title: Intersection of RNA processing and the type II fatty acid synthesis pathway in yeast mitochondria.
abstract: Distinct metabolic pathways can intersect in ways that allow hierarchical or reciprocal regulation. In a screen of respiration-deficient Saccharomyces cerevisiae gene deletion strains for defects in mitochondrial RNA processing, we found that lack of any enzyme in the mitochondrial fatty acid type II biosynthetic pathway (FAS II) led to inefficient 5' processing of mitochondrial precursor tRNAs by RNase P. In particular, the precursor containing both RNase P RNA (RPM1) and tRNA(Pro) accumulated dramatically. Subsequent Pet127-driven 5' processing of RPM1 was blocked. The FAS II pathway defects resulted in the loss of lipoic acid attachment to subunits of three key mitochondrial enzymes, which suggests that the octanoic acid produced by the pathway is the sole precursor for lipoic acid synthesis and attachment. The protein component of yeast mitochondrial RNase P, Rpm2, is not modified by lipoic acid in the wild-type strain, and it is imported in FAS II mutant strains. Thus, a product of the FAS II pathway is required for RNase P RNA maturation, which positively affects RNase P activity. In addition, a product is required for lipoic acid production, which is needed for the activity of pyruvate dehydrogenase, which feeds acetyl-coenzyme A into the FAS II pathway. These two positive feedback cycles may provide switch-like control of mitochondrial gene expression in response to the metabolic state of the cell.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721-0106, USA.
authors.forename: Melissa S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Schonauer
authors.forename: Alexander J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Kastaniotis
authors.forename: J Kalervo
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Hiltunen
authors.forename: Carol L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Dieckmann
mesh_terms: D015152:Blotting, Northern; D054889:Fatty Acid Synthase, Type II / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D017353:Gene Deletion; D015966:Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D006836:Hydro-Lyases / Q000378:metabolism; D054878:Lipoylation; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D008954:Models, Biological; D021381:Protein Transport; D012322:RNA Precursors / Q000378:metabolism; D012323:RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional; D012331:RNA, Fungal / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000378:metabolism; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D043262:Ribonuclease P / Q000378:metabolism; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; C077890:PET127 protein, S cerevisiae; D012322:RNA Precursors; D012331:RNA, Fungal; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D015534:Trans-Activators; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; D012343:RNA, Transfer; C519164:RPM2 protein, S cerevisiae; D043262:Ribonuclease P; C495281:Htd2 protein, S cerevisiae; D006836:Hydro-Lyases; D054889:Fatty Acid Synthase, Type II
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