Nature Communications (Mar 2020)

Mitochondrial peptide BRAWNIN is essential for vertebrate respiratory complex III assembly

  • Shan Zhang,
  • Boris Reljić,
  • Chao Liang,
  • Baptiste Kerouanton,
  • Joel Celio Francisco,
  • Jih Hou Peh,
  • Camille Mary,
  • Narendra Suhas Jagannathan,
  • Volodimir Olexiouk,
  • Claire Tang,
  • Gio Fidelito,
  • Srikanth Nama,
  • Ruey-Kuang Cheng,
  • Caroline Lei Wee,
  • Loo Chien Wang,
  • Paula Duek Roggli,
  • Prabha Sampath,
  • Lydie Lane,
  • Enrico Petretto,
  • Radoslaw M. Sobota,
  • Suresh Jesuthasan,
  • Lisa Tucker-Kellogg,
  • Bruno Reversade,
  • Gerben Menschaert,
  • Lei Sun,
  • David A. Stroud,
  • Lena Ho

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14999-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Small open reading frame-encoded peptides (SEPs), shorter than 100 amino acids, are involved in many cell biological processes. Here the authors identify 16 nuclear-encoded mitochondrial SEPs, including BRAWNIN, an essential regulator of respiratory chain complex III assembly and ATP production.