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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2015

Accessory NUMM (NDUFS6) subunit harbors a Zn-binding site and is essential for biogenesis of mitochondrial complex I.

Katarzyna Kmita, Christophe Wirth, Judith Warnau, Sergio Guerrero-Castillo, Carola Hunte, Gerhard Hummer, Ville R I Kaila, Klaus Zwicker, Ulrich Brandt, Volker Zickermann

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers.

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38 citing papers in PubMed, 84 citations in OpenAlex.

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10 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Katarzyna KmitaStructural Bioenergetics Group, Institute of Biochemistry II, Medical School, Goethe University, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany;
Christophe WirthInstitute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg Germany;
Judith WarnauDepartment of Theoretical Biophysics, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany;
Sergio Guerrero-CastilloNijmegen Center for Mitochondrial Disorders, Radboud University Medical Center, 6525 GA Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Cluster of Excellence Frankfurt "Macromolecular Complexes", Goethe University, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany;
Carola HunteInstitute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg Germany;
Gerhard HummerDepartment of Theoretical Biophysics, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany;
Ville R I KailaDepartment Chemie, Technische Universität München, 85747 Garching, Germany; and.
Klaus ZwickerInstitute of Biochemistry I, Medical School, Goethe University, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Ulrich BrandtNijmegen Center for Mitochondrial Disorders, Radboud University Medical Center, 6525 GA Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Cluster of Excellence Frankfurt "Macromolecular Complexes", Goethe University, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany;
Volker ZickermannStructural Bioenergetics Group, Institute of Biochemistry II, Medical School, Goethe University, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Cluster of Excellence Frankfurt "Macromolecular Complexes", Goethe University, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany; zickermann@med.uni-frankfurt.de.
Goethe University Frankfurt · DEMax Planck Institute of Biophysics · DEUniversity of Freiburg · DETechnical University of Munich · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mitochondrial proton-pumping NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase (respiratory complex I) comprises more than 40 polypeptides and contains eight canonical FeS clusters. The integration of subunits and insertion of cofactors into the nascent complex is a complicated multistep process that is aided by assembly factors. We show that the accessory NUMM subunit of complex I (human NDUFS6) harbors a Zn-binding site and resolve its position by X-ray crystallography. Chromosomal deletion of the NUMM gene or mutation of Zn-binding residues blocked a late step of complex I assembly. An accumulating assembly intermediate lacked accessory subunit N7BM (NDUFA12), whereas a paralog of this subunit, the assembly factor N7BML (NDUFAF2), was found firmly bound instead. EPR spectroscopic analysis and metal content determination after chromatographic purification of the assembly intermediate showed that NUMM is required for insertion or stabilization of FeS cluster N4.

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Binding SitesComputer SimulationCrystallography, X-RayElectron Spin Resonance SpectroscopyElectron Transport Complex IElectrophoresisGene DeletionHumansMitochondriaMitochondrial MembranesMolecular ChaperonesMolecular ConformationMutagenesis, Site-DirectedMutationNADH DehydrogenaseProtein BindingElectron Transport Complex IMolecular ChaperonesNADH DehydrogenaseNDUFS6 protein, humanZincassemblyFeS clustermetal proteinNDUFA12NDUFAF2

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PMID25902503
PMCPMC4426432
OpenAlexW1963983672

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