Role of the ABC transporter Mdl1 in peptide export from mitochondria.
ATP-binding cassette (ABC) adenosine triphosphatases actively transport a wide variety of compounds across biological membranes. Here, the ABC protein Mdl1 was identified as an intracellular peptide transporter localized in the inner membrane of yeast mitochondria. Mdl1 was required for mitochondrial export of peptides with molecular masses of approximately 2100 to 600 daltons generated by proteolysis of inner-membrane proteins by the m-AAA protease in the mitochondrial matrix. Proteolysis by the i-AAA protease in the intermembrane space led to the release of similar-sized peptides independent of Mdl1. Thus, two pathways of peptide efflux from mitochondria exist that may allow communication between mitochondria and their cellular environment.
Young
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Division of Immunology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QP, UK. lesley.young@lorantis.co.uk
Leonhard
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Tatsuta
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Trowsdale
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Langer
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D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D049069:ATP-Dependent Proteases; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000378:metabolism; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D002458:Cell Fractionation; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000378:metabolism*; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases / Q000378:metabolism; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism*; D033681:Mitochondrial Membrane Transport Proteins; D000090622:Mitochondrial Precursor Protein Import Complex Proteins; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D017354:Point Mutation; D021381:Protein Transport; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters; D002352:Carrier Proteins; C490069:MDL1 protein, S cerevisiae; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D033681:Mitochondrial Membrane Transport Proteins; D000090622:Mitochondrial Precursor Protein Import Complex Proteins; D010455:Peptides; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C091191:TIM17 protein, S cerevisiae; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D049069:ATP-Dependent Proteases; C082702:YME1 protein, S cerevisiae; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases; C114583:m-AAA proteases; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases