BRAWNIN: A sORF-encoded Peptide Essential for Vertebrate Mitochondrial Complex III Assembly
Zhang, S.; Liang, C.; Mary, C.; Kerouantan, B.; Francisco, J.; Jagannathan, N. S.; Olexiouk, V.; Peh, J. H.; Tang, C.; Fidelito, G.; Nama, S.; Cheng, R.-K.; Wee, C. L.; Wang, L. C.; Roggli, P. D.; Sampath, P.; Lane, L.; Petretto, E.; Sobota, R.; Jesuthasan, S.; Sun, L.; Tucker-Kellogg, L.; Reversade, B.; Menschaert, G.; Stroud, D. A.; Ho, L.
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The emergence of small open reading frame (sORF)-encoded peptides (SEPs) is rapidly expanding the known proteome at the lower end of the size distribution1,2. Here, we show that the mitochondria proteome is enriched for proteins smaller than 100 a.a. (defined as SEPs). Using a mitochondrial prediction and validation pipeline for small open-reading-frame (sORF)-encoded peptides (SEPs), we report the discovery of 16 endogenous mitochondrial SEPs (mito-SEPs) associated with oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS). Through functional prediction, proteomics, metabolomics and metabolic flux modeling, we demonstrate that BRAWNIN (BR), a 71 amino acid peptide encoded by the C12orf73 gene, is essential for respiratory chain complex III (CIII) assembly. In human cells, BR is induced by the energy-sensing AMPK pathway, and its depletion impairs mitochondrial ATP production. In vivo, BR is enriched in muscle tissues and its maternal zygotic deletion in zebrafish causes complete CIII loss, resulting in severe growth retardation, lactic acidosis and early death. Our findings demonstrate that BR is essential for oxidative phosphorylation across vertebrate species. We propose that mito-SEPs are an untapped resource for essential regulators of oxidative metabolism.
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