The myosin-related motor protein Myo2 is an essential mediator of bud-directed mitochondrial movement in yeast |
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Authors: | Förtsch Johannes Hummel Eric Krist Melanie Westermann Benedikt |
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Affiliation: | 1.Institut für Zellbiologie, and 2.Bayreuther Zentrum für Molekulare Biowissenschaften, Universität Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany |
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Abstract: | The inheritance of mitochondria in yeast depends on bud-directed transport along actin filaments. It is a matter of debate whether anterograde mitochondrial movement is mediated by the myosin-related motor protein Myo2 or by motor-independent mechanisms. We show that mutations in the Myo2 cargo binding domain impair entry of mitochondria into the bud and are synthetically lethal with deletion of the YPT11 gene encoding a rab-type guanosine triphosphatase. Mitochondrial distribution defects and synthetic lethality were rescued by a mitochondria-specific Myo2 variant that carries a mitochondrial outer membrane anchor. Furthermore, immunoelectron microscopy revealed Myo2 on isolated mitochondria. Thus, Myo2 is an essential and direct mediator of bud-directed mitochondrial movement in yeast. Accumulating genetic evidence suggests that maintenance of mitochondrial morphology, Ypt11, and retention of mitochondria in the bud contribute to Myo2-dependent inheritance of mitochondria. |
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