Lifetime imaging of GFP at CoxVIIIa reports respiratory supercomplex assembly in live cells.
Lifetime imaging of GFP at CoxVIIIa reports respiratory supercomplex assembly in live cells.
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DOI:
10.1038/srep46055
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发表时间:
2017-04-06
影响因子:
4.6
通讯作者:
Busch KB
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作者:
Rieger B;Shalaeva DN;Söhnel AC;Kohl W;Duwe P;Mulkidjanian AY;Busch KB
The assembly of respiratory complexes into macromolecular supercomplexes is currently a hot topic, especially in the context of newly available structural details. However, most work to date has been done with purified detergent-solubilized material and in situ confirmation is absent. We here set out to enable the recording of respiratory supercomplex formation in living cells. Fluorescent sensor proteins were placed at specific positions at cytochrome c oxidase suspected to either be at the surface of a CI1CIII2CIV1 supercomplex or buried within this supercomplex. In contrast to other loci, sensors at subunits CoxVIIIa and CoxVIIc reported a dense protein environment, as detected by significantly shortened fluorescence lifetimes. According to 3D modelling CoxVIIIa and CoxVIIc are buried in the CI1CIII2CIV1 supercomplex. Suppression of supercomplex scaffold proteins HIGD2A and CoxVIIa2l was accompanied by an increase in the lifetime of the CoxVIIIa-sensor in line with release of CIV from supercomplexes. Strikingly, our data provide strong evidence for defined stable supercomplex configuration in situ.