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ArticleNature cell biology2023

Regulators of mitonuclear balance link mitochondrial metabolism to mtDNA expression.

Nicholas J Kramer, Gyan Prakash, R Stefan Isaac, Karine Choquet, Iliana Soto, Boryana Petrova, Hope E Merens, Naama Kanarek, L Stirling Churchman

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Article in Nature cell biology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
5.4field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Functions and therapeutic applications of pseudouridylation.Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology · 2025
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  15. CytosolicProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nicholas J Kramer *Department of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4557-8343
Gyan Prakash *Department of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
R Stefan IsaacDepartment of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Karine ChoquetDepartment of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Iliana SotoDepartment of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Boryana PetrovaDepartment of Pathology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9996-9353
Hope E MerensDepartment of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Naama KanarekDepartment of Pathology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2068-3908
L Stirling ChurchmanDepartment of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. churchman@genetics.med.harvard.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-3888-2574
Harvard University · USBoston Children's Hospital · US

Funding

Nuclear-mitochondrial co-regulation during mitochondrial biogenesisR01GM123002 · NIGMS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI CHURCHMAN, LEE STIRLING · 2017 to 2020
$1.3M
Mitonuclear coordination of gene expression across complex cellular states using mitoribosome profilingF32GM139244 · NIGMS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI KRAMER, NICHOLAS JOHN · 2020 to 2022
$201k
NIGMS NIH HHS F32 GM139244NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM123002
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) complexes are assembled from proteins encoded by both nuclear and mitochondrial DNA. These dual-origin enzymes pose a complex gene regulatory challenge for cells requiring coordinated gene expression across organelles. To identify genes involved in dual-origin protein complex synthesis, we performed fluorescence-activated cell-sorting-based genome-wide screens analysing mutant cells with unbalanced levels of mitochondrial- and nuclear-encoded subunits of Complex IV. We identified genes involved in OXPHOS biogenesis, including two uncharacterized genes: PREPL and NME6. We found that PREPL specifically impacts Complex IV biogenesis by acting at the intersection of mitochondrial lipid metabolism and protein synthesis, whereas NME6, an uncharacterized nucleoside diphosphate kinase, controls OXPHOS biogenesis through multiple mechanisms reliant on its NDPK domain. Firstly, NME6 forms a complex with RCC1L, which together perform nucleoside diphosphate kinase activity to maintain local mitochondrial pyrimidine triphosphate levels essential for mitochondrial RNA abundance. Secondly, NME6 modulates the activity of mitoribosome regulatory complexes, altering mitoribosome assembly and mitochondrial RNA pseudouridylation. Taken together, we propose that NME6 acts as a link between compartmentalized mitochondrial metabolites and mitochondrial gene expression.

Indexed as

DNA, MitochondrialNucleoside-Diphosphate KinaseGene Expression RegulationMitochondriaMitochondrial ProteinsOxidative PhosphorylationRNA, MitochondrialDNA, MitochondrialMitochondrial ProteinsNucleoside-Diphosphate KinaseRNA, Mitochondrial

Identifiers

PMID37770567
PMCPMC11370000
OpenAlexW4387130481

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