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ArticleNature communications2025

Oligomer-based functions of mitochondrial porin.

Hironori Takeda, Saori Shinoda, Chiho Goto, Akihisa Tsutsumi, Haruka Sakaue, Chunming Zhang, Takashi Hirashima, Yuta Konishi, Haruka Ono, Yu Yamamori and 12 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

22 authors.

Hironori Takeda *Faculty of Life Sciences, Kyoto Sangyo University, Kyoto, Japan.
Saori Shinoda *Faculty of Life Sciences, Kyoto Sangyo University, Kyoto, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0007-7366-7147
Chiho GotoFaculty of Life Sciences, Kyoto Sangyo University, Kyoto, Japan.
Akihisa TsutsumiDepartment of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Haruka SakaueFaculty of Life Sciences, Kyoto Sangyo University, Kyoto, Japan.
Chunming ZhangFaculty of Life Sciences, Kyoto Sangyo University, Kyoto, Japan.
Takashi HirashimaFaculty of Life Sciences, Kyoto Sangyo University, Kyoto, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9144-6045
Yuta KonishiFaculty of Life Sciences, Kyoto Sangyo University, Kyoto, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0003-3701-1037
Haruka OnoFaculty of Life Sciences, Kyoto Sangyo University, Kyoto, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0002-4423-432X
Yu YamamoriArtificial Intelligence Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tokyo, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2854-212X
Kentaro TomiiArtificial Intelligence Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tokyo, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4567-4768
Hiroya ShiinoFaculty of Science, Yamagata University, Yamagata, Japan.
Yasushi TamuraFaculty of Science, Yamagata University, Yamagata, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8462-0607
Solène ZuttionUniversité de Strasbourg, CNRS, Génétique Moléculaire, Génomique, Microbiologie, UMR7156, Strasbourg Cedex, France.
Bruno SengerUniversité de Strasbourg, CNRS, Génétique Moléculaire, Génomique, Microbiologie, UMR7156, Strasbourg Cedex, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5157-7307
Sylvie FriantUniversité de Strasbourg, CNRS, Génétique Moléculaire, Génomique, Microbiologie, UMR7156, Strasbourg Cedex, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5412-6288
Hubert D BeckerUniversité de Strasbourg, CNRS, Génétique Moléculaire, Génomique, Microbiologie, UMR7156, Strasbourg Cedex, France.
Yuhei AraisoDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Science, Division of Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan.
Nanako KobayashiDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Science, Division of Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan.
Noriyuki KoderaNano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4880-8423
Masahide KikkawaDepartment of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7656-8194
Toshiya EndoFaculty of Life Sciences, Kyoto Sangyo University, Kyoto, Japan. tendo@cc.kyoto-su.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8548-1584

Funding

Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) 21gm1410002h0002MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) 2222703MEXT | JST | Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST) JPMJCR12M1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Porin, or the voltage-dependent anion channel (VDAC), is a primary β-barrel channel in the mitochondrial outer membrane. It transports small metabolites and ions through its β-barrel pore and plays key roles in apoptosis and inflammatory response. Here we report the cryo-electron microscopy structure of yeast porin (Por1) in its hexameric form at 3.2 Å resolution. This structure allows us to introduce various mutations at the protomer interfaces, uncovering three critical functions of Por1 assembly beyond transport. Por1 binds unassembled Tom22, a subunit of the mitochondrial protein import gate (the TOM complex), to facilitate protein import into the intermembrane space, maintains proper mitochondrial lipid composition in the outer membrane through lipid scramblase activity, and contributes to the retention and regulated loss of mitochondrial DNA, in cooperation with nucleases identified through screening enabled by the obtained Por1 mutant.

Indexed as

MitochondriaPorinsSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsCryoelectron MicroscopyMitochondrial MembranesMitochondrial Membrane Transport ProteinsMitochondrial Precursor Protein Import Complex ProteinsModels, MolecularMutationProtein MultimerizationProtein TransportVoltage-Dependent Anion ChannelsMitochondrial Membrane Transport ProteinsMitochondrial Precursor Protein Import Complex ProteinsPor1 protein, S cerevisiaePorinsSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsVoltage-Dependent Anion Channels

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PMID40715117
PMCPMC12297573

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