Abstract
Many mitochondrial proteins are synthesized with N-terminal presequences in the cytosol. The presequence translocase of the inner mitochondrial membrane (TIM23) translocates preproteins into and across the membrane and associates with the matrix-localized import motor. The TIM23 complex consists of three core components and Tim21, which interacts with the translocase of the outer membrane (TOM) and the respiratory chain. We have identified a new subunit of the TIM23 complex, the inner membrane protein Mgr2. Mitochondria lacking Mgr2 were deficient in the Tim21-containing sorting form of the TIM23 complex. Mgr2 was required for binding of Tim21 to TIM23(CORE), revealing a binding chain of TIM23(CORE)-Mgr2/Tim21-respiratory chain. Mgr2-deficient yeast cells were defective in growth at elevated temperature, and the mitochondria were impaired in TOM-TIM23 coupling and the import of presequence-carrying preproteins. We conclude that Mgr2 is a coupling factor of the presequence translocase crucial for cell growth at elevated temperature and for efficient protein import.
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- cell
- cerevisiae
- cerevisiae/cytology/growth
- complex
- complexes/chemistry/*metabolism,protein
- development/metabolism,temperature,to_read
- import
- membrane
- precursor
- proliferation,membrane
- protein
- proteins,multiprotein
- proteins/*metabolism,membrane
- proteins/chemistry/*metabolism,mitochondrial
- proteins/chemistry/*metabolism,saccharomyces
- subunits/*metabolism,protein
- transport
- transport,saccharomyces
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