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ArticleEMBO reports2016

The membrane scaffold SLP2 anchors a proteolytic hub in mitochondria containing PARL and the i-AAA protease YME1L.

Timothy Wai, Shotaro Saita, Hendrik Nolte, Sebastian Müller, Tim König, Ricarda Richter-Dennerlein, Hans-Georg Sprenger, Joaquin Madrenas, Mareike Mühlmeister, Ulrich Brandt and 2 more

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Article in EMBO reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 116 papers.

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116citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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116 citing papers in PubMed, 198 citations in OpenAlex.

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  18. YME1L1 Dysfunction Associated With 3-Methylglutaconic Aciduria.Journal of inherited metabolic disease · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Timothy WaiInstitute for Genetics Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), and University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Shotaro SaitaInstitute for Genetics Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), and University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Hendrik NolteInstitute for Genetics Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), and University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Sebastian MüllerInstitute for Genetics Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), and University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Tim KönigInstitute for Genetics Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), and University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Ricarda Richter-DennerleinInstitute for Genetics Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), and University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Hans-Georg SprengerInstitute for Genetics Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), and University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Joaquin MadrenasMicrobiome and Disease Tolerance Centre, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Mareike MühlmeisterRadboud Center for Mitochondrial Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Ulrich BrandtRadboud Center for Mitochondrial Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-1869-6811
Marcus KrügerInstitute for Genetics Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), and University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Thomas LangerInstitute for Genetics Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), and University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany thomas.langer@uni-koeln.de.ORCID 0000-0003-1250-1462
University of Cologne · DERadboud University Nijmegen · NLMcGill University · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The SPFH (stomatin, prohibitin, flotillin, HflC/K) superfamily is composed of scaffold proteins that form ring-like structures and locally specify the protein-lipid composition in a variety of cellular membranes. Stomatin-like protein 2 (SLP2) is a member of this superfamily that localizes to the mitochondrial inner membrane (IM) where it acts as a membrane organizer. Here, we report that SLP2 anchors a large protease complex composed of the rhomboid protease PARL and the i-AAA protease YME1L, which we term the SPY complex (for SLP2-PARL-YME1L). Association with SLP2 in the SPY complex regulates PARL-mediated processing of PTEN-induced kinase PINK1 and the phosphatase PGAM5 in mitochondria. Moreover, SLP2 inhibits the stress-activated peptidase OMA1, which can bind to SLP2 and cleaves PGAM5 in depolarized mitochondria. SLP2 restricts OMA1-mediated processing of the dynamin-like GTPase OPA1 allowing stress-induced mitochondrial hyperfusion under starvation conditions. Together, our results reveal an important role of SLP2 membrane scaffolds for the spatial organization of IM proteases regulating mitochondrial dynamics, quality control, and cell survival.

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Mitochondrial DynamicsATPases Associated with Diverse Cellular ActivitiesBlood ProteinsGTP PhosphohydrolasesHEK293 CellsHeLa CellsHumansMembrane Potential, MitochondrialMembrane ProteinsMetalloendopeptidasesMetalloproteasesMitochondriaMitochondrial MembranesMitochondrial ProteinsPeptide HydrolasesPhosphoprotein PhosphatasesATPases Associated with Diverse Cellular ActivitiesBlood ProteinsGTP PhosphohydrolasesMembrane ProteinsMetalloendopeptidasesMetalloproteasesMitochondrial Proteinsmolecule metalloprotease-related protein-1, humanOPA1 protein, humanPARL protein, humanPeptide HydrolasesPGAM5 protein, humanPhosphoprotein PhosphatasesProtein KinasesPTEN-Induced Putative KinaseSTOML2 protein, humanYME1L1 protein, humanmembrane scaffoldmitochondriaOMA1rhomboidSLP2YME1L

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PMID27737933
PMCPMC5283581
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