[HTML][HTML] Human mitochondrial RNA processing and modifications: overview

M Jedynak-Slyvka, A Jabczynska… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Mitochondria, often referred to as the powerhouses of cells, are vital organelles that are
present in almost all eukaryotic organisms, including humans. They are the key energy …

A bacterial cytidine deaminase toxin enables CRISPR-free mitochondrial base editing

BY Mok, MH de Moraes, J Zeng, DE Bosch, AV Kotrys… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Bacterial toxins represent a vast reservoir of biochemical diversity that can be repurposed for
biomedical applications. Such proteins include a group of predicted interbacterial toxins of …

Starting the engine of the powerhouse: mitochondrial transcription and beyond

M Miranda, NA Bonekamp, I Kühl - Biological Chemistry, 2022 - degruyter.com
Mitochondria are central hubs for cellular metabolism, coordinating a variety of metabolic
reactions crucial for human health. Mitochondria provide most of the cellular energy via their …

[HTML][HTML] Microglial CMPK2 promotes neuroinflammation and brain injury after ischemic stroke

X Guan, S Zhu, J Song, K Liu, M Liu, L **e, Y Wang… - Cell Reports …, 2024 - cell.com
Neuroinflammation plays a significant role in ischemic injury, which can be promoted by
oxidized mitochondrial DNA (Ox-mtDNA). Cytidine/uridine monophosphate kinase 2 …

Mitochondrial gene expression and beyond—novel aspects of cellular physiology

AV Kotrys, RJ Szczesny - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Mitochondria are peculiar organelles whose proper function depends on the crosstalk
between two genomes, mitochondrial and nuclear. The human mitochondrial genome …

[HTML][HTML] No role for nuclear transcription regulators in mammalian mitochondria?

D Rubalcava-Gracia, R García-Villegas, NG Larsson - Molecular Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Although the mammalian mtDNA transcription machinery is simple and resembles
bacteriophage systems, there are many reports that nuclear transcription regulators, as …

NRF2/PGC-1α-mediated mitochondrial biogenesis contributes to T-2 toxin-induced toxicity in human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells

Y Pang, L Zhang, Q Liu, H Peng, J He, H **… - Toxicology and Applied …, 2022 - Elsevier
The T-2 toxin is a highly toxic trichothecene mycotoxin that would cause serious toxicity in
humans and animals. Recent studies suggest that the central nervous system (CNS) is …

Human REXO2 controls short mitochondrial RNAs generated by mtRNA processing and decay machinery to prevent accumulation of double-stranded RNA

M Szewczyk, D Malik, LS Borowski… - Nucleic acids …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
RNA decay is a key element of mitochondrial RNA metabolism. To date, the only well-
documented machinery that plays a role in mtRNA decay in humans is the complex of …

Let's make it clear: systematic exploration of mitochondrial DNA–and RNA–protein complexes by complexome profiling

A Potter, A Cabrera-Orefice… - Nucleic Acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Complexome profiling (CP) is a powerful tool for systematic investigation of protein
interactors that has been primarily applied to study the composition and dynamics of …

Nonstop mRNAs generate a ground state of mitochondrial gene expression noise

KY Ng, G Lutfullahoglu Bal, U Richter, O Safronov… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
A stop codon within the mRNA facilitates coordinated termination of protein synthesis,
releasing the nascent polypeptide from the ribosome. This essential step in gene expression …