Table 1 List of proteins cited in this review, with their localization, function, and main interactors

From: Mitochondria-associated ER membranes (MAMs) and lysosomal storage diseases

Protein

Localization

Function

Known interactors

References

β-galactosidase

Lysosome

Catalyzes the hydrolysis of a terminal β-linked galactose residue from ganglioside substrates and other glycoconjugates

Protective protein cathepsi A (PPCA), neuraminidase 1 (NEU1)

126, 127

Cathepsin D

Lysosome

Aspartic-type endopeptidase activity

 

80

Palmitoyl-protein thioesterase 1, PPT1

Lysosome

Removes thioester-linked fatty acyl groups such as palmitate from cysteine residues

CLN5

80

Tripeptidyl peptidase 1, TPP1

Lysososome

Cleaves N-terminal tripeptides from substrates, and has weaker endopeptidase activity

CLN5

80

PSS1

ER face of the MAMs

Phosphatidylserine synthase 1

 

128

PSS2

ER face of the MAMs

Phosphatidylserine synthase 2

 

128

PS- decarboxylase

Mitochondrial side of the MAMs

Phosphatidylserine- decarboxylase

 

59

PE-methyltransferase, PEMT

MAMs

Phosphatidylethanolamine-methyltransferase

 

62

Mdm10

Mitochondria/MAMs

ERMES complex

Mdm34, Mmm1, Mdm12, Gem1

45, 71

Mdm34

Mitochondria/MAMs

ERMES complex

Mdm10, Mmm1, Mdm12, Gem1

45, 73

Mmm1

ER/MAMs

ERMES complex

Mdm34, Mmm10, Mdm12, Gem1

45, 72

Mdm12

Cytosol/MAMs

ERMES complex

Mdm34, Mmm10, Mdm1, Gem1

45, 73

Lam6

MAMs, vacuole-mitochondria patches, nuclear-vacuole contact sites

ERMES complex, vCLAMP (vacuole and mitochondria patch), and NVJ (nuclear vacuolar junction)

Mdm10, Mmm1, Mdm12, Mdm34, Vps39, Nvj1, Vac8

74, 75

Gem1

MAMs

ERMES complex

Mdm10, Mmm1, Mdm12, Mdm34

70, 72

EMC1

MAMs

EMC, PS transfer, MAMs architecture

TOM5

78

EMC2

MAMs

EMC, PS transfer, MAMs architecture

TOM5

78

EMC3

MAMs

EMC, PS transfer, MAMs architecture

TOM5

78

EMC4

MAMs

EMC, PS transfer, MAMs architecture

TOM5

78

EMC5

MAMs

EMC, PS transfer, MAMs architecture

TOM5

78

EMC6

MAMs

EMC, PS transfer, MAMs architecture

TOM5

78

CLN8

ER integral membrane protein

Transmembrane protein belonging to a family of proteins containing TLC domains, which are postulated to function in lipid synthesis, transport, or sensing.

CLN5

80

Caspase 12

ER

Member of the cysteine-aspartic acid protease family responsible for ER-stress-induced apoptosis

 

102, 129

PC- cytidyltransferase, CTP

Cytosol, MAMs

Involved in the regulation of phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis

 

86

Acetyl-CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase, ACAT

MAMs

Catalyzes the reversible formation of acetoacetyl-CoA from two molecules of acetyl-CoA

 

35, 90

Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein, StaR

MAMs, mitochondria

Plays a key role in the acute regulation of steroid hormone synthesis by enhancing the conversion of cholesterol into pregnenolone

TOMM22, VDAC2

97

Sigma-1 receptor

ER face of the MAMs

Interacts with a variety of psychotomimetic drugs, including cocaine and amphetamines. The receptor is believed to play an important role in the cellular functions of various tissues associated with the endocrine, immune, and nervous systems.

BiP, IP3R3

100

VDAC-1

Mitochondrial side of the MAMs

Facilitates the exchange of metabolites and ions across the outer mitochondrial membrane

Grp75

130

IP3R-1

ER, MAMs

Mediates calcium release from the endoplasmic reticulum following stimulation by inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate

GRP75

52, 130, 131

GRP75

ER, mitochondria, MAMs

Member of the heat shock protein 70 gene family, functions as scaffold between IP3R-1 and VDAC1

IP3R-1 and VDAC1

52, 130

BiP

ER, MAMs

Involved in the folding and assembly of proteins in the ER

Interacts with many ER proteins

108, 132

Calnexin

ER, MAMs

Ca2+-binding protein that interacts transiently with newly synthesized N-linked glycoproteins, facilitating protein folding and assembly

PACS2, AMBRA1, WIPI1

116, 133

hFis1

Mitochondria

Promotes mitochondrial fission

t-Bid, Bax,, VDAC1

134, 135

t-Bid

Mitochondria

Member of the BCL-2 family of cell death regulators

Eterodimerizes with either agonist BAX or antagonist BCL2, VDAC1

134, 136

Bax

Mitochondria

Member of the BCL-2 family of cell death regulators

BCL2 family members form hetero- or homodimers and act as anti- or pro-apoptotic regulators

134, 137

LC3

Autophagic vacuoles

LC3 (encoded by MAPLC3A and MAPLC3B) is the homolog of the yeast ATG8, an important marker and effector of autophagy

Microtubules, FYCO1, TP53INP1 and TP53INP2, TBC1D25, SQSTM1, ATG4B, MAPK15 and BNIP3, MAPB1, KEAP1, PCM1, OFD1, CEP131, TECPR2,TBC1D5, UBQLN1, UBQLN2, UBQLN4, UBQLN1, ATG13, FAM134A, FAM134B, FAM134C

140,141,142,143,144,145,146,147,148,149,150,151,152

AMBRA1

Autophagic vacuoles

Regulates autophagy and development of the nervous system

BECN1, BECN2, BCL2, dynein light chains 1 and 2, WIPI1, calnexin

116, 151, 152

WIPI1

Autophagic vacuoles

Plays an important role in autophagy and in particular starvation- and calcium-mediated autophagy

Interacts with androgen receptor (AR) and the estrogen receptors ESR1, and ESR2, calnexin

116, 153

CHOP

Nucleus

CCAAT-enhancer-binding protein homologous protein

 

102

JNK2

Cytosol

JNKs (c-Jun N-terminal kinases) are a group of mitogen-activated protein kinases activated by various environmental stresses

 

102, 154