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ReviewBioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology2021

NIPSNAP protein family emerges as a sensor of mitochondrial health.

Esmat Fathi, Jay M Yarbro, Ramin Homayouni

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Review in BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Esmat FathiDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Jay M YarbroDepartments of Structural Biology and Developmental Neurobiology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Ramin HomayouniBeaumont Research Institute, Beaumont Health, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0186-5076
Beaumont Health · USOakland University · USSt. Jude Children's Research Hospital · US

Funding

Regulation of mitochondrial dehdyrogenases and neuronal NADH levels via interaction of NIPSNAP1 and APP intracellular domainR21AG047619 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS · PI HOMAYOUNI, RAMIN · 2017 to 2018
$390k
NIA NIH HHS R21 AG047619
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Since their discovery over two decades ago, the molecular and cellular functions of the NIPSNAP family of proteins (NIPSNAPs) have remained elusive until recently. NIPSNAPs interact with a variety of mitochondrial and cytoplasmic proteins. They have been implicated in multiple cellular processes and associated with different physiologic and pathologic conditions, including pain transmission, Parkinson's disease, and cancer. Recent evidence demonstrated a direct role for NIPSNAP1 and NIPSNAP2 proteins in regulation of mitophagy, a process that is critical for cellular health and maintenance. Importantly, NIPSNAPs contain a 110 amino acid domain that is evolutionary conserved from mammals to bacteria. However, the molecular function of the conserved NIPSNAP domain and its potential role in mitophagy have not been explored. It stands to reason that the highly conserved NIPSNAP domain interacts with a substrate that is ubiquitously present across all species and can perhaps act as a sensor for mitochondrial health.

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MitophagyProteinsAnimalsMitochondriaProteinsAlzheimer's diseasemetabolismmitophagyParkinson's diseaseSirtuin3

Identifiers

PMID33852167
PMCPMC10577685
OpenAlexW3154679305

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