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Maintenance of structure and function of mitochondrial Hsp70 chaperones requires the chaperone Hep1.


ABSTRACT: Hsp70 chaperones mediate folding of proteins and prevent their misfolding and aggregation. We report here on a new kind of Hsp70 interacting protein in mitochondria, Hep1. Hep1 is a highly conserved protein present in virtually all eukaryotes. Deletion of HEP1 results in a severe growth defect. Cells lacking Hep1 are deficient in processes that need the function of mitochondrial Hsp70s, such as preprotein import and biogenesis of proteins containing FeS clusters. In the mitochondria of these cells, Hsp70s, Ssc1 and Ssq1 accumulate as insoluble aggregates. We show that it is the nucleotide-free form of mtHsp70 that has a high tendency to self-aggregate. This process is efficiently counteracted by Hep1. We conclude that Hep1 acts as a chaperone that is necessary and sufficient to prevent self-aggregation and to thereby maintain the function of the mitochondrial Hsp70 chaperones.

SUBMITTER: Sichting M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC554129 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Maintenance of structure and function of mitochondrial Hsp70 chaperones requires the chaperone Hep1.

Sichting Martin M   Mokranjac Dejana D   Azem Abdussalam A   Neupert Walter W   Hell Kai K  

The EMBO journal 20050217 5


Hsp70 chaperones mediate folding of proteins and prevent their misfolding and aggregation. We report here on a new kind of Hsp70 interacting protein in mitochondria, Hep1. Hep1 is a highly conserved protein present in virtually all eukaryotes. Deletion of HEP1 results in a severe growth defect. Cells lacking Hep1 are deficient in processes that need the function of mitochondrial Hsp70s, such as preprotein import and biogenesis of proteins containing FeS clusters. In the mitochondria of these cel  ...[more]

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