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ArticleNature cell biology2025

Mitochondrial NADPH fuels mitochondrial fatty acid synthesis and lipoylation to power oxidative metabolism.

Dohun Kim, Rushendhiran Kesavan, Kevin Ryu, Trishna Dey, Austin Marckx, Cameron Menezes, Prakash P Praharaj, Stewart Morley, Bookyung Ko, Mona H Soflaee and 11 more

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Article in Nature cell biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 16 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

21 authors.

Dohun KimChildren's Medical Center Research Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6060-0601
Rushendhiran KesavanChildren's Medical Center Research Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Kevin RyuChildren's Medical Center Research Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0005-8836-2720
Trishna DeyChildren's Medical Center Research Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Austin MarckxLyda Hill Department of Bioinformatics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Cameron MenezesChildren's Medical Center Research Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Prakash P PraharajChildren's Medical Center Research Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Stewart MorleyDonald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5340-7945
Bookyung KoChildren's Medical Center Research Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Mona H SoflaeeChildren's Medical Center Research Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Harrison J TomChildren's Medical Center Research Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Harrison BrownChildren's Medical Center Research Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Hieu S VuChildren's Medical Center Research Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Shih-Chia TsoDepartment of Biophysics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Chad A BrautigamDepartment of Biophysics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Andrew LemoffDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Marcel MettlenDepartment of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Prashant MishraChildren's Medical Center Research Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2223-1742
Feng CaiChildren's Medical Center Research Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Doug K AllenDonald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8599-8946
Gerta HoxhajChildren's Medical Center Research Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA. gerta.hoxhaj@utsouthwestern.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6179-3583

Funding

UT Southwestern Medical Center Simmons Comprehensive Cancer CenterP30CA142543 · NCI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI Kathryn Ann O'Donnell · 2010 to 2026
$53.7M
UT Southwestern NORCP30DK127984 · NIDDK · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI Jeffrey M Zigman · 2022 to 2026
$7.4M
Revealing the essential functions of mitochondrial NADPH and NADK2 for cell growth and proliferationR01GM143236 · NIGMS · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI HOXHAJ, GERTA N/A · 2021 to 2025
$1.8M
Decoding the metabolic routes of purine nucleotides in cancer - Resubmission - 1R01CA289251 · NCI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI Gerta N/A Hoxhaj · 2025 to 2026
$1.1M
The role of mitochondrial ATP production in liver failureF30DK137407 · NIDDK · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI Cameron Joseph Menezes · 2024 to 2026
$131k
American Cancer Society (American Cancer Society, Inc.) RSG-22-177-01-TBECancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas) RP210041Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas) RP240035Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas) RR190087NCI NIH HHS P30 CA142543NCI NIH HHS R01 CA289251NIDDK NIH HHS F30 DK137407NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK127984NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM143236Pew Charitable Trusts 00036920United States Department of Agriculture | Agricultural Research Service (USDA Agricultural Research Service) 2021-67013-33778U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) S10OD030312-01U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Cancer Institute (NCI) 1R01CA289251-01A1U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases) DK137407U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) 3R01GM143236-02S1U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) R01GM143236V Foundation for Cancer Research (V Foundation) V2021-019Welch Foundation I-2067-20240404
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) is a vital electron donor essential for macromolecular biosynthesis and protection against oxidative stress. Although NADPH is compartmentalized within the cytosol and mitochondria, the specific functions of mitochondrial NADPH remain largely unexplored. Here we demonstrate that NAD

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Fatty AcidsLipoylationMitochondriaNADPPhosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor)AnimalsHumansMiceMice, KnockoutOxidation-ReductionOxidative StressFatty AcidsNAD kinaseNADPPhosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor)

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