Regulation of mitochondrial activity allows cells to adapt to changing conditions and to control oxidative stress, and its dysfunction can lead to hypoxia-dependent pathologies such as ischemia and cancer. Although cytochrome c phosphorylation-in particular, at tyrosine 48-is a key modulator of mitochondrial signaling, its action and molecular basis remain unknown. Here we mimic phosphorylation of cytochrome c by replacing tyrosine 48 with p-carboxy-methyl-l-phenylalanine (pCMF). The NMR structure of the resulting mutant reveals significant conformational shifts and enhanced dynamics around pCMF that could explain changes observed in its functionality: The phosphomimetic mutation impairs cytochrome c diffusion between respiratory complexes, enhances hemeprotein peroxidase and reactive oxygen species scavenging activities, and hinders caspase-dependent apoptosis. Our findings provide a framework to further investigate the modulation of mitochondrial activity by phosphorylated cytochrome c and to develop novel therapeutic approaches based on its prosurvival effects.

Structural basis of mitochondrial dysfunction in response to cytochrome c phosphorylation at tyrosine 48 / Moreno-Beltrán, Blas; Guerra-Castellano, Alejandra; Díaz-Quintana, Antonio; Del Conte, Rebecca; García-Mauriño, Sofía M; Díaz-Moreno, Sofía; González-Arzola, Katiuska; Santos-Ocaña, Carlos; Velázquez-Campoy, Adrián; De la Rosa, Miguel A; Turano, Paola; Díaz-Moreno, Irene. - In: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. - ISSN 0027-8424. - ELETTRONICO. - 114:(2017), pp. E3041-E3050-E3050. [10.1073/pnas.1618008114]

Structural basis of mitochondrial dysfunction in response to cytochrome c phosphorylation at tyrosine 48

DEL CONTE, REBECCA;TURANO, PAOLA;
2017

Abstract

Regulation of mitochondrial activity allows cells to adapt to changing conditions and to control oxidative stress, and its dysfunction can lead to hypoxia-dependent pathologies such as ischemia and cancer. Although cytochrome c phosphorylation-in particular, at tyrosine 48-is a key modulator of mitochondrial signaling, its action and molecular basis remain unknown. Here we mimic phosphorylation of cytochrome c by replacing tyrosine 48 with p-carboxy-methyl-l-phenylalanine (pCMF). The NMR structure of the resulting mutant reveals significant conformational shifts and enhanced dynamics around pCMF that could explain changes observed in its functionality: The phosphomimetic mutation impairs cytochrome c diffusion between respiratory complexes, enhances hemeprotein peroxidase and reactive oxygen species scavenging activities, and hinders caspase-dependent apoptosis. Our findings provide a framework to further investigate the modulation of mitochondrial activity by phosphorylated cytochrome c and to develop novel therapeutic approaches based on its prosurvival effects.
2017
114
E3041-E3050
E3050
Moreno-Beltrán, Blas; Guerra-Castellano, Alejandra; Díaz-Quintana, Antonio; Del Conte, Rebecca; García-Mauriño, Sofía M; Díaz-Moreno, Sofía; González-Arzola, Katiuska; Santos-Ocaña, Carlos; Velázquez-Campoy, Adrián; De la Rosa, Miguel A; Turano, Paola; Díaz-Moreno, Irene
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