Nature Communications (Oct 2022)

Manganese-driven CoQ deficiency

  • Jutta Diessl,
  • Jens Berndtsson,
  • Filomena Broeskamp,
  • Lukas Habernig,
  • Verena Kohler,
  • Carmela Vazquez-Calvo,
  • Arpita Nandy,
  • Carlotta Peselj,
  • Sofia Drobysheva,
  • Ludovic Pelosi,
  • F.-Nora Vögtle,
  • Fabien Pierrel,
  • Martin Ott,
  • Sabrina Büttner

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33641-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Across phylae, excess manganese disrupts energy metabolism by unclear mechanisms. Here, Diessl et al. report that failure of mitochondrial bioenergetics upon manganese overload is due to mismetallation of a diiron enzyme crucial for CoQ biosynthesis