PMID- 26669719 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20161213 LR - 20201209 IS - 1460-2083 (Electronic) IS - 0964-6906 (Print) IS - 0964-6906 (Linking) VI - 25 IP - 4 DP - 2016 Feb 15 TI - Mitochondrial disease genes COA6, COX6B and SCO2 have overlapping roles in COX2 biogenesis. PG - 660-71 LID - 10.1093/hmg/ddv503 [doi] AB - Biogenesis of cytochrome c oxidase (CcO), the terminal enzyme of the mitochondrial respiratory chain, is a complex process facilitated by several assembly factors. Pathogenic mutations were recently reported in one such assembly factor, COA6, and our previous work linked Coa6 function to mitochondrial copper metabolism and expression of Cox2, a copper-containing subunit of CcO. However, the precise role of Coa6 in Cox2 biogenesis remained unknown. Here we show that yeast Coa6 is an orthologue of human COA6, and like Cox2, is regulated by copper availability, further implicating it in copper delivery to Cox2. In order to place Coa6 in the Cox2 copper delivery pathway, we performed a comprehensive genetic epistasis analysis in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae and found that simultaneous deletion of Coa6 and Sco2, a mitochondrial copper metallochaperone, or Coa6 and Cox12/COX6B, a structural subunit of CcO, completely abrogates Cox2 biogenesis. Unlike Coa6 deficient cells, copper supplementation fails to rescue Cox2 levels of these double mutants. Overexpression of Cox12 or Sco proteins partially rescues the coa6Delta phenotype, suggesting their overlapping but non-redundant roles in copper delivery to Cox2. These genetic data are strongly corroborated by biochemical studies demonstrating physical interactions between Coa6, Cox2, Cox12 and Sco proteins. Furthermore, we show that patient mutations in Coa6 disrupt Coa6-Cox2 interaction, providing the biochemical basis for disease pathogenesis. Taken together, these results place COA6 in the copper delivery pathway to CcO and, surprisingly, link it to a previously unidentified function of CcO subunit Cox12 in Cox2 biogenesis. CI - (c) The Author 2015. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com. FAU - Ghosh, Alok AU - Ghosh A AD - Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA. FAU - Pratt, Anthony T AU - Pratt AT AD - Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA. FAU - Soma, Shivatheja AU - Soma S AD - Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA. FAU - Theriault, Sarah G AU - Theriault SG AD - Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA. FAU - Griffin, Aaron T AU - Griffin AT AD - Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA. FAU - Trivedi, Prachi P AU - Trivedi PP AD - Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA. FAU - Gohil, Vishal M AU - Gohil VM AD - Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA vgohil@tamu.edu. LA - eng GR - R01 GM111672/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01GM111672/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20151215 PL - England TA - Hum Mol Genet JT - Human molecular genetics JID - 9208958 RN - 0 (Carrier Proteins) RN - 0 (Mitochondrial Proteins) RN - 0 (Molecular Chaperones) RN - 0 (SCO2 protein, S cerevisiae) RN - 0 (SCO2 protein, human) RN - 0 (Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins) RN - 789U1901C5 (Copper) RN - EC 1.14.99.1 (Cyclooxygenase 2) RN - EC 1.14.99.1 (PTGS2 protein, human) RN - EC 1.9.3.- (cytochrome C oxidase subunit II) RN - EC 1.9.3.1 (COX6B1 protein, human) RN - EC 1.9.3.1 (Electron Transport Complex IV) SB - IM MH - Carrier Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - Copper/metabolism MH - Cyclooxygenase 2/*biosynthesis/genetics/metabolism MH - Electron Transport Complex IV/biosynthesis/*genetics/metabolism MH - Humans MH - Mitochondria/metabolism MH - Mitochondrial Diseases/*genetics/metabolism MH - Mitochondrial Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - Molecular Chaperones MH - Mutation MH - Phenotype MH - Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genetics/metabolism MH - Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins/genetics/metabolism PMC - PMC4743686 EDAT- 2015/12/17 06:00 MHDA- 2016/12/15 06:00 PMCR- 2017/02/15 CRDT- 2015/12/17 06:00 PHST- 2015/08/21 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/12/07 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/12/17 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/12/17 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/12/15 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/02/15 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ddv503 [pii] AID - 10.1093/hmg/ddv503 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Hum Mol Genet. 2016 Feb 15;25(4):660-71. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddv503. Epub 2015 Dec 15.