| 2004 |
Mia40 (yeast ortholog of CHCHD4) is an essential IMS protein required for the import of small cysteine-containing IMS proteins (Tim9, Tim10). Mia40 directly binds newly imported small Tim proteins, and this binding is crucial for their transport across the outer membrane and assembly into IMS complexes. Loss of Mia40 selectively blocks IMS protein import without affecting other mitochondrial import pathways. |
Yeast genetics (mia40 mutant), in organello import assays, co-immunoprecipitation, fractionation |
The EMBO journal |
High |
15359280
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| 2005 |
Yeast Mia40 directly interacts with newly imported Tim13 protein via its conserved IMS domain. Mia40 can bind zinc and copper ions through its conserved domain. Cells lacking Mia40 show strongly reduced endogenous levels of Tim13 and other metal-binding IMS proteins due to impaired import. |
Yeast genetics, co-immunoprecipitation, metal-binding assays, import assays |
FEBS letters |
Medium |
15620710
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| 2005 |
Human MIA40 (CHCHD4) localizes to the IMS of human mitochondria as a soluble protein and is required for steady-state levels of small cysteine-containing IMS proteins (DDP1, TIM10A). The twin CX9C motif is essential for MIA40 import and stability in mitochondria; mutation of all cysteines in this motif inhibits import. MIA40 exists in multiple redox/oxidation states in vivo, containing intramolecular disulfide bonds. |
RNA interference (siRNA depletion), thiol-trapping assays, mutagenesis, subcellular fractionation, western blot |
Journal of molecular biology |
High |
16185709
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| 2005 |
Erv1 cooperates with Mia40 in the biogenesis of small IMS proteins. In temperature-sensitive erv1 mutant mitochondria, small IMS proteins (small Tims) remain associated with Mia40 and are not assembled into mature oligomeric complexes. Erv1 physically associates with Mia40 in a reductant-sensitive (disulfide-dependent) manner. |
Temperature-sensitive yeast mutants, in organello import assays, co-immunoprecipitation, thiol trapping |
Journal of molecular biology |
High |
16181637 16185707
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| 2005 |
Erv1 is required for the Mia40-dependent import pathway and functionally links this pathway to the respiratory chain. Erv1 does not directly oxidize the small Tims but acts upstream in a cascade. Cytochrome c serves as the in vivo oxidase for Erv1, transferring electrons from incoming precursors to cytochrome c. |
Temperature-sensitive erv1 mutant yeast, in organello import assays, thiol-trapping assays, genetic epistasis (cyt c mutant cells) |
Journal of molecular biology |
High |
16185707
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| 2007 |
Oxidative folding of small Tims by Mia40 is site-specific: the N-terminal first cysteine of Tim10 docks onto Mia40 via a mixed disulfide; release is triggered by disulfide pairing of the C-terminal cysteine onto the N-terminal one; inner disulfide formation (between cysteines 2 and 3) precedes release and is critical for assembly with Tim9. The Tim10-Mia40 interaction occurs efficiently in vitro and in organello without requiring divalent cations or other mitochondrial proteins. |
In vitro reconstitution, thiol-trapping assays, site-directed mutagenesis, in organello import assays |
Molecular microbiology |
High |
17680986
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| 2007 |
Mia40 acts as a trans-site receptor that specifically recognizes cysteine-containing IMS proteins in a site-specific manner. Only the most amino-terminal cysteine of Tim9 or Tim10 is critical for translocation across the outer membrane and interaction with Mia40, even though all four cysteines are required for assembly of the chaperone complex. |
Systematic cysteine mutagenesis, in organello import assays, co-immunoprecipitation, in vitro binding assays |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
17553782
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| 2007 |
Erv1 itself is a substrate of the Mia40-dependent import pathway. After passage through the TOM complex, Erv1 interacts with Mia40 via disulfide bonds. Erv1 does not require twin CX3C or CX9C motifs for import, representing an atypical Mia40 substrate. |
