Tom22', an 8-kDa trans-site receptor in plants and protozoans, is a conserved feature of the TOM complex that appeared early in the evolution of eukaryotes |
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Authors: | Ma?asev Diana Whelan James Newbigin Ed Silva-Filho Marcio C Mulhern Terrence D Lithgow Trevor |
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Institution: | * Russell Grimwade School of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
Plant Molecular Biology Group, School of Biomedical and Chemical Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia
School of Botany, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
Departamento de Genetica, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
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Abstract: | One of the earliest events in the evolution of mitochondriawas the development a means to translocate proteins made inthe cytosol into the "protomitochondrion." How this was achievedremains uncertain, and the nature of the earliest version ofthe protein translocation machinery is not known. Comparativesequence analysis suggests three subunits, Tom40, Tom7, andTom22 as common elements of the protein translocase in the mitochondrialouter membrane in diverse extant eukaryotes. Tom22, the 22-kDasubunit, plays a critical role in the function of this complexin fungi and animals, and we show that an 8-kDa subunit of theplant translocase is a truncated form of Tom22. It has a singletransmembrane segment conforming in sequence to the same regionof Tom22 from other eukaryotic lineages and a short carboxy-terminaltrans domain located in the mitochondrial intermembrane space.The trans domain from the Arabidopsis thaliana protein functionsin yeast lacking their own Tom22 by complementing protein importdefects and restoring cell growth. Moreover, we have identifiedorthologs of Tom22, Tom7, and Tom40 in diverse eukaryotes suchas the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum, the amoebic slime Dictyosteliumdiscoideum, and the protozoan parasite Plasmodium falciparum.This finding strongly suggests these subunits as the core ofthe protein translocase in the earliest mitochondria. |
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Keywords: | mitochondria protein import TOM complex evolution |
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