Nature Communications (Aug 2021)

UbiB proteins regulate cellular CoQ distribution in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

  • Zachary A. Kemmerer,
  • Kyle P. Robinson,
  • Jonathan M. Schmitz,
  • Mateusz Manicki,
  • Brett R. Paulson,
  • Adam Jochem,
  • Paul D. Hutchins,
  • Joshua J. Coon,
  • David J. Pagliarini

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25084-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Coenzyme Q (CoQ) is a lipid made in the inner mitochondrial membrane with antioxidant roles throughout the cell, but regulation of its cellular distribution is unclear. Here the authors identify two proteins that have reciprocal CoQ trafficking functions to help coordinate CoQ localization in yeast.