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© 2017 Elsevier Inc. The biogenesis of human cytochrome c oxidase (COX) is an intricate process in which three mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)-encoded core subunits are assembled in a coordinated way with at least 11 nucleus-encoded subunits. Many chaperones shared between yeast and humans are involved in COX assembly. Here, we have used a MT-CO3 mutant cybrid cell line to define the composition of assembly intermediates and identify new human COX assembly factors. Quantitative mass spectrometry analysis led us to modify the assembly model from a sequential pathway to a module-based process. Each module contains one of the three core subunits, together with different ancillary components, including HIGD1A. By the same analysis, we identified the short isoform of the myofibrillogenesis regulator 1 (MR-1S) as a new COX assembly factor, which works with the highly conserved PET100 and PET117 chaperones to assist COX biogenesis in higher eukaryotes.
Author(s): Vidoni S, Harbour ME, Guerrero-Castillo S, Signes A, Ding S, Fearnley IM, Taylor RW, Tiranti V, Arnold S, Fernandez-Vizarra E, Zeviani M
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Cell Reports
Year: 2017
Volume: 18
Issue: 7
Pages: 1727-1738
Print publication date: 14/02/2017
Online publication date: 14/02/2017
Acceptance date: 19/01/2017
Date deposited: 20/04/2017
ISSN (electronic): 2211-1247
Publisher: Elsevier BV
URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2017.01.044
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2017.01.044
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