Plant Mitochondrial Inner Membrane Protein Insertion

Kolli, Renuka; Soll, Jürgen and Carrie, Chris (2018): Plant Mitochondrial Inner Membrane Protein Insertion. In: International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Vol. 19, No. 2, 641

Abstract

During the biogenesis of the mitochondrial inner membrane, most nuclear-encoded inner membrane proteins are laterally released into the membrane by the TIM23 and the TIM22 machinery during their import into mitochondria. A subset of nuclear-encoded mitochondrial inner membrane proteins and all the mitochondrial-encoded inner membrane proteins use the Oxa machinerywhich is evolutionarily conserved from the endosymbiotic bacterial ancestor of mitochondriafor membrane insertion. Compared to the mitochondria from other eukaryotes, plant mitochondria have several unique features, such as a larger genome and a branched electron transport pathway, and are also involved in additional cellular functions such as photorespiration and stress perception. This review focuses on the unique aspects of plant mitochondrial inner membrane protein insertion machinery, which differs from that in yeast and humans, and includes a case study on the biogenesis of Cox2 in yeast, humans, two plant species, and an algal species to highlight lineage-specific similarities and differences. Interestingly, unlike mitochondria of other eukaryotes but similar to bacteria and chloroplasts, plant mitochondria appear to use the Tat machinery for membrane insertion of the Rieske Fe/S protein.

• Item Type: Journal article
• Faculties: Biology > Department Biology I
• Research Centers: Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich (CIPSM)
• Subjects: 500 Science > 540 Chemistry; 500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology
• ISSN: 1422-0067
• Language: English