Institute for Physiological Chemistry and Centre for Integrated Protein Science, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Butenandtstrasse 5, 81377 Munich, Germany.
EMBO Rep. 2011 Jun;12(6):542-8. doi: 10.1038/embor.2011.72. Epub 2011 May 6.
The TIM23 complex mediates translocation of proteins across, and their lateral insertion into, the mitochondrial inner membrane. Translocation of proteins requires both the membrane-embedded core of the complex and its ATP-dependent import motor. Insertion of some proteins, however, occurs in the absence of ATP, questioning the need for the import motor during lateral insertion. We show here that the import motor associates with laterally inserted proteins even when its ATPase activity is not required. Furthermore, our results suggest a role for the import motor in lateral insertion. Thus, the import motor is involved in ATP-dependent translocation and ATP-independent lateral insertion.
TIM23 复合物介导蛋白质穿过线粒体内膜的易位及其侧向插入。蛋白质的易位需要复合物的膜嵌入核心及其 ATP 依赖性导入马达。然而,一些蛋白质的插入发生在没有 ATP 的情况下,这质疑了在侧向插入过程中是否需要导入马达。我们在这里表明,即使在不需要其 ATP 酶活性的情况下,导入马达也会与侧向插入的蛋白质结合。此外,我们的结果表明导入马达在侧向插入中起作用。因此,导入马达参与 ATP 依赖性易位和 ATP 非依赖性侧向插入。