The TIM22 complex mediates the import of sideroflexins and is required for efficient mitochondrial one-carbon metabolism

Mol Biol Cell. 2021 Mar 15;32(6):475-491. doi: 10.1091/mbc.E20-06-0390. Epub 2021 Jan 21.

Abstract

Acylglycerol kinase (AGK) is a mitochondrial lipid kinase that contributes to protein biogenesis as a subunit of the TIM22 complex at the inner mitochondrial membrane. Mutations in AGK cause Sengers syndrome, an autosomal recessive condition characterized by congenital cataracts, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, skeletal myopathy, and lactic acidosis. We mapped the proteomic changes in Sengers patient fibroblasts and AGKKO cell lines to understand the effects of AGK dysfunction on mitochondria. This uncovered down-regulation of a number of proteins at the inner mitochondrial membrane, including many SLC25 carrier family proteins, which are predicted substrates of the complex. We also observed down-regulation of SFXN proteins, which contain five transmembrane domains, and show that they represent a novel class of TIM22 complex substrate. Perturbed biogenesis of SFXN proteins in cells lacking AGK reduces the proliferative capabilities of these cells in the absence of exogenous serine, suggesting that dysregulation of one-carbon metabolism is a molecular feature in the biology of Sengers syndrome.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Carbon / metabolism
  • Carrier Proteins / metabolism
  • Cell Culture Techniques
  • Humans
  • MCF-7 Cells
  • Membrane Proteins / metabolism
  • Membrane Transport Proteins / metabolism*
  • Membrane Transport Proteins / physiology
  • Mitochondria / metabolism*
  • Mitochondria / physiology
  • Mitochondrial Membrane Transport Proteins / metabolism
  • Mitochondrial Membranes / metabolism
  • Mitochondrial Membranes / physiology
  • Mitochondrial Precursor Protein Import Complex Proteins
  • Mitochondrial Proteins / metabolism*
  • Mitochondrial Proteins / physiology
  • Mutation
  • Phenotype
  • Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor) / genetics
  • Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor) / metabolism*
  • Primary Cell Culture
  • Proteomics / methods

Substances

  • Carrier Proteins
  • Membrane Proteins
  • Membrane Transport Proteins
  • Mitochondrial Membrane Transport Proteins
  • Mitochondrial Precursor Protein Import Complex Proteins
  • Mitochondrial Proteins
  • TIM22 protein, human
  • Carbon
  • Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor)
  • acylglycerol kinase