Whole cell proteome of DNAJC15 short, uncleavable and wild type overexpression
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ABSTRACT: Mitochondria dynamically adapt to cellular stress to ensure cell survival. The stress-regulated mitochondrial peptidase OMA1 orchestrates these adaptive responses, which limit mitochondrial fusion and promote mitochondrial stress signaling and metabolic rewiring. Here, we show that cellular stress adaptation involves OMA1-mediated regulation of mitochondrial protein import and OXPHOS biogenesis. OMA1 cleaves the mitochondrial chaperone DNAJC15 and promotes its degradation by the m-AAA protease AFG3L2. Loss of DNAJC15 impairs mitochondrial protein import and restricts OXPHOS biogenesis under conditions of mitochondrial dysfunction. Non-imported mitochondrial preproteins accumulate at the endoplasmic reticulum inducing an unfolded protein response. Our results demonstrate stress-dependent changes in mitochondrial protein import as part of the OMA1-mediated mitochondrial stress response and highlight the interdependence of proteostasis regulation between different organelles.
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ORGANISM(S): Homo Sapiens (human)
TISSUE(S): Cell Culture
SUBMITTER:
Hendrik Nolte
LAB HEAD: Thomas Langer
PROVIDER: PXD072822 | Pride | 2026-01-20
REPOSITORIES: Pride
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