In organello import assays, thiol-trapping, co-immunoprecipitation |
FEBS letters |
Medium |
17336303
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| 2007 |
The Erv1-Mia40 disulfide relay system constitutes the IMS import machinery: Mia40 oxidizes substrate proteins, Erv1 reoxidizes Mia40 via disulfide transfer, and electrons are transferred to cytochrome c, linking the import pathway to the mitochondrial electron transport chain. |
Biochemical reconstitution, genetic analysis, review/synthesis of prior experimental data |
Biochimica et biophysica acta |
Medium |
18179776
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| 2008 |
The CPC motif of Mia40 mediates redox reactions: the second cysteine (C2 of CPC) is essential for viability and forms a disulfide intermediate with Erv1 and substrate proteins. The first cysteine forms a redox-sensitive disulfide with the second. Twin CX9C cysteines have structural roles stabilizing Mia40 fold. Both CPC cysteines are required for Tim10 oxidation in a reconstituted system with Mia40 and Erv1. |
Site-directed mutagenesis of Mia40 cysteines, in vivo growth assays, in organello import, reconstituted in vitro oxidation assays |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
19011240
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| 2008 |
Hot13, a zinc-binding protein, physically interacts with Mia40 and promotes its Erv1-dependent oxidation both in vivo and in vitro. Deletion of Hot13 impairs import of Mia40 substrates. Hot13 maintains Mia40 in a zinc-free state to facilitate efficient oxidation by Erv1; zinc chelators can functionally replace Hot13. |
Yeast genetics (hot13 deletion), in vivo and in vitro oxidation assays, physical interaction studies, zinc chelation experiments |
EMBO reports |
Medium |
18787558
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| 2008 |
Mia40 biogenesis in fungi involves dual targeting: the full-length yeast Mia40 with its N-terminal presequence uses the presequence pathway, while the C-terminal core domain (equivalent to human MIA40) uses the MIA pathway itself. Human MIA40 (CHCHD4) and yeast Mia40 core rescue viability of Mia40-deficient yeast, demonstrating functional conservation. |
In vitro import assays, complementation of Mia40-deficient yeast with human MIA40 and truncation constructs |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
Medium |
18779329
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| 2009 |
Human MIA40 (CHCHD4) is an oxidoreductase that catalyzes oxidative protein folding in the mitochondrial IMS. NMR solution structure of human MIA40 reveals a 66-residue folded domain with an alpha-helical hairpin stabilized by two structural disulfides and a CPC motif that donates disulfide bonds to substrates. The second cysteine of CPC (Cys55) is essential in vivo and critical for mixed disulfide formation with substrate. A hydrophobic cleft adjacent to the CPC active site functions as a substrate-binding domain; mutations in this domain are lethal in vivo and abrogate substrate binding in vitro. |
NMR structure determination, in vivo mutagenesis (yeast viability), in vitro binding assays, mixed disulfide trapping |
Nature structural & molecular biology |
High |
19182799
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| 2009 |
Crystal structure of the core domain of yeast Mia40 (3 Å resolution) shows a fruit-dish shape with a hydrophobic concave region that accommodates substrates in a helical conformation. The Cys296-Cys298 (CPC) disulfide bond is adjacent to this hydrophobic substrate-binding site. Replacement of hydrophobic residues in this region causes growth defects and impairs assembly of substrate proteins in vivo. |
X-ray crystallography (crystal structure at 3 Å), site-directed mutagenesis, yeast growth assays, in organello import assays |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
High |
19667201
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| 2009 |
