title: Hsp78, a Clp homologue within mitochondria, can substitute for chaperone functions of mt-hsp70.
abstract: Hsp78 is a Clp homologue within mitochondria of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Deletion of HSP78 does not cause any detectable changes in wild type cells, but results in a petite phenotype in the ssc1-3 mutant strain carrying a temperature-sensitive allele of mt-hsp70. When overexpressed in the ssc1-3 mutant strain, hsp78 suppresses the defect in mitochondrial protein import under permissive conditions in vitro and interacts directly with newly imported polypeptide chains. As a molecular chaperone, hsp78 prevents the aggregation of misfolded proteins in the matrix of mitochondria under conditions of impaired mt-hsp70 function. However, unlike misfolded proteins associated with mt-hsp70, hsp78-bound polypeptides are not efficiently degraded by the ATP-dependent PIM1 protease. Thus, hsp78 can partially substitute for mt-hsp70 functions in the assembly of mitochondria and may be part of a salvage pathway if mt-hsp70 is limiting.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Physiologische Chemie der Universität München, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schmitt
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Neupert
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Langer
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001692:Biological Transport; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism*; D033681:Mitochondrial Membrane Transport Proteins; D000090622:Mitochondrial Precursor Protein Import Complex Proteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D010455:Peptides / Q000378:metabolism; D017510:Protein Folding; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins; C083349:HSP78 protein, S cerevisiae; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D033681:Mitochondrial Membrane Transport Proteins; D000090622:Mitochondrial Precursor Protein Import Complex Proteins; D010455:Peptides; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C077016:TIM44 protein, S cerevisiae