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The association in vitro of rat brain hexokinase to mitochondria from rat liver or yeast (wildtype, porinless, or expressing recombinant human porin) was studied in an effort to identifyminimal requirements for each component. A short hydrophobic N-terminal peptide ofhexokinase, readily cleavable by proteases, is absolutely required for its binding to all mitochondria.Mammalian porins are significantly cleaved at two positions in putative cytoplasmic loopsaround residues 110 and 200, as determined by proteolytic-fragment identification usingantibodies. Recombinant human porin in yeast mitochondria is more sensitive to proteolysisthan wild-type porin in rat liver mitochondria. Recombinant yeast mitochondria, harboringseveral natural or engineered porins from various sources, bind hexokinase to variable extentwith marked preference for the mammalian porin1 isoform. Genetic alteration of this isoformat the C-, but not the N-terminal, results in a significant reduction of hexokinase bindingability. Macromolecular crowding (dextran) promotes a stronger association of the enzyme toall recombinant mitochondria, as well as to proteolytically digested organelles. Consequently,brain hexokinase association with heterologous mitochondria (yeast) in these conditions occursto an extent comparable to that with homologous (rat) mitochondria. The study, also pertinentto the topology and organization of porin in the membrane, represents a necessary first stepin the functional investigation of the physiological role of mammalian hexokinase binding tomitochondria in reconstituted heterologous recombinant systems, as models to cellularmetabolism.
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Azoulay-Zohar, H., Aflalo, C. Binding of Rat Brain Hexokinase to Recombinant Yeast Mitochondria: Identification of Necessary Molecular Determinants. J Bioenerg Biomembr 31, 569–579 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005469028274
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