Structural highlights
FunctionPublication Abstract from PubMedLipid transport proteins at membrane contacts, where organelles are closely apposed, are critical in redistributing lipids from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), where they are made, to other cellular membranes. Such protein-mediated transfer is especially important for maintaining organelles disconnected from secretory pathways, like mitochondria. We identify mitoguardin-2, a mitochondrial protein at contacts with the ER and/or lipid droplets (LDs), as a lipid transporter. An x-ray structure shows that the C-terminal domain of mitoguardin-2 has a hydrophobic cavity that binds lipids. Mass spectrometry analysis reveals that both glycerophospholipids and free-fatty acids co-purify with mitoguardin-2 from cells, and that each mitoguardin-2 can accommodate up to two lipids. Mitoguardin-2 transfers glycerophospholipids between membranes in vitro, and this transport ability is required for roles both in mitochondrial and LD biology. While it is not established that protein-mediated transfer at contacts plays a role in LD metabolism, our findings raise the possibility that mitoguardin-2 functions in transporting fatty acids and glycerophospholipids at mitochondria-LD contacts. Mitoguardin-2-mediated lipid transfer preserves mitochondrial morphology and lipid droplet formation.,Hong Z, Adlakha J, Wan N, Guinn E, Giska F, Gupta K, Melia TJ, Reinisch KM J Cell Biol. 2022 Dec 5;221(12):e202207022. doi: 10.1083/jcb.202207022. Epub 2022 , Oct 25. PMID:36282247[1] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. References
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