantity by eliminating dysfunctional or superfluous mitochondria through autophagy machinery. The mitochondrial outer membrane protein BNIP3L/Nix serves as a mitophagy receptor by recognizing autophagosomes. BNIP3L is initially known to clear the mitochondria during the development of reticulocytes. Recent studies indicated it also engages in a variety of physiological and pathological processes. In this review, we provide an overview of how BNIP3L induces mitophagy and discuss the biological functions of BNIP3L and its regulation at the molecular level. We further discuss current evidence indicating the involvement of BNIP3L-mediated mitophagy in human disease, particularly in cancer and neurological disorders.

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