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ArticleNature communications2025

ROMO1 overexpression protects the mitochondrial cysteinome from oxidations in aging.

Fengli Xu, Haipeng Huang, Kun Peng, Chongshu Jian, Hao Wu, Zhiwen Jing, Shan Qiu, Ying Chen, Keke Liu, Ling Fu and 6 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Therapeutic Potential of Mitochondrial Transplantation with Focus on DBD.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  5. [ROMO1 Promotes the Repair of Radiation-induced Skin Injury by Regulating Mitochondrial Function and Keratinocyte Proliferation].Sichuan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Sichuan University. Medical science edition · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Fengli Xu *State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Institute of Molecular Medicine, College of Future Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-4628-5378
Haipeng Huang *State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Institute of Molecular Medicine, College of Future Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5525-6845
Kun PengState Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Institute of Molecular Medicine, College of Future Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Chongshu JianState Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Institute of Molecular Medicine, College of Future Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Hao WuState Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Institute of Molecular Medicine, College of Future Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Zhiwen JingState Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Institute of Molecular Medicine, College of Future Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Shan QiuState Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Institute of Molecular Medicine, College of Future Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Ying ChenSynthetic and Functional Biomolecules Center, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Keke LiuNational Center for Protein Sciences-Beijing, Beijing Institute of Lifeomics, Beijing, China.
Ling FuNational Center for Protein Sciences-Beijing, Beijing Institute of Lifeomics, Beijing, China.
Yanru WangState Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Institute of Molecular Medicine, College of Future Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Jing YangNational Center for Protein Sciences-Beijing, Beijing Institute of Lifeomics, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8486-273X
Xiaotao DuanState Key Laboratory of Toxicology and Medical Countermeasures, Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9962-1234
Chu WangPeking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6925-1268
Heping ChengState Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Institute of Molecular Medicine, College of Future Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China. chengp@pku.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9604-6702
Xianhua WangState Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Institute of Molecular Medicine, College of Future Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China. xianhua@pku.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2016-9415

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Reactive thiols of proteinaceous cysteines are vital to cell biology by serving as sensor, effector and buffer of environmental redox fluctuations. Being the major source, as well as the prime target, of reactive oxygen species (ROS), mitochondria confront great challenges in preserving their thiol pool. Here we show that ROS modulator 1 (ROMO1), a small inner mitochondrial membrane protein, plays a role in protecting the mitochondrial cysteinome. ROMO1 is redox sensitive and reactive and overexpression can prevent deleterious oxidation of proteinaceous thiols. ROMO1 upregulation leads to a reductive shift of the mitochondrial cysteinome, exerting beneficial effects on mitochondria, such as promoting energy metabolism and Ca

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AgingCysteineMembrane ProteinsMitochondriaMitochondrial ProteinsAnimalsEnergy MetabolismHumansMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLOxidation-ReductionOxidative StressReactive Oxygen SpeciesSulfhydryl CompoundsCysteineMembrane ProteinsMitochondrial ProteinsReactive Oxygen SpeciesROMO1 protein, humanSulfhydryl Compounds

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PMCPMC12134242

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