The GET pathway can increase the risk of mitochondrial outer membrane proteins to be mistargeted to the ER

Daniela G. Vitali, Monika Sinzel, Elianne P. Bulthuis, Antonia Kolb, Susanne Zabel, Dietmar G. Mehlhorn, Bruna Figueiredo Costa, Akos Farkas, Anne Clancy, Maya Schuldiner, Christopher Grefen, Blanche Schwappach, Nica Borgese, Doron Rapaport

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Abstract

Tail-anchored (TA) proteins are anchored to their corresponding membrane via a single transmembrane segment (TMS) at their C-terminus. In yeast, the targeting of TA proteins to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) can be mediated by the guided entry of TA proteins (GET) pathway, whereas it is not yet clear how mitochondrial TA proteins are targeted to their destination. It has been widely observed that some mitochondrial outer membrane (MOM) proteins are mistargeted to the ER when overexpressed or when their targeting signal is masked. However, the mechanism of this erroneous sorting is currently unknown. In this study, we demonstrate the involvement of the GET machinery in the mistargeting of suboptimal MOM proteins to the ER. These findings suggest that the GET machinery can, in principle, recognize and guide mitochondrial and non-canonical TA proteins. Hence, under normal conditions, an active mitochondrial targeting pathway must exist that dominates the kinetic competition against other pathways.

Original languageEnglish
Article numberjcs211110
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Cell Science
Volume131
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 May 2018

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Cell Biology

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