title: A novel insertion pathway of mitochondrial outer membrane proteins with multiple transmembrane segments.
abstract: The central channel Tom40 of the preprotein translocase of outer membrane (TOM) complex is thought to be responsible for the import of virtually all preproteins synthesized outside the mitochondria. In this study, we analyze the topogenesis of the peripheral benzodiazepine receptor (PBR), which integrates into the mitochondrial outer membrane (MOM) through five hydrophobic transmembrane segments (TMSs) and functions in cholesterol import into the inner membrane. Analyses of in vitro and in vivo import into TOM component-depleted mitochondria reveal that PBR import (1) depends on the import receptor Tom70 but requires neither the Tom20 and Tom22 import receptors nor the import channel Tom40, (2) shares the post-Tom70 pathway with the C-tail-anchored proteins, and (3) requires factors of the mitochondrial intermembrane space. Furthermore, membrane integration of mitofusins and mitochondrial ubiquitin ligase, the MOM proteins with two and four TMSs, respectively, proceeds through the same initial pathway. These findings reveal a previously unidentified pathway of the membrane integration of MOM proteins with multiple TMSs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
authors.forename: Hidenori
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Otera
authors.forename: Yohsuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Taira
authors.forename: Chika
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Horie
authors.forename: Yurina
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Kiyoko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Setoguchi
authors.forename: Hiroki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Toshihiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oka
authors.forename: Katsuyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mihara
mesh_terms: D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000378:metabolism; D020558:GTP Phosphohydrolases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D033681:Mitochondrial Membrane Transport Proteins; D051336:Mitochondrial Membranes / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D000090622:Mitochondrial Precursor Protein Import Complex Proteins; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary / Q000502:physiology; D021381:Protein Transport / Q000502:physiology; D018079:Receptors, GABA / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D033681:Mitochondrial Membrane Transport Proteins; D000090622:Mitochondrial Precursor Protein Import Complex Proteins; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D018079:Receptors, GABA; C402118:TOMM70 protein, human; C499229:TSPO protein, human; D002784:Cholesterol; C515578:MARCHF5 protein, human; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases; D020558:GTP Phosphohydrolases; C470017:Mfn1 protein, human