An IMS-targeting signal (ITS) of 9 amino acids, present in Mia40 substrates, directs the docking cysteine onto Mia40. The ITS forms an amphipathic helix with crucial hydrophobic residues on the side bearing the docking cysteine. This ITS fits into the substrate-binding cleft of Mia40 via hydrophobic interactions of micromolar affinity. The mechanism involves two steps: ITS-guided non-covalent sliding followed by covalent docking of the substrate cysteine to Mia40's active cysteine. |
Mutagenesis of ITS residues, in vitro targeting assays, isothermal titration calorimetry, in organello import assays, fusion protein targeting experiments |
The Journal of cell biology |
High |
20026652
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| 2009 |
The Mia40-Erv1 oxidative folding pathway was reconstituted in vitro with Tim13 as substrate. Mia40 directly oxidizes Tim13 by inserting two disulfide bonds in succession; Erv1 is required only to reoxidize Mia40. Electrons flow from Tim13 (midpoint potential −310 mV) through Mia40 (−290 mV) to the C130-C133 pair of Erv1 (−150 mV). Mia40 and Erv1 form a transient disulfide intermediate. The CPC motif of Mia40 (but not structural CX9C disulfides) is required for Tim13 oxidation. |
In vitro reconstitution with purified proteins, redox potential measurements, disulfide trapping, mass spectrometry |
Molecular biology of the cell |
High |
19477928
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| 2010 |
Mia40 acts as a molecular chaperone during oxidative folding of IMS substrates. Two consecutive induced folding steps occur: (1) Mia40 assists alpha-helical folding of the substrate's ITS (chaperone function); (2) the folded ITS acts as a folding scaffold for the second substrate helix in a Mia40-independent manner. This was established by structural characterization of the substrate at all stages including as a complex with Mia40. |
NMR structural characterization of substrate-Mia40 complex at multiple stages, kinetic folding assays |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
High |
21059946
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| 2010 |
The N-terminal shuttle domain of Erv1 is necessary and sufficient for its interaction with Mia40. Intramolecular electron transfer occurs from the Erv1 shuttle cysteine pair to its core catalytic domain. The noncovalent Mia40-Erv1 interaction was quantified by isothermal titration calorimetry and covalent mixed disulfide intermediates demonstrated in vitro and in organello. |
Domain dissection, isothermal titration calorimetry, in vitro reconstitution, in organello disulfide trapping |
Antioxidants & redox signaling |
Medium |
20367271
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| 2011 |
ALR (human Erv1 ortholog) interacts with MIA40 through a specific region of its unstructured N-terminal domain that mimics substrate binding in the MIA40 hydrophobic cleft. The crystal structure of the ALR-MIA40 covalent mixed disulfide intermediate was determined at atomic resolution. The N-terminal domain of ALR guides interaction with the MIA40 substrate-binding cleft without being involved in ALR's own import. |
X-ray crystal structure of mixed disulfide complex, biochemical interaction studies, mutagenesis |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
High |
21383138
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| 2011 |
Human anamorsin interacts with Mia40 through an intermolecular disulfide-bonded intermediate. Mia40 introduces two disulfide bonds specifically in a twin CX2C motif of anamorsin's C-terminal domain. Anamorsin is imported into mitochondria as the first identified Fe-S protein in the IMS, with its C-terminal domain binding a [2Fe-2S] cluster. |
In vitro binding/disulfide trapping, NMR, EPR spectroscopy, import assays |
Chemistry & biology |
Medium |
21700214
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| 2011 |
Mia40-dependent oxidation of cysteines 27 and 64 in domain I of Ccs1 forms a structural disulfide that controls the cellular distribution of Ccs1 between mitochondria and cytosol. These cysteines are critical for mitochondrial import and interaction with Mia40 but dispensable for enzymatic activity of cytosolic Ccs1. |
Site-directed mutagenesis, in organello import assays, co-immunoprecipitation, subcellular fractionation |
Molecular biology of the cell |
Medium |
21865594
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| 2012 |
