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ArticleNature2026

Mutations in mitochondrial ferredoxin FDX2 suppress frataxin deficiency.

Joshua D Meisel, Pallavi R Joshi, Amy N Spelbring, Hong Wang, Sandra M Wellner, Presli P Wiesenthal, Maria Miranda, Jason G McCoy, David P Barondeau, Gary Ruvkun and 1 more

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Article in Nature, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 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

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Joshua D MeiselDepartment of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. meisel@brandeis.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-6944-5177
Pallavi R JoshiDepartment of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Amy N SpelbringDepartment of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
Hong WangDepartment of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Sandra M WellnerDepartment of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Presli P WiesenthalDepartment of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7757-6652
Maria MirandaDepartment of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0817-553X
Jason G McCoyDepartment of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0009-0008-3094-7154
David P BarondeauDepartment of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
Gary Ruvkun *Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. ruvkun@molbio.mgh.harvard.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-7473-8484
Vamsi K Mootha *Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. vamsi@hms.harvard.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-9924-642X

Funding

GENETIC AND MOLECULAR BASIS OF LONGEVITYR01AG016636 · NIA · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI GARY B RUVKUN · 1999 to 2026
$12.4M
Structure and Mechanism of the Human FE-S Cluster Assembly ComplexR01GM096100 · NIGMS · TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY · PI BARONDEAU, DAVID P · 2011 to 2024
$3.5M
Preventing and Reversing Mitochondrial Leigh Syndrome with HypoxiaR01NS124679 · NINDS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI Vamsi Krishna Mootha · 2022 to 2026
$2.6M
Identification of genetic and environmental suppressors of mitochondrial dysfunctionR00GM140217 · NIGMS · BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY · PI Joshua Daniel Meisel · 2025 to 2026
$498k
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG016636NIGMS NIH HHS R00 GM140217NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM096100NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS124679
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Frataxin is a key component of an ancient, mitochondrial iron-sulfur cluster biosynthetic machinery, serving as an allosteric activator of the cysteine desulfurase NFS1 (refs.

Indexed as

Caenorhabditis elegansCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsFerredoxinsIron-Binding ProteinsMitochondriaMutationSuppression, GeneticAnimalsCarbon-Sulfur LyasesFrataxinFriedreich AtaxiaHumansMiceModels, MolecularOxygenCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsCarbon-Sulfur Lyasescysteine desulfuraseFerredoxinsFrataxinIron-Binding ProteinsNFS1 protein, humanOxygen

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PMID41372402
PMCPMC12804076

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