Function of the maize mitochondrial chaperonin hsp60: specific association between hsp60 and newly synthesized F1-ATPase alpha subunits.

AUTOR(ES)

Prasad, T K

RESUMO

Mitochondria contain a protein, hsp60, that is induced by heat shock and has been shown to function as a chaperonin in the assembly of mitochondrial enzyme complexes composed of proteins encoded by nuclear genes and imported from the cytosol. To determine whether products of mitochondrial genes are also assembled through an interaction with hsp60, we looked for association between hsp60 and proteins synthesized by isolated mitochondria. We have determined by electrophoretic, centrifugal, and immunological assays that at least two of those proteins become physically associated with hsp60. In mitochondrial matrix extracts, this association could be disrupted by the addition of Mg-ATP. One of the proteins that formed a stable association with hsp60 was the alpha subunit of the multicomponent complex F1-ATPase. We have not identified the other protein. These results indicate that hsp60 can function in the folding and assembly of mitochondrial proteins encoded by both mitochondrial and nuclear genes.

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