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ArticleBMC genomics2008

Transcriptional co-expression and co-regulation of genes coding for components of the oxidative phosphorylation system.

Corina van Waveren, Carlos T Moraes

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Article in BMC genomics, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 63 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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63citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

63 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 111 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Corina van WaverenDepartment of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA. cvanwaveren@miamiproject.med.miami.edu
Carlos T Moraes
University of Miami · US

Funding

SETTING THE STAGE FOR REPLACEMENT OF MITOCHONDRIAL GENESR01EY010804 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI MORAES, CARLOS TORRES · 1995 to 2025
$9.4M
Mouse Models with Defective Respiratory Complexes in CNSR01NS041777 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI MORAES, CARLOS TORRES · 2001 to 2009
$2.4M
OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION IN CELL GROWTH AND DEATHR01CA085700 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI MORAES, CARLOS TORRES · 2001 to 2010
$2.2M
EXPLORING NUCLEAR/MITOCHONDRIAL DNA INTERACTIONSR01GM055766 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI MORAES, CARLOS TORRES · 1997 to 2004
$1.2M
Mouse Models of Mitochondrial EncephalomyopathiesR56NS041777 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI MORAES, CARLOS TORRES · 2010 to 2010
$445k
NCI NIH HHS CA085700NCI NIH HHS R01 CA085700NEI NIH HHS EY10804NEI NIH HHS R01 EY010804NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM055766NINDS NIH HHS NS041777NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS041777NINDS NIH HHS R56 NS041777
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) is critical for energy (ATP) production in eukaryotic cells. It was previously shown that genes coding for mitochondrial proteins involved in energy production co-express at the RNA level. Because the OXPHOS enzymes are multimeric complexes, we tested the hypothesis that genes coding for components of specific complexes are also co-regulated at the transcriptional level, and share common regulatory elements in their promoters.

resultsWe observed for the first time that, not only OXPHOS genes as a group co-express, but there is a co-expression of genes within each of the five OXPHOS enzyme complexes, showing a higher degree of complexity in gene co-regulation. In silico analysis of homologous promoter sequences in mammals identified the likely core promoter elements for most genes encoding OXPHOS subunits/assembly factors. The results included a significant abundance of previously identified sites (e.g. NRF1, NRF2, ERRA and YY1), as well as several sites that had not been previously detected. Although we identified patterns that correlated to OXPHOS gene expression, we did not detect an OXPHOS complex-specific arrangement of transcription factor binding sites within the core promoter that could explain the tight co-expression of these functionally related genes.

conclusionThis study mapped the core promoters of most OXPHOS related genes and provided an example of gene expression regulation based on the final protein arrangement within a linear metabolic pathway.

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, EnzymologicOxidative PhosphorylationTranscription, GeneticAnimalsConserved SequenceHumansMiceMitochondriaMultienzyme ComplexesPromoter Regions, GeneticProtein SubunitsRatsResponse ElementsSensitivity and SpecificityTranscription FactorsTranscription Initiation SiteMultienzyme ComplexesProtein SubunitsTranscription Factors

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PMID18194548
PMCPMC2268925
OpenAlexW2115715931

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