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TMBIM5 is the Ca2+/H+ antiporter of mammalian mitochondria


ABSTRACT: Mitochondrial Ca2+ ions are crucial regulators of bioenergetics and of cell death pathways. Mitochondrial Ca2+ content and cytosolic Ca2+ homeostasis strictly depend on Ca2+ transporters. In recent decades, the major players responsible for mitochondrial Ca2+ uptake and release have been identified, except the mitochondrial Ca2+/H+ exchanger (CHE). Originally identified as the mitochondrial K+/H+ exchanger, LETM1 was also considered as a candidate for the mitochondrial CHE. Defining the mitochondrial interactome of LETM1, we identify TMBIM5/MICS1, the only mitochondrial member of the TMBIM family and validate the physical interaction of TMBIM5 and LETM1. Cell-based and cell-free biochemical assays demonstrate absence or greatly reduced Na+-independent mitochondrial Ca2+ release in TMBIM5 knockout or pH-sensing site mutants, respectively; and pH-dependent Ca2+ transport by recombinant TMBIM5. Taken together, we demonstrate that TMBIM5, but not LETM1, is the long-sought mitochondrial CHE, involved in setting and regulating the mitochondrial proton gradient. This finding provides the final piece of the puzzle of mitochondrial Ca2+ transporters and opens the door to exploring its importance in health and disease, and to developing drugs modulating Ca2+ exchange.

SUBMITTER: Dr. Shane, R Austin 

PROVIDER: S-SCDT-10_15252-EMBR_202254978 | biostudies-other |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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