Characterization of the mitochondrial protein LETM1, which maintains the mitochondrial tubular shapes and interacts with the AAA-ATPase BCS1L

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 121, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 2588-2600

  Tamai, Shoko ^a   Iida, Hiroshi ^b   Yokota, Sadaki ^c   Sayano, Tomoko ^a   Kiguchiya, Shoko ^a   Ishihara, Naotada ^d   Hayashi, Jun Ichi ^e   Mihara, Katsuyoshi ^a   Oka, Toshihiko ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGASAKI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

BCS1L; LETM1; LETM2; Mitochondrial morphology; Respiratory chains

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; LEUCINE ZIPPER EF HAND CONTAINING TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN 1; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN BCS1L;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SHAPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEMBRANE FUSION; MITOCHONDRIAL VOLUME; MITOCHONDRION SWELLING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; SPERM; TESTIS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DOWN-REGULATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX III; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANES; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS;

EID: 50249158546     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.026625     Document Type: Article

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