Defining the physiological role of SRP in protein-targeting efficiency and specificity

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The signal recognition particle (SRP) enables cotranslational delivery of proteins for translocation into the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), but its full in vivo role remains incompletely explored. We combined rapid auxin-induced SRP degradation with proximity-specific ribosome profiling to define SRP’s in vivo function in yeast. Despite the classic view that SRP recognizes N-terminal signal sequences, we show that SRP was generally essential for targeting transmembrane domains regardless of their position relative to the N terminus. By contrast, many proteins containing cleavable N-terminal signal peptides were efficiently cotranslationally targeted in SRP’s absence. We also revealed an unanticipated consequence of SRP loss: Normally ER-targeted transcripts were mistargeted to mitochondria, leading to mitochondrial defects. These results elucidate SRP’s essential roles in maintaining the efficiency and specificity of protein targeting.

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Benoît Kornmann, Erin Currie, Sean R Collins … (2009)

Communication between organelles is an important feature of all eukaryotic cells. To uncover components involved in mitochondria/endoplasmic reticulum (ER) junctions, we screened for mutants that could be complemented by a synthetic protein designed to artificially tether the two organelles. We identified the Mmm1/Mdm10/Mdm12/Mdm34 complex as a molecular tether between ER and mitochondria. The tethering complex was composed of proteins resident of both ER and mitochondria. With the use of genome-wide mapping of genetic interactions, we showed that the components of the tethering complex were functionally connected to phospholipid biosynthesis and calcium-signaling genes. In mutant cells, phospholipid biosynthesis was impaired. The tethering complex localized to discrete foci, suggesting that discrete sites of close apposition between ER and mitochondria facilitate interorganelle calcium and phospholipid exchange.

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Nicholas J McGlincy, Nicholas Ingolia (2017)

Translation is one of the fundamental processes of life. It comprises the assembly of polypeptides whose amino acid sequence corresponds to the codon sequence of an mRNA's ORF. Translation is performed by the ribosome; therefore, in order to understand translation and its regulation we must be able to determine the numbers and locations of ribosomes on mRNAs in vivo. Furthermore, we must be able to examine their redistribution in different physiological contexts and in response to experimental manipulations. The ribosome profiling method provides us with an opportunity to learn these locations, by sequencing a cDNA library derived from the short fragments of mRNA covered by the ribosome. Since its original description, the ribosome profiling method has undergone continuing development; in this article we describe the method's current state. Important improvements include: the incorporation of sample barcodes to enable library multiplexing, the incorporation of unique molecular identifiers to enable to removal of duplicated sequences, and the replacement of a gel-purification step with the enzymatic degradation of unligated linker.

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Linhao Ruan, Chuankai Zhou, Erli Jin … (2017)

Loss of proteostasis underlies aging and neurodegeneration characterized by the accumulation of protein aggregates and mitochondrial dysfunction 1–5 . Although many neurodegenerative-disease proteins can be found in mitochondria 4,6 , it remains unclear how these disease manifestations may be related. In yeast, protein aggregates formed under stress or during aging are preferentially retained by the mother cell in part through tethering to mitochondria, while the disaggregase Hsp104 helps dissociate aggregates to enable refolding or degradation of misfolded proteins 7–10 . Here we show that in yeast cytosolic proteins prone to aggregation are imported into mitochondria for degradation. Protein aggregates formed under heat shock (HS) contain both cytosolic and mitochondrial proteins and interact with mitochondrial import complex. Many aggregation-prone proteins enter mitochondrial intermembrane space and matrix after HS, while some do so even without stress. Timely dissolution of cytosolic aggregates requires mitochondrial import machinery and proteases. Blocking mitochondrial import but not the proteasome activity causes a marked delay in the degradation of aggregated proteins. Defects in cytosolic Hsp70s leads to enhanced entry of misfolded proteins into mitochondria and elevated mitochondrial stress. We term this mitochondria-mediated proteostasis mechanism MAGIC (mitochondria as guardian in cytosol) and provide evidence that it may exist in human cells.