Journal
EMBO JOURNAL
Volume 31, Issue 2, Pages 457-470Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2011.384
Keywords
calnexin; endoplasmic reticulum; mitochondria-associated membrane; palmitoylation; TMX
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- Alberta Cancer Foundation [25018, 24136, 25370, 24425]
- CCSRI [2010-700306]
- Alberta Innovates Health Solutions [200500396]
- Novo Nordisk Foundation
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The mitochondria-associated membrane (MAM) is a domain of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) that mediates the exchange of ions, lipids and metabolites between the ER and mitochondria. ER chaperones and oxidoreductases are critical components of the MAM. However, the localization motifs and mechanisms for most MAM proteins have remained elusive. Using two highly related ER oxidoreductases as a model system, we now show that palmitoylation enriches ER-localized proteins on the MAM. We demonstrate that palmitoylation of cysteine residue(s) adjacent to the membrane-spanning domain promotes MAM enrichment of the transmembrane thioredoxin family protein TMX. In addition to TMX, our results also show that calnexin shuttles between the rough ER and the MAM depending on its palmitoylation status. Mutation of the TMX and calnexin palmitoylation sites and chemical interference with palmitoylation disrupt their MAM enrichment. Since ER-localized heme oxygenase-1, but not cytosolic GRP75 require palmitoylation to reside on the MAM, our findings identify palmitoylation as key for MAM enrichment of ER membrane proteins. The EMBO Journal (2012) 31, 457-470. doi:10.1038/emboj.2011.384; Published online 1 November 2011
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