Biogenesis of yeast Mia40 - uncoupling folding from import and atypical recognition features.
The discovery of the mitochondrial intermembrane space assembly (MIA) pathway was followed by studies that focused mainly on the typical small substrates of this disulfide relay system and the interactions between its two central partners: the oxidoreductase Mia40 and the FAD-protein Erv1. Recent studies have revealed that more complex proteins utilize this pathway, including Mia40 itself. In the present study, we dissect the Mia40 biogenesis in distinct stages, supporting a kinetically coordinated sequence of events, starting with (a) import and insertion through the Tim23 translocon, followed by (b) folding of the core of imported Mia40 assisted by the endogenous Mia40 and (c) final interaction with Erv1. The interaction with endogenous Mia40 and the subsequent interaction with Erv1 represent kinetically distinguishable steps that rely on completely different determinants. Interaction with Mia40 proceeds very early (within 30 s) and is characterized by no Cys-specificity, an increased tolerance to mutations of the hydrophobic substrate-binding cleft and no apparent dependence on glutathione as a proofreading mechanism. All of these features illustrate a very atypical behaviour for the Mia40 precursor compared to other substrates of the MIA pathway. By contrast, interaction with Erv1 occurs after 5 min of import and relies on a more stringent specificity.
Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (IMBB-FORTH), Heraklion, Greece; Department of Biology, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece.
Afroditi
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Chatzi
Dionisia P
DP
Sideris
Nitsa
N
Katrakili
Charalampos
C
Pozidis
Kostas
K
Tokatlidis
D020134:Catalytic Domain; D003579:Cytochrome Reductases / Q000378:metabolism; D005978:Glutathione / Q000378:metabolism; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism; D033681:Mitochondrial Membrane Transport Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D000090622:Mitochondrial Precursor Protein Import Complex Proteins; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D050862:Oxidoreductases Acting on Sulfur Group Donors; D011485:Protein Binding; D017510:Protein Folding; D021381:Protein Transport
C507282:CHCHD4 protein, human; D033681:Mitochondrial Membrane Transport Proteins; D000090622:Mitochondrial Precursor Protein Import Complex Proteins; D003579:Cytochrome Reductases; C500897:GFER protein, human; D050862:Oxidoreductases Acting on Sulfur Group Donors; D005978:Glutathione
Erv1; Mia40; biogenesis; import; mitochondria