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A bifunctional tRNA import receptor from Leishmania mitochondria

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Title A bifunctional tRNA import receptor from Leishmania mitochondria
 
Creator Goswami, Srikanta
Dhar, Gunjan
Mukherjee, Saikat
Mahata, Bidesh
Chatterjee, Saibal
Home, Pratik
Adhya, Samit
 
Subject Molecular & Human Genetics
 
Description In kinetoplastid protozoa, import of cytosolic tRNAs into mitochondria occurs through tRNAs interacting with membrane-bound proteins, the identities of which are unknown. The inner membrane RNA import complex of Leishmania tropica contains multiple proteins and is active for import in vitro. RIC1, the largest subunit of this complex, is structurally homologous to the conserved � subunit of F1 ATP synthase. The RIC1 gene complemented an atpA mutation in Escherichia coli. Antisense-mediated knockdown of RIC1�F1� in Leishmania resulted in depletion of several mitochondrial tRNAs belonging to distinct subsets (types I and II) that interact cooperatively or antagonistically within the import complex. The knockdown-induced defect in import of type I tRNAs was rectified in a reconstituted system by purified RIC1�F1� alone, but recovery of type II tRNA import additionally required a type I tRNA. RIC1�F1� formed stable complexes with type I, but not type II, tRNAs through the cooperation of its nucleotide binding and C-terminal domains. Thus, RIC1�F1� is a type I tRNA import receptor. As expected of a bifunctional protein, RIC1�F1� is shared by both the import complex and by respiratory complex V. Alternative use of ancient respiratory proteins may have been an important step in the evolution of tRNA import.
 
Date 2006
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.eprints.iicb.res.in/480/1/PROCEEDINGS_OF_THE_NATIONAL_ACADEMY_OF_SCIENCES_OF_THE_UNITED_STATES_OF_AMERICA%2C_103_(22)%2C_8354%2D8359_[83].pdf
Goswami, Srikanta and Dhar, Gunjan and Mukherjee, Saikat and Mahata, Bidesh and Chatterjee, Saibal and Home, Pratik and Adhya, Samit (2006) A bifunctional tRNA import receptor from Leishmania mitochondria. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) ISSN 1091-6490, 103 (22). pp. 8354-8359.
 
Relation http://dx.doi.org/10.1073�pnas.0510869103
http://www.eprints.iicb.res.in/480/