title: Reliance of ER-mitochondrial calcium signaling on mitochondrial EF-hand Ca2+ binding proteins: Miros, MICUs, LETM1 and solute carriers.
abstract: Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and mitochondria are functionally distinct with regard to membrane protein biogenesis and oxidative energy production, respectively, but cooperate in several essential cell functions, including lipid biosynthesis, cell signaling and organelle dynamics. The interorganellar cooperation requires local communication that can occur at the strategically positioned and dynamic associations between ER and mitochondria. Calcium is locally transferred from ER to mitochondria at the associations and exerts regulatory effects on numerous proteins. A common Ca(2+) sensing mechanism is the EF-hand Ca(2+) binding domain, many of which can be found in proteins of the mitochondria, including Miro1&2, MICU1,2&3, LETM1 and mitochondrial solute carriers. Recently, these proteins have triggered much interest and were described in reports with diverging conclusions. The present essay focuses on their shared features and established specific functions.
authors.affiliation: MitoCare Center, Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, United States. Electronic address: gyorgy.hajnoczky@jefferson.edu.
authors.forename: György
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authors.lastname: Hajnóczky
authors.affiliation: MitoCare Center, Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, United States.
authors.forename: David
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authors.lastname: Booth
authors.affiliation: MitoCare Center, Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, United States.
authors.forename: György
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authors.lastname: Csordás
authors.affiliation: MitoCare Center, Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, United States.
authors.forename: Valentina
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authors.lastname: Debattisti
authors.affiliation: MitoCare Center, Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, United States.
authors.forename: Tünde
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authors.lastname: Golenár
authors.affiliation: MitoCare Center, Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, United States.
authors.forename: Shamim
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authors.lastname: Naghdi
authors.affiliation: MitoCare Center, Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, United States.
authors.forename: Nima
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authors.lastname: Niknejad
authors.affiliation: MitoCare Center, Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, United States.
authors.forename: Melanie
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authors.lastname: Paillard
authors.affiliation: MitoCare Center, Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, United States.
authors.forename: Erin L
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authors.lastname: Seifert
authors.affiliation: MitoCare Center, Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, United States.
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authors.lastname: Weaver
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D020013:Calcium Signaling; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D004721:Endoplasmic Reticulum / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D002118:Calcium