Structural insights into crista junction formation by the Mic60-Mic19 complex

Author:

Bock-Bierbaum Tobias1ORCID,Funck Kathrin12ORCID,Wollweber Florian3ORCID,Lisicki Elisa12ORCID,von der Malsburg Karina3,von der Malsburg Alexander3,Laborenz Janina3,Noel Jeffrey K.1ORCID,Hessenberger Manuel1ORCID,Jungbluth Sibylle3,Bernert Carola1,Kunz Séverine4ORCID,Riedel Dietmar5ORCID,Lilie Hauke6,Jakobs Stefan789ORCID,van der Laan Martin3ORCID,Daumke Oliver12ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Structural Biology, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC), Berlin, Germany.

2. Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

3. Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for Molecular Signaling (PZMS), Saarland University Medical School, Homburg, Saarland, Germany.

4. Technology Platform for Electron Microscopy, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC), Berlin, Germany.

5. Laboratory of Electron Microscopy, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany.

6. Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Section of Protein Biochemistry, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle/Saale, Germany.

7. Research Group Mitochondrial Structure and Dynamics, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen, Germany.

8. Clinic for Neurology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.

9. Translational Neuroinflammation and Automated Microscopy, Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP, Göttingen, Germany.

Abstract

Mitochondrial cristae membranes are the oxidative phosphorylation sites in cells. Crista junctions (CJs) form the highly curved neck regions of cristae and are thought to function as selective entry gates into the cristae space. Little is known about how CJs are generated and maintained. We show that the central coiled-coil (CC) domain of the mitochondrial contact site and cristae organizing system subunit Mic60 forms an elongated, bow tie–shaped tetrameric assembly. Mic19 promotes Mic60 tetramerization via a conserved interface between the Mic60 mitofilin and Mic19 CHCH (CC-helix-CC-helix) domains. Dimerization of mitofilin domains exposes a crescent-shaped membrane-binding site with convex curvature tailored to interact with the curved CJ neck. Our study suggests that the Mic60-Mic19 subcomplex traverses CJs as a molecular strut, thereby controlling CJ architecture and function.

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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