Reference: Mizutani M, et al. (2024) Identification of proteins involved in intracellular ubiquinone trafficking in Saccharomyces cerevisiae using artificial ubiquinone probe. Biochim Biophys Acta Bioenerg 1865(4):149147

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Abstract


Ubiquinone (UQ) is an essential player in the respiratory electron transfer system. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains lacking the ability to synthesize UQ6, exogenously supplied UQs can be taken up and delivered to mitochondria through an unknown mechanism, restoring the growth of UQ6-deficient yeast in non-fermentable medium. Since elucidating the mechanism responsible may markedly contribute to therapeutic strategies for patients with UQ deficiency, many attempts have been made to identify the machinery involved in UQ trafficking in the yeast model. However, definite experimental evidence of the direct interaction of UQ with a specific protein(s) has not yet been demonstrated. To gain insight into intracellular UQ trafficking via a chemistry-based strategy, we synthesized a hydrophobic UQ probe (pUQ5), which has a photoreactive diazirine group attached to a five-unit isoprenyl chain and a terminal alkyne to visualize and/or capture the labeled proteins via click chemistry. pUQ5 successfully restored the growth of UQ6-deficient S. cerevisiae (Δcoq2) on a non-fermentable carbon source, indicating that this UQ was taken up and delivered to mitochondria, and served as a UQ substrate of respiratory enzymes. Through photoaffinity labeling of the mitochondria isolated from Δcoq2 yeast cells cultured in the presence of pUQ5, we identified many labeled proteins, including voltage-dependent anion channel 1 (VDAC1) and cytochrome c oxidase subunit 3 (Cox3). The physiological relevance of UQ binding to these proteins is discussed.

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Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Authors
Mizutani M, Kuroda S, Oku M, Aoki W, Masuya T, Miyoshi H, Murai M
Primary Lit For
COX3 | POR1 | COQ2
Additional Lit For
COX1 | COB | Mitochondrial respiratory chain complex III | Mitochondrial respiratory chain complex IV, COX5A variant | Mitochondrial respiratory chain complex IV, COX5B variant

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Gene/ComplexQualifierGene Ontology TermAnnotation ExtensionEvidenceSourceAssigned On
COX3enablesubiquinone bindingIDASGD2024-06-25
POR1enablesubiquinone bindingIDASGD2024-06-25
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GenePhenotypeExperiment TypeMutant InformationStrain BackgroundChemicalDetails
COQ2respiratory growth: absent
classical genetics null
Allele: coq2-Δ
W303Media: non-fermentable carbon source
Details: growth restored by addition of 5.0 μM native ubiquinone (UQ6), and UQ-4-yne and UQ-5-yne restored growth to ~70% compared to UQ6
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