The MFN1 and MFN2 mitofusins promote clustering between mitochondria and peroxisomes
Communications Biology, 2022 The MFN1 and MFN2 mitofusin proteins localize to the outer mitochondrial membrane, where they may help functionally tether mitochondria to peroxisomes.
Yinbo Huo +4 more
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Domain interactions within Fzo1 oligomers are essential for mitochondrial fusion [PDF]
, 2006 Mitofusins are conserved GTPases essential for the fusion of mitochondria. These mitochondrial outer membrane proteins contain a GTPase domain and two or three regions with hydrophobic heptad repeats, but little is known about how these domains interact ...
Chan, David C., Griffin, Erik E.
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Control of mitochondrial morphology by a human mitofusin [PDF]
Journal of Cell Science, 2001 ABSTRACT Although changes in mitochondrial size and arrangement accompany both cellular differentiation and human disease, the mechanisms that mediate mitochondrial fusion, fission and morphogenesis in mammalian cells are not understood. We have identified two human genes encoding potential mediators of mitochondrial fusion.
A, Santel, M T, Fuller
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Mice Hemizygous for a Pathogenic Mitofusin-2 Allele Exhibit Hind Limb/Foot Gait Deficits and Phenotypic Perturbations in Nerve and Muscle. [PDF]
, 2016 Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2A (CMT2A), the most common axonal form of hereditary sensory motor neuropathy, is caused by mutations of mitofusin-2 (MFN2). Mitofusin-2 is a GTPase required for fusion of mitochondrial outer membranes, repair of damaged
Bannerman, Peter +4 more
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Structure and function of bacterial dynamin-like proteins [PDF]
, 2012 Membrane dynamics are essential for numerous cellular processes in eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells. In eukaryotic cells, membrane fusion and fission are often catalyzed by large GTPases of the dynamin protein family. These proteins couple GTP hydrolysis
Bramkamp, Marc
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Mitofusins: ubiquitylation promotes fusion [PDF]
Cell Research, 2014 Mitochondrial genes including Mfn2 are at the center of many diseases, underscoring their potential as a therapeutical target. The Chen group now identified 15-oxospiramilactone as a chemical inhibitor of the mammalian deubiquitylase USP30, acting on Mfn1 and Mfn2.
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OPA1 mutation and late-onset cardiomyopathy: mitochondrial dysfunction and mtDNA instability. [PDF]
, 2012 BackgroundMitochondrial fusion protein mutations are a cause of inherited neuropathies such as Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease and dominant optic atrophy.
Bers, Donald M +10 more
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The essential role of mitochondrial dynamics in antiviral immunity. [PDF]
, 2018 Viruses alter cellular physiology and function to establish cellular environment conducive for viral proliferation. Viral immune evasion is an essential aspect of viral persistence and proliferation.
Ahn, Dae-Gyun +3 more
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Assessing the effects of mitofusin 2 deficiency in the adult heart using 3D electron tomography [PDF]
, 2017 The effects of mitofusin 2 (MFN2) deficiency, on mitochondrial morphology and the mitochondria-junctional sarcoplasmic reticulum (jSR) complex in the adult heart, have been previously investigated using 2D electron microscopy, an approach which is unable
Cabrera-Fuentes, Hector +12 more
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Mitochondrial dynamics–fusion, fission, movement, and mitophagy–in neurodegenerative diseases [PDF]
, 2009 Neurons are metabolically active cells with high energy demands at locations distant from the cell body. As a result, these cells are particularly dependent on mitochondrial function, as reflected by the observation that diseases of mitochondrial ...
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