Nature Communications (Aug 2020)

Defining the ATPome reveals cross-optimization of metabolic pathways

  • Neal K. Bennett,
  • Mai K. Nguyen,
  • Maxwell A. Darch,
  • Hiroki J. Nakaoka,
  • Derek Cousineau,
  • Johanna ten Hoeve,
  • Thomas G. Graeber,
  • Markus Schuelke,
  • Emin Maltepe,
  • Martin Kampmann,
  • Bryce A. Mendelsohn,
  • Jean L. Nakamura,
  • Ken Nakamura

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18084-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Energy metabolism and ATP levels are controlled by an interlocking network of pathways. Here, the authors apply a genome-wide CRISPR screen to define genes that increase or decrease ATP levels to define the “ATPome”, a map of pathways that contribute to cellular ATP regulation.