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FEBS JOURNAL
Volume 272, Issue 20, Pages 5317-5326Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2005.04928.x
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assembly; NDUFAF1; complex I; mitochondria; oxidative phosphorylation
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Complex I (NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase) is the largest multiprotein enzyme of the oxidative phosphorylation system. Its assembly in human cells is poorly understood and no proteins assisting this process have yet been described. A good candidate is NDUFAF1, the human homologue of Neurospora crassa complex I chaperone CIA30. Here, we demonstrate that NDUFAF1 is a mitochondrial protein that is involved in the complex I assembly process. Modulating the intramitochondrial amount of NDUFAF1 by knocking down its expression using RNA interference leads to a reduced amount and activity of complex I. NDUFAF1 is associated to two complexes of 600 and 700 kDa in size of which the relative distribution is altered in two complex I deficient patients. Analysis of NDUFAF1 expression in a conditional complex I assembly system shows that the 700 kDa complex may represent a key step in the complex I assembly process. Based on these data, we propose that NDUFAF1 is an important protein for the assembly/stability of complex I.
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