Mitochondrial methionyl N-formylation affects steady-state levels of oxidative phosphorylation complexes and their organization into supercomplexes
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Arguello, Tania
Köhrer, Caroline
RajBhandary, Uttam L.
Moraes, Carlos T.
Date Issued
August 2018
Journal
Journal of Biological Chemistry
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American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)
Citation
Arguello, Tania et al. "Mitochondrial methionyl N-formylation affects steady-state levels of oxidative phosphorylation complexes and their organization into supercomplexes." Journal of Biological Chemistry 293, 39 (August 2018): 15021-15032. © 2018 Arguello et al.
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Abstract
N-Formylation of the Met-tRNA Met by the nuclearly encoded mitochondrial methionyl-tRNA formyltransferase (MTFMT) has been found to be a key determinant of protein synthesis initiation in mitochondria. In humans, mutations in the MTFMTgene result in Leigh syndrome, a progressive and severe neurometabolic disorder. However, the absolute requirement of formylation of Met-tRNA Met for protein synthesis in mammalian mitochondria is still debated. Here, we generated a Mtfmt-KO mouse fibroblast cell line and demonstrated that N-formylation of the first methionine via fMet-tRNA Met by MTFMTis not an absolute requirement for initiation of protein synthesis. However, it differentially affected the efficiency of synthesis of mtDNA-coded polypeptides. Lack of methionine N-formylation did not compromise the stability of these individual subunits but had a marked effect on the assembly and stability of the OXPHOS complexes I and IV and on their supercomplexes. In summary, N-formylation is not essential for mitochondrial protein synthesis but is critical for efficient synthesis of several mitochondrially encoded peptides and for OXPHOS complex stability and assembly into supercomplexes.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology
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https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.ra118.003838
