Presequences of non-imported mitochondrial proteins serve as quality control elements in the cytosol
Lenhard, S.; Nutz, A.; Göktas, G.; Bykov, Y. S.; Räschle, M.; Herrmann, J. M.
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Most mitochondrial proteins are synthesized in the cytosol as precursor proteins with presequences which serve as targeting signals for the mitochondrial matrix, where they are cleaved by the mitochondrial processing peptidase (MPP). In this study, we comprehensively elucidated the role of the presequence and the mature part of mitochondrial precursors in the cytosol, by use of a cytosol-targeted MPP which prematurely processed mitochondrial precursors. Over time, cytoMPP resulted in mitochondrial depletion. However, the cellular response to cytoMPP was surprisingly different to that observed for other models of mitochondrial import inhibition. Cytosolic maturation rendered many proteins stable in the cytosol, indicating that their mature parts lack ubiquitination signals. Accordingly, cytoMPP did not induce the upregulation of the proteasome, which normally is a hallmark of mitochondrial dysfunction. Instead, cytoMPP elicited a heat shock response and impaired the sequestration of precursors in the cytosol. Our observations demonstrate that mitochondrial presequences are more than just address labels. Rather, they play an important role in quality control and orchestrate the cellular response to defects in mitochondrial protein import.
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