A selectivity filter in Tim17 mediates intramitochondrial protein sorting - Dataset II
Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT: Mitochondria import hundreds of proteins into the matrix and the inner membrane. The translocase of the inner membrane of mitochondria (TIM23 complex) sorts these proteins using topogenic signals in their structure and directs them into the matrix or inserts them into the inner membrane. How these signals are deciphered is unknown. Here we show that Tim17, the protein-conducting subunit of the TIM23 complex, contains a highly conserved selection filter for incoming proteins. Using a fluorescence-based sorting reporter, we identified the novel mitochondrial oxidoreductase Dmo2 (akin to DMAC1 in humans) as critical factor for intramitochondrial protein sorting. Molecular dynamics simulations show that a Dmo2-dependent disulfide bond into Tim17 constitutes a negatively charged selection filter at the vestibule of the TIM23 complex that arrests membrane proteins and facilitates the lateral insertion. Our work provides a first molecular rationale as to how the TIM23 translocase differentiates between soluble and membrane proteins.
INSTRUMENT(S):
ORGANISM(S): Saccharomyces Cerevisiae (baker's Yeast)
TISSUE(S): Cell Suspension Culture
SUBMITTER:
Markus Räschle
LAB HEAD: Markus Räschle
PROVIDER: PXD078122 | Pride | 2026-08-03
REPOSITORIES: Pride
ACCESS DATA