Mitochondrial disorders are clinical syndromes associated with -abnormalities of the oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) system, the main responsible for the production of energy in the cell. OXPHOS is carried out in the inner mitochondrial membrane by the five enzymatic complexes of the mitochondrial respiratory chain (MRC). The subunits constituting these multimeric complexes have a dual genetic origin, mitochondrial or nuclear. Hence, mitochondrial syndromes can be due to mutations of mitochondrial DNA or to abnormalities in nuclear genes. The biogenesis of the MRC complexes is an intricate and finely tuned process. The recent discovery of several OXPHOS-related human genes, mutated in different clinical syndromes, indicates that the majority of the inherited mitochondrial disorders are due to nuclear genes, and many of them encode proteins necessary for the proper assembly/stability of the MRC complexes. The detailed mechanisms of these processes are not fully understood and the exact function of many such factors remains obscure. We present an overview on the hypothesized assembly processes of the different MRC complexes, focusing on known assembly factors and their clinical importance.
Assembly factors of human mitochondrial respiratory chain complexes: Physiology and pathophysiology / D. Ghezzi, M. Zeviani (ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY). - In: Mitochondrial Oxidative Phosphorylation : Nuclear-Encoded Genes, Enzyme Regulation, and Pathophysiology / [a cura di] B. Kadenbach. - [s.l] : Springer, 2012. - ISBN 978-1-4614-3572-3. - pp. 65-106 [10.1007/978-1-4614-3573-0_4]
Assembly factors of human mitochondrial respiratory chain complexes: Physiology and pathophysiology
D. Ghezzi;
2012
Abstract
Mitochondrial disorders are clinical syndromes associated with -abnormalities of the oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) system, the main responsible for the production of energy in the cell. OXPHOS is carried out in the inner mitochondrial membrane by the five enzymatic complexes of the mitochondrial respiratory chain (MRC). The subunits constituting these multimeric complexes have a dual genetic origin, mitochondrial or nuclear. Hence, mitochondrial syndromes can be due to mutations of mitochondrial DNA or to abnormalities in nuclear genes. The biogenesis of the MRC complexes is an intricate and finely tuned process. The recent discovery of several OXPHOS-related human genes, mutated in different clinical syndromes, indicates that the majority of the inherited mitochondrial disorders are due to nuclear genes, and many of them encode proteins necessary for the proper assembly/stability of the MRC complexes. The detailed mechanisms of these processes are not fully understood and the exact function of many such factors remains obscure. We present an overview on the hypothesized assembly processes of the different MRC complexes, focusing on known assembly factors and their clinical importance.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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