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GENES & DEVELOPMENT
Volume 21, Issue 5, Pages 615-624Publisher
COLD SPRING HARBOR LAB PRESS, PUBLICATIONS DEPT
DOI: 10.1101/gad.408407
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mitochondria; oxidative phosphorylation; complex I; NADH : ubiquinone oxidoreductase; Ecsit; NDUFAF1
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Ecsit is a cytosolic adaptor protein essential for inflammatory response and embryonic development via the Toll-like and BMP (bone morphogenetic protein) signal transduction pathways, respectively. Here, we demonstrate a mitochondrial function for Ecsit (an evolutionary conserved signaling intermediate in Toll pathways) in the assembly of mitochondrial complex I (NADH: ubiquinone oxidoreductase). An N-terminal targeting signal directs Ecsit to mitochondria, where it interacts with assembly chaperone NDUFAF1 in 500- to 850-kDa complexes as demonstrated by affinity purification and vice versa RNA interference (RNAi) knockdowns. In addition, