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<p>The correct sorting of nascent ribosomal proteins from the cytoplasm to the nucleus or to mitochondria for ribosome production poses a logistical challenge for cellular targeting pathways. Here we report the discovery of a conserved mitochondrial avoidance segment (MAS) within the cytosolic ribosomal protein uS5 that resolves an evolutionary lethal conflict between the nuclear and mitochondrial targeting machinery. MAS removal mistargets uS5 to the mitochondrial matrix and disrupts the assembly of the cytosolic ribosome. The resulting lethality can be rescued by impairing mitochondrial import. We show that MAS triages nuclear targeting by disabling a cryptic mitochondrial targeting activity within uS5 and thereby prevents fatal capture by mitochondria. Our findings identify MAS as an essential acquisition by the primordial eukaryote that reinforced organelle targeting fidelity while developing an endosymbiotic relationship with its mitochondrial progenitor.</p>

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An avoidance segment resolves a lethal nuclear–mitochondrial targeting conflict during ribosome assembly

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    2025年1月31日

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  • Michaela Oborská-Oplová,
  • Alexander Gregor Geiger,
  • Erich Michel,
  • Purnima Klingauf-Nerurkar,
  • Sven Dennerlein,
  • Yury S. Bykov,
  • Simona Amodeo,
  • André Schneider,
  • Maya Schuldiner,
  • Peter Rehling,
  • Vikram Govind Panse

摘要

The correct sorting of nascent ribosomal proteins from the cytoplasm to the nucleus or to mitochondria for ribosome production poses a logistical challenge for cellular targeting pathways. Here we report the discovery of a conserved mitochondrial avoidance segment (MAS) within the cytosolic ribosomal protein uS5 that resolves an evolutionary lethal conflict between the nuclear and mitochondrial targeting machinery. MAS removal mistargets uS5 to the mitochondrial matrix and disrupts the assembly of the cytosolic ribosome. The resulting lethality can be rescued by impairing mitochondrial import. We show that MAS triages nuclear targeting by disabling a cryptic mitochondrial targeting activity within uS5 and thereby prevents fatal capture by mitochondria. Our findings identify MAS as an essential acquisition by the primordial eukaryote that reinforced organelle targeting fidelity while developing an endosymbiotic relationship with its mitochondrial progenitor.