A protein-specific priority code in presequences determines the efficiency of mitochondrial protein import

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3003298" target="_blank" >https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3003298</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3003298" target="_blank" >10.1371/journal.pbio.3003298</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

A protein-specific priority code in presequences determines the efficiency of mitochondrial protein import

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The biogenesis of mitochondria relies on the import of hundreds of different precursor proteins from the cytosol. Most of these proteins are synthesized with N-terminal presequences which serve as mitochondrial targeting signals. Presequences consistently form amphipathic helices, but they considerably differ with respect to their primary structure and length. Here we show that presequences can be classified into seven different groups based on their specific features. Using a test set of different presequences, we observed that group A presequences endow precursor proteins with improved in vitro import characteristics. We developed IQ-Compete (for Import and de-Quenching Competition assay), a novel assay based on fluorescence de-quenching, to monitor the import efficiencies of mitochondrial precursors in vivo. With this assay, we confirmed the increased import competence of group A presequences. Using mass spectrometry, we found that the presequence of the group A protein Oxa1 specifically recruits the tetratricopeptide repeat (TPR)-containing protein TOMM34 to the cytosolic precursor protein. TOMM34, and the structurally related yeast co-chaperone Cns1, apparently serve as a presequence-specific targeting factor which increases the import efficiency of a specific subset of mitochondrial precursor proteins. Our results suggest that presequences contain a protein-specific priority code that encrypts the targeting mechanism of individual mitochondrial precursor proteins.

Název v anglickém jazyce

A protein-specific priority code in presequences determines the efficiency of mitochondrial protein import

Popis výsledku anglicky

The biogenesis of mitochondria relies on the import of hundreds of different precursor proteins from the cytosol. Most of these proteins are synthesized with N-terminal presequences which serve as mitochondrial targeting signals. Presequences consistently form amphipathic helices, but they considerably differ with respect to their primary structure and length. Here we show that presequences can be classified into seven different groups based on their specific features. Using a test set of different presequences, we observed that group A presequences endow precursor proteins with improved in vitro import characteristics. We developed IQ-Compete (for Import and de-Quenching Competition assay), a novel assay based on fluorescence de-quenching, to monitor the import efficiencies of mitochondrial precursors in vivo. With this assay, we confirmed the increased import competence of group A presequences. Using mass spectrometry, we found that the presequence of the group A protein Oxa1 specifically recruits the tetratricopeptide repeat (TPR)-containing protein TOMM34 to the cytosolic precursor protein. TOMM34, and the structurally related yeast co-chaperone Cns1, apparently serve as a presequence-specific targeting factor which increases the import efficiency of a specific subset of mitochondrial precursor proteins. Our results suggest that presequences contain a protein-specific priority code that encrypts the targeting mechanism of individual mitochondrial precursor proteins.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10608 - Biochemistry and molecular biology

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

PLoS biology

ISSN

1544-9173

e-ISSN

1545-7885

Svazek periodika

23

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

7

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

29

Strana od-do

"e3003298"

Kód UT WoS článku

001580941900001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-105011094678