Figure 5: Selective mitophagy of matrix proteins depends on mitochondrial dynamics.

WT (a), dnm1Δ (b) and atg1Δ cells (c) and atg32Δ cells (d) expressing chromosomally tagged GFP chimeras of Aco2, Idh2, Idp1 and Hsp78 were incubated in SL medium for 7 days, and 10 OD600 units were sampled at day 1 and day 7 and processed for immunoblotting with anti-GFP antibodies as described in the Methods section. Positive control used in c and d was from dnm1Δ cells expressing Idp1-GFP from a plasmid at 4-day incubation (Fig. 1b, lane 4). Release of free GFP in WT cells is reproducibly variable between these reporters, and varies between 0 (Idh2) and 60% (Aco2). (e) Densitometric quantification of the release of free GFP (as % of total signal) in four independent experiments, comparing the results between WT and dnm1Δ cells. Bars denote s.d. (n=4).