Unique domain anchoring of Src to synaptic NMDA receptors via the mitochondrial protein NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2004

Abstract

Src is the prototypic protein tyrosine kinase and is critical for controlling diverse cellular functions. Regions in Src define structural and functional domains conserved in many cell signaling proteins. Src also contains a region of low sequence conservation termed the unique domain, the function of which has until now remained enigmatic. Here, we show that the unique domain of Src is a protein-protein interaction region and we identify NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 (ND2) as a Src unique domain-interacting protein. ND2 is a subunit of complex I in mitochondria, but we find that ND2 interacts with Src outside this organelle at excitatory synapses in the brain. ND2 acts as an adapter protein anchoring Src to the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor complex, and is crucial for Src regulation of synaptic NMDA receptor activity. By showing an extramitochondrial action for a protein encoded in the mitochondrial genome, we identify a previously unsuspected means by which mitochondria regulate cellular function, suggesting a new paradigm that may be of general relevance for control of Src signaling.

Publication Title

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volume

101

Issue

16

First Page

6237

Last Page

6242

Comments

This article was published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Volume 101, Issue 16, Pages 6237-6242.

The published version is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0401413101.

Copyright © 2004 National Academy of Science.

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