Mia40 exhibits chaperone-like folding activity beyond its oxidoreductase function. Atp23, a protease with ten cysteines, is a Mia40 substrate where oxidation of cysteines is not essential for import; a cysteine-free Atp23 variant still accumulates in mitochondria in a Mia40-dependent manner. In vitro, Mia40 mediates Atp23 folding and prevents its aggregation via its hydrophobic substrate-binding pocket. |
In organello import assays, in vitro chaperone/aggregation prevention assays, mutagenesis of Mia40 hydrophobic cleft |
The EMBO journal |
Medium |
22990235
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| 2012 |
CHCHD4 (human MIA40) regulates cellular oxygen consumption rate and metabolism. CHCHD4 modulation affects HIF-1α protein stabilization in hypoxia via a ROS-independent mechanism. CHCHD4 contains an evolutionarily conserved CHCH domain important for mitochondrial localization. CHCHD4 knockdown blocks HIF-1α induction and results in inhibition of tumor growth and angiogenesis in vivo. |
Knockdown/overexpression in tumor cells, oxygen consumption assays, in vivo xenograft tumor models, HIF-1α stabilization assays with antioxidant controls |
The Journal of clinical investigation |
Medium |
22214851
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| 2012 |
Erv1 directly participates in Mia40-substrate complex dynamics by forming a ternary Erv1-Mia40-substrate complex in organello and in vivo. Both Mia40 and Erv1 cooperate to insert two disulfide bonds into substrate proteins, ensuring efficient oxidative folding. |
In organello and in vivo disulfide trapping, ternary complex detection by non-reducing SDS-PAGE |
Molecular biology of the cell |
Medium |
22918950
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| 2012 |
Human ALR (sulfhydryl oxidase) controls the mitochondrial biogenesis of human MIA40 (CHCHD4). ALR is required for the mitochondrial localization of human MIA40; ALR/Erv1 are involved in the biogenesis and oxidative folding of human MIA40. A disease-causing amino acid exchange in ALR impairs accumulation of human MIA40 in mitochondria. |
Complementation assays in yeast (human proteins substituting yeast counterparts), fractionation, import assays |
Traffic (Copenhagen, Denmark) |
Medium |
23186364
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| 2013 |
Mia40 is required for the import and complex assembly of Tim22, a multispanning inner membrane protein. Tim22 forms a disulfide-bonded intermediate with Mia40 upon import. Mia40 also binds Tim22 via noncovalent interactions. This extends Mia40 function beyond IMS proteins to facilitate inner membrane protein integration. |
In organello import assays, co-immunoprecipitation, disulfide trapping, BN-PAGE complex assembly assays |
Molecular biology of the cell |
Medium |
23283984
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| 2013 |
Yeast Mia40 can exist as an Fe-S protein, binding a [2Fe-2S] cluster in a dimer form with the cluster coordinated by the CPC motif cysteines. In vivo iron uptake and cysteine redox state analyses confirm that a significant amount of cellular Mia40 binds iron in vivo. Fe-S cluster-containing Mia40 is not an electron donor for Erv1. |
In vitro Fe-S reconstitution, EPR spectroscopy, in vivo iron uptake assay, cysteine redox state analysis, oxygen consumption measurement |
The Biochemical journal |
Medium |
23834247
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| 2013 |
Mia40 biogenesis in yeast is kinetically coordinated: (a) import through Tim23 translocon, (b) folding assisted by endogenous Mia40 (atypically, without Cys-specificity and with increased tolerance to hydrophobic cleft mutations), (c) final interaction with Erv1. Interaction of the Mia40 precursor with endogenous Mia40 (within 30 s) and subsequent interaction with Erv1 (after 5 min) are kinetically distinguishable steps. |
In organello import kinetics, mutagenesis, thiol-trapping assays |
The FEBS journal |
Medium |
23937629
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| 2014 |
Mia40 initially engages its substrate (Cox17) in a dynamic non-covalent complex that forms and dissociates within milliseconds. Cys36 of Cox17 forms the first mixed disulfide with Mia40 at an extremely rapid rate, determined by preceding complex formation. Cys36 reactivity is enhanced by three neighboring hydrophobic residues. Mia40 preferentially binds hydrophobic regions and uses dynamic non-covalent complex to optimally position the reactive cysteine. |
