Nature Communications (Nov 2020)

SUCLA2 mutations cause global protein succinylation contributing to the pathomechanism of a hereditary mitochondrial disease

  • Philipp Gut,
  • Sanna Matilainen,
  • Jesse G. Meyer,
  • Pieti Pällijeff,
  • Joy Richard,
  • Christopher J. Carroll,
  • Liliya Euro,
  • Christopher B. Jackson,
  • Pirjo Isohanni,
  • Berge A. Minassian,
  • Reem A. Alkhater,
  • Elsebet Østergaard,
  • Gabriele Civiletto,
  • Alice Parisi,
  • Jonathan Thevenet,
  • Matthew J. Rardin,
  • Wenjuan He,
  • Yuya Nishida,
  • John C. Newman,
  • Xiaojing Liu,
  • Stefan Christen,
  • Sofia Moco,
  • Jason W. Locasale,
  • Birgit Schilling,
  • Anu Suomalainen,
  • Eric Verdin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19743-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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The pathomechanism of succinyl-CoA ligase (SCL) deficiency, a hereditary mitochondrial disease, is not fully understood. Here, the authors show that increased succinyl-CoA levels contribute to SCL pathology by causing global protein hyper-succinylation.