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The peroxisome counteracts oxidative stresses by suppressing catalase import via Pex14 phosphorylation

  1. Kanji Okumoto
  2. Mahmoud El Shermely
  3. Masanao Natsui
  4. Hidetaka Kosako
  5. Ryuichi Natsuyama
  6. Toshihiro Marutani
  7. Yukio Fujiki  Is a corresponding author
  1. Kyushu University, Japan
  2. Tokushima University, Japan
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.55896
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  1. Kanji Okumoto
  2. Mahmoud El Shermely
  3. Masanao Natsui
  4. Hidetaka Kosako
  5. Ryuichi Natsuyama
  6. Toshihiro Marutani
  7. Yukio Fujiki
(2020)
The peroxisome counteracts oxidative stresses by suppressing catalase import via Pex14 phosphorylation
eLife 9:e55896.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.55896
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Abstract

Most of peroxisomal matrix proteins including a hydrogen peroxide (H2O2)-decomposing enzyme, catalase, are imported in a peroxisome-targeting signal type-1 (PTS1)-dependent manner. However, little is known about regulation of the membrane-bound protein import machinery. Here, we report that Pex14, a central component of the protein translocation complex in peroxisomal membrane, is phosphorylated in response to oxidative stresses such as H2O2 in mammalian cells. The H2O2-induced phosphorylation of Pex14 at Ser232 suppresses peroxisomal import of catalase in vivo and selectively impairs in vitro the interaction of catalase with the Pex14-Pex5 complex. A phosphomimetic mutant Pex14-S232D elevates the level of cytosolic catalase, but not canonical PTS1-proteins, conferring higher cell resistance to H2O2. We thus suggest that the H2O2-induced phosphorylation of Pex14 spatiotemporally regulates peroxisomal import of catalase, functioning in counteracting action against oxidative stress by the increase of cytosolic catalase.

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  1. Kanji Okumoto

    Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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  2. Mahmoud El Shermely

    Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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    Mahmoud El Shermely, Mahmoud El Shermely is affiliated with Basilea Pharmaceutica International Ltd.. The author has no financial interests to declare..

  3. Masanao Natsui

    Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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  4. Hidetaka Kosako

    Fujii Memorial Institute of Medical Sciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan
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  5. Ryuichi Natsuyama

    Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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  6. Toshihiro Marutani

    Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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  7. Yukio Fujiki

    Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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  1. Ramanujan S Hegde, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, United Kingdom

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  1. Received: February 10, 2020
  2. Accepted: August 24, 2020
  3. Accepted Manuscript published: August 24, 2020 (version 1)
  4. Version of Record published: September 17, 2020 (version 2)

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© 2020, Okumoto et al.

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  1. Kanji Okumoto
  2. Mahmoud El Shermely
  3. Masanao Natsui
  4. Hidetaka Kosako
  5. Ryuichi Natsuyama
  6. Toshihiro Marutani
  7. Yukio Fujiki
(2020)
The peroxisome counteracts oxidative stresses by suppressing catalase import via Pex14 phosphorylation
eLife 9:e55896.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.55896

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