A selectivity filter in Tim17 mediates intramitochondrial protein sorting - Data set I
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ABSTRACT: The translocase of the inner membrane of mitochondria (TIM23 complex) imports proteins into the matrix and, in the case of membrane proteins, releases precursors laterally into the inner membrane. The sorting of precursor proteins relies on topogenic signals in their structure. How these signals are deciphered is unknown. Using a fluorescence-based sorting reporter, we systematically screened yeast depletion libraries and identified Dmo2 (akin to DMAC1 in humans) as a novel protein critical for the membrane insertion of inner membrane proteins. Dmo2 serves as oxidoreductase that introduces a disulfide bond into Tim17, the protein-conducting subunit of the TIM23 complex. Molecular dynamics simulations show that the disulfide bond in Tim17 positions the negatively charged N terminus of Tim17 to the protein-conducting vestibule of the TIM23 translocase to constitute a negatively charged selection filter for incoming precursor proteins. Our paper provides the first molecular rationale as to how the TIM23 translocase differentiates between soluble and membrane proteins.
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ORGANISM(S): Saccharomyces Cerevisiae (baker's Yeast)
TISSUE(S): Cell Culture
SUBMITTER:
Markus Räschle
LAB HEAD: Markus Räschle
PROVIDER: PXD068062 | Pride | 2026-08-03
REPOSITORIES: Pride
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