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ArticleNature2016

Synchronized mitochondrial and cytosolic translation programs.

Mary T Couvillion, Iliana C Soto, Gergana Shipkovenska, L Stirling Churchman

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Article in Nature, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 206 papers.

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206citing papers in PubMed
17.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

206 citing papers in PubMed, 362 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mary T CouvillionDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
Iliana C SotoDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
Gergana ShipkovenskaDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
L Stirling ChurchmanDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
Harvard University · US

Funding

Elucidating mechanisms of mitochondrial gene expression at nucleotide resolutionF32GM106531 · NIGMS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI COUVILLION, MARY · 2013 to 2015
$122k
NIGMS NIH HHS F32 GM106531
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) is a vital process for energy generation, and is carried out by complexes within the mitochondria. OXPHOS complexes pose a unique challenge for cells because their subunits are encoded on both the nuclear and the mitochondrial genomes. Genomic approaches designed to study nuclear/cytosolic and bacterial gene expression have not been broadly applied to mitochondria, so the co-regulation of OXPHOS genes remains largely unexplored. Here we monitor mitochondrial and nuclear gene expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae during mitochondrial biogenesis, when OXPHOS complexes are synthesized. We show that nuclear- and mitochondrial-encoded OXPHOS transcript levels do not increase concordantly. Instead, mitochondrial and cytosolic translation are rapidly, dynamically and synchronously regulated. Furthermore, cytosolic translation processes control mitochondrial translation unidirectionally. Thus, the nuclear genome coordinates mitochondrial and cytosolic translation to orchestrate the timely synthesis of OXPHOS complexes, representing an unappreciated regulatory layer shaping the mitochondrial proteome. Our whole-cell genomic profiling approach establishes a foundation for studies of global gene regulation in mitochondria.

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, FungalOxidative PhosphorylationProtein BiosynthesisCell NucleusCytosolGenes, MitochondrialMitochondriaMitochondrial ProteinsOrganelle BiogenesisProteomeRNA, FungalRNA, MessengerSaccharomyces cerevisiaeMitochondrial ProteinsProteomeRNA, FungalRNA, Messenger

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PMID27225121
PMCPMC4964289
OpenAlexW2351307158

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