Mic10 oligomerizes to bend mitochondrial inner membranes at cristae junctions.

نویسندگان

  • Mariam Barbot
  • Daniel C Jans
  • Christian Schulz
  • Niels Denkert
  • Benjamin Kroppen
  • Michael Hoppert
  • Stefan Jakobs
  • Michael Meinecke
چکیده

The mitochondrial inner membrane is highly folded and displays a complex molecular architecture. Cristae junctions are highly curved tubular openings that separate cristae membrane invaginations from the surrounding boundary membrane. Despite their central role in many vital cellular processes like apoptosis, the details of cristae junction formation remain elusive. Here we identify Mic10, a core subunit of the recently discovered MICOS complex, as an inner mitochondrial membrane protein with the ability to change membrane morphology in vitro and in vivo. We show that Mic10 spans the inner membrane in a hairpin topology and that its ability to sculpt membranes depends on oligomerization through a glycine-rich motif. Oligomerization mutants fail to induce curvature in model membranes, and when expressed in yeast, mitochondria display an altered inner membrane architecture characterized by drastically decreased numbers of cristae junctions. Thus, we demonstrate that membrane sculpting by Mic10 is essential for cristae junction formation.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Cell metabolism

دوره 21 5  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2015