Mitochondrial proteases in human diseases
Open Access
- 16 January 2021
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 595 (8), 1205-1222
- https://doi.org/10.1002/1873-3468.14039
Abstract
Mitochondria contain more than 1000 different proteins, including several proteolytic enzymes. These mitochondrial proteases form a complex system that performs limited and terminal proteolysis to build the mitochondrial proteome, maintain and control its functions or degrade mitochondrial proteins and peptides. During protein biogenesis presequence proteases cleave and degrade mitochondrial targeting signals to obtain mature functional proteins. Processing by proteases also exerts a regulatory role in modulation of mitochondrial functions and quality control enzymes degrade misfolded, aged or superfluous proteins. Depending on their different functions and substrates, defects in mitochondrial proteases can affect the majority of the mitochondrial proteome or only a single protein. Consequently, mutations in mitochondrial proteases have been linked to several human diseases. This review gives an overview of the components and functions of the mitochondrial proteolytic machinery and highlights the pathological consequences of dysfunctional mitochondrial protein processing and turnover.Funding Information
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (CIBSS—EXC‐2189—Project ID 390939984)
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