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ArticleHuman molecular genetics2022

Translation of MT-ATP6 pathogenic variants reveals distinct regulatory consequences from the co-translational quality control of mitochondrial protein synthesis.

Kah Ying Ng, Uwe Richter, Christopher B Jackson, Sara Seneca, Brendan J Battersby

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Article in Human molecular genetics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Kah Ying NgInstitute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland.
Uwe RichterFaculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland.
Christopher B JacksonDepartment of Biochemistry and Developmental Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland.
Sara SenecaCenter for Medical Genetics/Research Center Reproduction and Genetics, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels 1050, Belgium.
Brendan J BattersbyInstitute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-8136-2753
University of Helsinki · FIVrije Universiteit Brussel · BE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pathogenic variants that disrupt human mitochondrial protein synthesis are associated with a clinically heterogeneous group of diseases. Despite an impairment in oxidative phosphorylation being a common phenotype, the underlying molecular pathogenesis is more complex than simply a bioenergetic deficiency. Currently, we have limited mechanistic understanding on the scope by which a primary defect in mitochondrial protein synthesis contributes to organelle dysfunction. Since the proteins encoded in the mitochondrial genome are hydrophobic and need co-translational insertion into a lipid bilayer, responsive quality control mechanisms are required to resolve aberrations that arise with the synthesis of truncated and misfolded proteins. Here, we show that defects in the OXA1L-mediated insertion of MT-ATP6 nascent chains into the mitochondrial inner membrane are rapidly resolved by the AFG3L2 protease complex. Using pathogenic MT-ATP6 variants, we then reveal discrete steps in this quality control mechanism and the differential functional consequences to mitochondrial gene expression. The inherent ability of a given cell type to recognize and resolve impairments in mitochondrial protein synthesis may in part contribute at the molecular level to the wide clinical spectrum of these disorders.

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Oxidative PhosphorylationProtein BiosynthesisMitochondrial ProteinsMitochondrial Proton-Translocating ATPasesMutationPhenotypeMitochondrial ProteinsMitochondrial Proton-Translocating ATPases

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