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ArticleScience advances2026

Structural remodeling of the mitochondrial protein biogenesis machinery under proteostatic stress.

Kenneth Ehses, Jorge P López-Alonso, Odetta Antico, Yannik Lang, Till Rudack, Abdussalam Azem, Miratul M K Muqit, Iban Ubarretxena-Belandia, Rubén Fernández-Busnadiego

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Article in Science advances, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. HSP60 and HSP10 depletion provoke distinct biological responses.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Kenneth EhsesUniversity Medical Center Göttingen, Institute for Neuropathology, Göttingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8595-5994
Jorge P López-AlonsoBiofisika Institute (CSIC-UPV/EHU), University of the Basque Country, Leioa, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-2081-2607
Odetta AnticoAligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP) Collaborative Research Network, Chevy Chase, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7325-3303
Yannik LangStructural Bioinformatics Group, Regensburg Center for Biochemistry, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.ORCID 0009-0007-4850-3773
Till RudackStructural Bioinformatics Group, Regensburg Center for Biochemistry, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2693-9561
Abdussalam AzemSchool of Neurobiology, Biochemistry and Biophysics, Sagol School of Neuroscience, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-2288-2986
Miratul M K MuqitAligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP) Collaborative Research Network, Chevy Chase, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9733-2404
Iban Ubarretxena-BelandiaBiofisika Institute (CSIC-UPV/EHU), University of the Basque Country, Leioa, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-4082-4349
Rubén Fernández-BusnadiegoUniversity Medical Center Göttingen, Institute for Neuropathology, Göttingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8366-7622

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cells have evolved organelle-specific responses to maintain protein homeostasis (proteostasis). During proteostatic stress, mitochondria down-regulate translation and enhance protein folding, yet the underlying mechanisms remain poorly defined. Here, we used cryo-electron tomography to observe the structural consequences of mitochondrial proteostatic stress within human cells. We detected protein aggregates within the mitochondrial matrix, accompanied by a marked remodeling of cristae architecture. Concomitantly, the number of mitochondrial ribosome complexes was significantly reduced. Mitochondrial Hsp60 (mHsp60), a key protein folding machine, underwent major conformational changes to favor complexes with its co-chaperone mHsp10. We visualized the interactions of mHsp60 with native substrate proteins and determined in vitro mHsp60 cryo-electron microscopy structures enabling nucleotide state assignment of the in situ structures. These data converge on a model of the mHsp60 functional cycle and its essential role in mitochondrial proteostasis. More broadly, our findings reveal structural mechanisms governing mitochondrial protein biosynthesis and their remodeling under proteostatic stress.

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Chaperonin 60MitochondriaMitochondrial ProteinsProteostasisCryoelectron MicroscopyHumansMitochondrial RibosomesProtein BiosynthesisProtein FoldingProteotoxic StressChaperonin 60Mitochondrial Proteins

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PMID41779846
PMCPMC12959407

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