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Molekulare Analyse der Funktionen von Shy1/SURF1 in den frühen Schritten der Cytochrom c Oxidase Assemblierung

Fachliche Zuordnung Biochemie
Förderung Förderung von 2008 bis 2017
Projektkennung Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Projektnummer 88204809
 
Erstellungsjahr 2018

Zusammenfassung der Projektergebnisse

SURF1 is highly conserved from bacteria to man and loss of SURF1 function leads to cytochrome c oxidase deficiency. It is currently assumed that SURF1 and its orthologs play a role in early steps of cytochrome c oxidase biogenesis and are required for the initial assembly steps of the mitochondrially-encoded Cox1, the central catalytic subunit of the complex. Our analyses assessed the function of this protein in the biogenesis of human and yeast cytochrome c oxidase assembly. In the course of these studies, we were able to identify new proteins that are critical for regulation of Cox1 translation in mitochondria. We defined assembly stages and provided insight into the quality control process for newly made Cox1. In the course of our studies, we found new insight into how heme is inserted into Cox1 and sharpened the view on a feedback regulatory cycle that adapts the amount of Cox1 to the physiological requirements. The translation of our work into the human system provided us with new proteins involved in COX1 assembly in human. Some of these proteins have been linked to human neuromuscular disorders. Our findings provided insight into how pathogenic mutation lead to malfunction of SURF1 and provided understanding as to how nuclear-encoded proteins are directed to mitochondrial-encoded partner proteins. Most importantly, we learned that in human mitochondria translation is coupled to respiratory chain assembly.

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