Kinetic stopped-flow assays, site-directed mutagenesis of Cox17 cysteines and hydrophobic neighbors, thiol-trapping |
Nature communications |
High |
24407114
|
| 2014 |
Mia40 combines thiol oxidase and disulfide isomerase activities. In addition to oxidizing native disulfides in Cox17, Mia40 can rebind incorrectly disulfide-bonded species and reshuffle them (proofreading), and act as a disulfide reductase. The mechanism relies on the hydrophobic binding site and long lifetime of the mixed disulfide intermediate. |
In vitro reconstitution with purified Cox17 and Mia40, non-reducing SDS-PAGE, kinetic assays |
Journal of molecular biology |
Medium |
25451030
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| 2014 |
Mia40 catalytic cysteines display unusually low chemical reactivity (low pKa values and reduction potentials). The stability of the Mia40-substrate mixed disulfide is coupled energetically to hydrophobic interactions. The hydrophobic binding site selects a substrate thiol for forming the initial mixed disulfide, and the long lifetime of the intermediate retains partially folded proteins in mitochondria. |
pKa measurements, reduction potential determinations, kinetic binding assays |
ACS chemical biology |
Medium |
24983157
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| 2015 |
CHCHD4 (MIA40) physically interacts with AIF (apoptosis-inducing factor) in the mitochondrial IMS. AIF deficiency leads to downregulation of CHCHD4 protein by diminishing its mitochondrial import. CHCHD4 depletion causes a respiratory defect similar to AIF-deficient cells. Enforcing AIF-independent mitochondrial localization of CHCHD4 restores respiratory function and enables AIF-deficient embryoid bodies to undergo cavitation. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, CHCHD4 depletion, rescue experiments with modified CHCHD4 lacking AIF-dependence, mitochondrial import assays, oxygen consumption assays, embryoid body assays |
Molecular cell |
High |
26004228
|
| 2015 |
AIF physically interacts with CHCHD4/MIA40. In AIF-deficient patient fibroblasts and Harlequin mutant mouse tissues, MIA40 protein levels are decreased without changes in mRNA, indicating post-transcriptional regulation of MIA40 by AIF. MIA40 overexpression counteracts loss of respiratory subunits in AIF-deficient cells. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, patient-derived fibroblasts, Harlequin mouse model, western blot, mRNA quantification, MIA40 overexpression rescue |
Cell death & disease |
High |
26158520
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| 2015 |
Mia40 interactome analysis revealed MICU1 (regulator of the mitochondrial Ca2+ uniporter MCU) as a Mia40 substrate. Mia40 introduces an intermolecular disulfide bond linking MICU1 and MICU2 in a heterodimer. Absence of this disulfide results in increased receptor-induced mitochondrial Ca2+ uptake. At low Ca2+, the MICU1-MICU2 heterodimer associates with MCU; at high Ca2+, it dissociates. |
Mia40 interactome (MS), disulfide trapping/thiol-blocking, mitochondrial Ca2+ uptake assays, co-immunoprecipitation |
Cell metabolism |
High |
26387864
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| 2015 |
Mia40 functions as an electron sink, accepting up to six electrons from substrates during oxidation. Two disulfide bonds are inserted into the substrate simultaneously. Fully reduced Mia40 is sensitive to protease, indicating conformational changes. In erv1-101 mitochondria, Mia40 is trapped in a fully reduced state confirming its role as electron acceptor before Erv1 reoxidizes it. |
In vitro oxidation assays, protease sensitivity assays, in organello import in erv1 mutant mitochondria, reducing agent inhibition studies |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
Medium |
26085103
|
| 2015 |
Human MIA40 (hMIA40/CHCHD4) is a component of the mitochondrial Fe-S cluster export machinery. hMIA40 binds iron in vivo and in vitro via CPC-motif-dependent Fe-S clusters sensitive to oxidation. Depletion of hMIA40 results in mitochondrial iron accumulation and decreased activity and stability of cytosolic Fe-S enzymes. |
