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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 297, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.100880
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- BJC Investigator funds
- Diabetes Research Center through Washington University in St. Louis, MO, USA [P30DK020579]
- [R01DK098672]
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The importance of phosphorylation within mitochondria has been widely recognized, but the majority of modifications remains poorly characterized, with disruption of mitochondrial protein phosphatases causing metabolic dysfunction. While current data suggests critical importance of mitochondrial phosphorylation, significant gaps exist in understanding how these modifications influence organellar function.
More than half a century ago, reversible protein phosphorylation was linked to mitochondrial metabolism through the regulation of pyruvate dehydrogenase. Since this discovery, the number of identified mitochondrial protein phosphorylation sites has increased by orders of magnitude, driven largely by technological advances in mass spectrometry-based phospho-proteomics. However, the majority of these modifications remain uncharacterized, rendering their function and relevance unclear. Nonetheless, recent studies have shown that disruption of resident mitochondrial protein phosphatases causes substantial metabolic dysfunction across organisms, suggesting that proper management of mitochondrial phosphorylation is vital for organellar and organismal homeostasis. While these data suggest that phosphorylation within mitochondria is of critical importance, significant gaps remain in our knowledge of how these modifications influence organellar function. Here, we curate publicly available datasets to map the extent of protein phosphorylation within mammalian mitochondria and to highlight the known functions of mitochondrial-resident phosphatases. We further propose models by which phosphorylation may affect mitochondrial enzyme activities, protein import and processing, and overall organellar homeostasis.
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