scholarly journals Structural Basis of Glucose Transport in the Placental Barrier: Role of GLUT1 and the Gap Junction

1994 ◽  
Vol 41 (Supplement) ◽  
pp. S3-S8 ◽  
Author(s):  
KUNIAKI TAKATA
2004 ◽  
Vol 52 (S 1) ◽  
Author(s):  
S Dhein ◽  
A Boldt ◽  
J Garbade ◽  
L Polontchouk ◽  
U Wetzel ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hauke S. Hillen ◽  
Elena Lavdovskaia ◽  
Franziska Nadler ◽  
Elisa Hanitsch ◽  
Andreas Linden ◽  
...  

AbstractRibosome biogenesis requires auxiliary factors to promote folding and assembly of ribosomal proteins and RNA. Particularly, maturation of the peptidyl transferase center (PTC) is mediated by conserved GTPases, but the molecular basis is poorly understood. Here, we define the mechanism of GTPase-driven maturation of the human mitochondrial large ribosomal subunit (mtLSU) using endogenous complex purification, in vitro reconstitution and cryo-EM. Structures of transient native mtLSU assembly intermediates that accumulate in GTPBP6-deficient cells reveal how the biogenesis factors GTPBP5, MTERF4 and NSUN4 facilitate PTC folding. Addition of recombinant GTPBP6 reconstitutes late mtLSU biogenesis in vitro and shows that GTPBP6 triggers a molecular switch and progression to a near-mature PTC state. Additionally, cryo-EM analysis of GTPBP6-treated mature mitochondrial ribosomes reveals the structural basis for the dual-role of GTPBP6 in ribosome biogenesis and recycling. Together, these results provide a framework for understanding step-wise PTC folding as a critical conserved quality control checkpoint.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhan Yin ◽  
Nils Burger ◽  
Duvaraka Kula-Alwar ◽  
Dunja Aksentijević ◽  
Hannah R. Bridges ◽  
...  

AbstractMitochondrial complex I is central to the pathological reactive oxygen species (ROS) production that underlies cardiac ischemia–reperfusion (IR) injury. ND6-P25L mice are homoplasmic for a disease-causing mtDNA point mutation encoding the P25L substitution in the ND6 subunit of complex I. The cryo-EM structure of ND6-P25L complex I revealed subtle structural changes that facilitate rapid conversion to the “deactive” state, usually formed only after prolonged inactivity. Despite its tendency to adopt the “deactive” state, the mutant complex is fully active for NADH oxidation, but cannot generate ROS by reverse electron transfer (RET). ND6-P25L mitochondria function normally, except for their lack of RET ROS production, and ND6-P25L mice are protected against cardiac IR injury in vivo. Thus, this single point mutation in complex I, which does not affect oxidative phosphorylation but renders the complex unable to catalyse RET, demonstrates the pathological role of ROS production by RET during IR injury.


2004 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Faqian Li ◽  
Xuejun Wang ◽  
Xian Ping Yi ◽  
A. Martin Gerdes

PLoS ONE ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
pp. e47311 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolas Theodoric ◽  
John F. Bechberger ◽  
Christian C. Naus ◽  
Wun-Chey Sin

2009 ◽  
Vol 104 (S 02) ◽  
pp. 26-27
Author(s):  
Mireille Cormont ◽  
Marie-Noëlle Bortoluzzi ◽  
Nadine Gautier ◽  
Emmanuel Van Obberghen ◽  
Yannick Le Marchand-Brustel
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