ArticleMolecular biology of the cell2019
ELMOD2 regulates mitochondrial fusion in a mitofusin-dependent manner, downstream of ARL2.
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- ELMOD2 Overexpression Predicts Adverse Outcomes and Regulates Tumor Progression in Gliomas.Current medical science · 2025Article
- Mitochondrial dynamics at the intersection of macrophage polarization and metabolism.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Review
- Arl2 GTPase associates with the centrosomal protein Cdk5rap2 to regulate cortical development via microtubule organization.PLoS biology · 2024Article
- The Arf family GTPases: Regulation of vesicle biogenesis and beyond.BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology · 2023Review
- Arf-like Protein 2 (ARL2) Controls Microtubule Neogenesis during Early Postnatal Photoreceptor Development.Cells · 2022Article
- ARL2 is required for homologous recombination repair and colon cancer stem cell survival.FEBS open bio · 2022Article
- Phylogenetic profiling and cellular analyses of ARL16 reveal roles in traffic of IFT140 and INPP5E.Molecular biology of the cell · 2022Article
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- The ARF GAPs ELMOD1 and ELMOD3 act at the Golgi and cilia to regulate ciliogenesis and ciliary protein traffic.Molecular biology of the cell · 2022Article
- Cellular and subcellular localization of endogenous phospholipase D6 in seminiferous tubules of mouse testes.Cell and tissue research · 2021Article
- Roles for ELMOD2 and Rootletin in ciliogenesis.Molecular biology of the cell · 2021Article
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- Genome-wide survey of the F-box/Kelch (FBK) members and molecular identification of a novel FBK gene TaAFR in wheat.PloS one · 2021Article
- The ARF GAP ELMOD2 acts with different GTPases to regulate centrosomal microtubule nucleation and cytokinesis.Molecular biology of the cell · 2020Article
- lncRNA CRNDE is Upregulated in Glioblastoma Multiforme and Facilitates Cancer Progression Through Targeting miR-337-3p and ELMOD2 Axis.OncoTargets and therapy · 2020Article
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Abstract
Mitochondria are essential and dynamic organelles undergoing constant fission and fusion. The primary players in mitochondrial morphology (MFN1/2, OPA1, DRP1) have been identified, but their mechanism(s) of regulation are still being elucidated. ARL2 is a regulatory GTPase that has previously been shown to play a role in the regulation of mitochondrial morphology. Here we demonstrate that ELMOD2, an ARL2 GTPase-activating protein (GAP), is necessary for ARL2 to promote mitochondrial elongation. We show that loss of ELMOD2 causes mitochondrial fragmentation and a lower rate of mitochondrial fusion, while ELMOD2 overexpression promotes mitochondrial tubulation and increases the rate of fusion in a mitofusin-dependent manner. We also show that a mutant of ELMOD2 lacking GAP activity is capable of promoting fusion, suggesting that ELMOD2 does not need GAP activity to influence mitochondrial morphology. Finally, we show that ELMOD2, ARL2, Mitofusins 1 and 2, Miros 1 and 2, and mitochondrial phospholipase D (mitoPLD) all localize to discrete, regularly spaced puncta along mitochondria. These results suggest that ELMOD2 is functioning as an effector downstream of ARL2 and upstream of the mitofusins to promote mitochondrial fusion. Our data provide insights into the pathway by which mitochondrial fusion is regulated in the cell.
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