Iron binding assays, hMIA40 depletion, cytosolic Fe-S enzyme activity assays, iron accumulation measurement |
The Biochemical journal |
Medium |
26275620
|
| 2016 |
The substrate-binding domain of Mia40 is both necessary and sufficient for protein import (trans-site receptor function), indicating that substrate trapping by Mia40 drives protein translocation across the outer membrane ('holding trap' mechanism). An oxidase-deficient Mia40 mutant is inviable but partially rescued by the chemical oxidant diamide, separating import from oxidation functions genetically. |
Yeast mutant dissection, genetic separation of Mia40 domains, in organello import assays, diamide rescue experiment |
eLife |
High |
27343349
|
| 2016 |
FOXO3, induced by exercise, binds the CHCHD4 promoter and represses its expression, reducing CHCHD4-mediated import of p53 into mitochondria, thereby increasing p53 nuclear localization and SIRT1 transactivation. |
Chromatin immunoprecipitation (FOXO3 on CHCHD4 promoter), CHCHD4 transgenic mice, p53 localization assays, SIRT1 activity assays |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
Medium |
27687729
|
| 2017 |
Elevated CHCHD4 expression or long-term hypoxia leads to perinuclear accumulation of mitochondria in a HIF-1α-dependent manner. Mutation of the CPC motif cysteines or inhibition of complex IV redistributes mitochondria from perinuclear to peripheral localization and blocks HIF activation. CHCHD4-mediated perinuclear mitochondrial localization creates local intracellular hypoxia that drives constitutive basal HIF activation. |
Live-cell imaging, CHCHD4 overexpression/CPC mutagenesis, complex IV inhibition, HIF-1α knockdown, intracellular O2 sensing |
Frontiers in oncology |
Medium |
28497026
|
| 2018 |
Endogenous CHCHD4 exists predominantly in an oxidized state in vivo (70–90% oxidized in different mouse tissues). ALR is present in superstoichiometric amounts relative to CHCHD4 in most tissues, but ALR-to-CHCHD4 ratio only weakly correlates with CHCHD4 redox state, suggesting additional regulatory factors influence CHCHD4 oxidation in vivo. |
Thiol-blocking/redox-state determination in cultured cells and mouse tissues, quantitative western blot for molar ratio determination |
Redox biology |
Medium |
29704824
|
| 2018 |
Mitochondrial import of CHCHD10 (a CHCH domain protein linked to ALS) is mediated by the CHCH domain and is dependent on Mia40. Knockdown of Mia40 blocks CHCHD10 mitochondrial import; overexpression of Mia40 rescues import of the ALS-associated CHCHD10 Q108P mutant by enhancing disulfide bond formation. |
Mia40 knockdown/overexpression, CHCHD10 import assays, localization by immunofluorescence, ALS mutation analysis |
EMBO molecular medicine |
Medium |
29789341
|
| 2020 |
The conserved, highly negatively charged C-terminal region of human MIA40 is critical during its posttranslational mitochondrial import (half-time ~90 min) but dispensable for MIA40 redox function. The MIA40 precursor persists in the cytosol in an unfolded state and the C-terminal region protects it from proteasomal degradation during this transit period. |
C-terminal deletion/mutation constructs, cycloheximide chase, proteasome inhibitor treatment, import assays, in vitro redox activity assays |
BMC biology |
Medium |
32762682
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| 2020 |
Reversible S-glutathionylation of human MIA40 at three cysteines in the twin CX9C motifs and Cys4 is detected in vivo by site-directed mutagenesis and MALDI. MIA40 mutants defective for glutathionylation show compromised complex III and IV activities and enhanced ROS. MIA40 interacts with complex III (by immunocapture). Glutathionylated MIA40 can transfer electrons directly to cytochrome c, requiring the Fe-S clusters associated with the CPC motif for two-to-one electron transfer. |
Site-directed mutagenesis, MALDI mass spectrometry, immunocapture, complex III/IV activity assays, ROS measurement, in vitro cytochrome c reduction assay |
Redox biology |
Medium |
32971361
|
| 2021 |
Increased levels of Mia40 in yeast and human cells suppress the formation of toxic polyQ protein (Q97-GFP, huntingtin-derived) aggregates in the cytosol. This is proposed to occur because Mia40 has a rate-limiting role in mitochondrial precursor protein import, and its upregulation competes with aggregation-prone cytosolic proteins for chaperones and proteasome capacity. |
