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Structures reveal gatekeeping of the mitochondrial Ca2+ uniporter by MICU1-MICU2
- Source :
- eLife, Vol 9 (2020)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- eLife Sciences Publications Ltd, 2020.
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Abstract
- The mitochondrial calcium uniporter is a Ca2+-gated ion channel complex that controls mitochondrial Ca2+ entry and regulates cell metabolism. MCU and EMRE form the channel while Ca2+-dependent regulation is conferred by MICU1 and MICU2 through an enigmatic process. We present a cryo-EM structure of an MCU-EMRE-MICU1-MICU2 holocomplex comprising MCU and EMRE subunits from the beetle Tribolium castaneum in complex with a human MICU1-MICU2 heterodimer at 3.3 Å resolution. With analogy to how neuronal channels are blocked by protein toxins, a uniporter interaction domain on MICU1 binds to a channel receptor site comprising MCU and EMRE subunits to inhibit ion flow under resting Ca2+ conditions. A Ca2+-bound structure of MICU1-MICU2 at 3.1 Å resolution indicates how Ca2+-dependent changes enable dynamic response to cytosolic Ca2+ signals.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2050084X
- Volume :
- 9
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- eLife
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.babbf9f640f54b3e8fb3f9f3f6888c17
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.59991