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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 279, Issue 14, 14447-14455, April 2, 2004

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Yeast Contain a Non-proteinaceous Pool of Copper in the Mitochondrial Matrix^*

Paul A. Cobine, Luis D. Ojeda, Kevin M. Rigby, and Dennis R. Winge

From the University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah 84132

The yeast mitochondrion is shown to contain a pool of copper that is distinct from that associated with the two known mitochondrial cuproenzymes, superoxide dismutase (Sod1) and cytochrome c oxidase (CcO) and the copper-binding CcO assembly proteins Cox11, Cox17, and Sco1. Only a small fraction of mitochondrial copper is associated with these cuproproteins. The bulk of the remainder is localized within the matrix as a soluble, anionic, low molecular weight complex. The identity of the matrix copper ligand is unknown, but the bulk of the matrix copper fraction is not protein-bound. The mitochondrial copper pool is dynamic, responding to changes in the cytosolic copper level. The addition of copper salts to the growth medium leads to an increase in mitochondrial copper, yet the expansion of this matrix pool does not induce any respiration defects. The matrix copper pool is accessible to a heterologous cuproenzyme. Co-localization of human Sod1 and the metallochaperone CCS within the mitochondrial matrix results in suppression of growth defects of sod2 cells. However, in the absence of CCS within the matrix, the activation of human Sod1 can be achieved by the addition of copper salts to the growth medium.

Received for publication, November 20, 2003 , and in revised form, January 13, 2004.

^* This work was supported by NIEHS, National Institutes of Health Grant ES03817 (to D. R. W.). The costs of publication of this article were defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. This article must therefore be hereby marked "advertisement" in accordance with 18 U.S.C. Section 1734 solely to indicate this fact.

Supported by National Institutes of Health Grant T32 DK07115.

To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel.: 801-585-5103; Fax: 801-585-5469; E-mail: dennis.winge{at}hsc.utah.edu.

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