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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 277, Issue 31, 27801-27808, August 2, 2002

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A Bichaperone (Hsp70-Hsp78) System Restores Mitochondrial DNA Synthesis following Thermal Inactivation of Mip1p Polymerase^*

Aleksandra Germaniuk, Krzysztof Liberek, and Jaroslaw Marszalek

From the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Gdansk, 80-822 Gdansk, Kladki 24, Poland

Mitochondrial DNA synthesis is a thermosensitive process in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We found that restoration of mtDNA synthesis following heat treatment of cells is dependent on reactivation of the mtDNA polymerase Mip1p through the action of a mitochondrial bichaperone system consisting of the Hsp70 system and the Hsp78 oligomeric protein. mtDNA synthesis was inefficiently restored after heat shock in yeast lacking either functional component of the bichaperone system. Furthermore, the activity of purified Mip1p was also thermosensitive; however, the purified components of the mitochondrial bichaperone system (Ssc1p, Mdj1p, Mge1p, and Hsp78p) were able to protect its activity under moderate heat shock conditions as well as to reactivate thermally inactivated Mip1p. Interestingly, the reactivation of endogenous Mip1p contributed more significantly to the restoration of mtDNA synthesis than did import of newly synthesized Mip1p from the cytosol. These observations suggest an important link between function of mitochondrial chaperones and the propagation of mitochondrial genomes under ever-changing environmental conditions.

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