Biogenesis of mitochondrial β-barrel membrane proteins
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Biogenesis of mitochondrial β-barrel membrane proteins
Abstract
β-barrel membrane proteins in the mitochondrial outer membrane are crucial for mediating the metabolite exchange between the cytosol and the mitochondrial intermembrane space. In addition, the β-barrel membrane protein subunit Tom40 of the translocase of the outer membrane (TOM) is essential for the import of the vast majority of mitochondrial proteins encoded in the nucleus. The sorting and assembly machinery (SAM) in the outer membrane is required for the membrane insertion of mitochondrial β-barrel proteins. The core subunit Sam50, which has been conserved from bacteria to humans, is itself a β-barrel protein. The β-strands of β-barrel precursor proteins are assembled at the Sam50 lateral gate forming a Sam50-preprotein hybrid barrel. The assembled precursor β-barrel is finally released into the outer mitochondrial membrane by displacement of the nascent β-barrel, termed the β-barrel switching mechanism. SAM forms supercomplexes with TOM and forms a mitochondrial outer-to-inner membrane contact site with the mitochondrial contact site and cristae organizing system (MICOS) of the inner membrane. SAM shares subunits with the ER-mitochondria encounter structure (ERMES), which forms a membrane contact site between the mitochondrial outer membrane and the endoplasmic reticulum. Therefore, β-barrel membrane protein biogenesis is closely connected to general mitochondrial protein and lipid biogenesis and plays a central role in mitochondrial maintenance.
Keywords: Mco6; Mdm10; SAM; Sam35; Sam37; Sam50; mitochondria; outer membrane; sorting and assembly machinery; β‐barrel protein.
© 2024 The Author(s). FEBS Open Bio published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Federation of European Biochemical Societies.
Conflict of interest statement
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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