Mia40 overexpression in yeast and human cells, Q97-GFP aggregate quantification, cell death assay, mia40 mutant hypersensitivity |
The EMBO journal |
Medium |
34191328
|
| 2023 |
CHCHD4 downregulation by exercise decreases mitochondrial import of TRIAP1, reducing cardiolipin levels and promoting VDAC oligomerization in skeletal muscle. VDAC oligomerization facilitates mtDNA release, activating cGAS-STING/NFKB innate immune signaling and downregulating MyoD, promoting oxidative slow-twitch fiber formation. CHCHD4 haploinsufficiency in mice is sufficient to activate this pathway. |
CHCHD4 haploinsufficient mouse model, TRIAP1 import assays, cardiolipin measurement, VDAC oligomerization assays, cGAS-STING pathway assays, muscle fiber typing |
Cell reports |
Medium |
38157298
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| 2024 |
Crystal structure of the ternary complex of AIF with its N-terminal 27-mer CHCHD4 peptide and NAD+/FAD was determined, revealing structural details of CHCHD4-AIF interaction. The N-terminal region of CHCHD4 binds AIF and allosterically affects the AIF active site. This was validated by chemical cross-linking mass spectrometry and site-directed mutagenesis. |
X-ray crystallography (ternary complex structure), chemical cross-linking mass spectrometry, site-directed mutagenesis, biophysical assays |
Structure (London, England : 1993) |
High |
38460521
|
| 2024 |
MIA40 non-covalently interacts with the cysteine-free, intrinsically disordered protein HAX1 independent of MIA40's redox-active cysteines. This interaction stabilizes HAX1 in the IMS (holdase chaperone activity). Absence of MIA40 leads to HAX1 aggregation, degradation, and loss. HAX1 is the first endogenous MIA40 substrate without cysteines. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, MIA40 knockdown/knockout, in vitro binding assays with redox-inactive MIA40 mutants, aggregation assays |
The FEBS journal |
Medium |
39564806
|
| 2025 |
When NADH/NAD+ ratio increases (e.g., in complex I-deficient cells), the AIFM1-MIA40 interaction is strengthened. The strengthened MIA40-AIFM1 complex suppresses AIFM1-induced cell death. Silencing MIA40, rescuing complex I, or depleting NADH sensitized complex-I-KO cells to AIFM1-induced cell death. |
NDUFA13-KO cell model, MIA40 siRNA, yeast NADH oxidoreductase expression (NADH depletion), co-immunoprecipitation under different NADH conditions, cell death assays |
EMBO reports |
Medium |
40055465
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| 2025 |
MIA40 accelerates TRIAP1 oxidative folding 30-fold by bypassing a non-native Cys37-Cys47 kinetic trap. MIA40 drives oxidation of the inner disulfide bond Cys18-Cys37 first, and can subsequently catalyze outer disulfide bond Cys8-Cys47 formation to attain native structure. |
In vitro reconstitution of MIA40-TRIAP1 oxidative folding, NMR structural characterization of reduced TRIAP1, kinetic assays, mutagenesis |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
39909379
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| 2025 |
Mix17 (yeast ortholog of CHCHD10) is a Mia40 substrate that is uniquely inserted into the mitochondrial outer membrane with its N-terminus exposed to the cytosol. Insertion into the outer membrane is mediated by its interaction with Tom40 (TOM complex pore). This is the first identified Mia40 substrate in the mitochondrial outer membrane. |
In organello import assays, protease protection assays, co-immunoprecipitation with Tom40, genetic interaction studies |
Journal of cell science |
Medium |
40094392
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| 2025 |
FAM136A is a new substrate of the mitochondrial disulfide relay. MIA40 transiently interacts with FAM136A and introduces four disulfide bonds in two twin-CX3C motifs. FAM136A IMS import requires these cysteines and is strongly dependent on MIA40 and AIFM1 levels. Loss of FAM136A impairs IMS proteostasis, causing aggregation/depletion of HAX1 and CLPB. |
In organello import assays, disulfide trapping, MIA40/AIFM1 knockdown, FAM136A acute deletion, proteostasis assays |
bioRxivpreprint |
Medium |
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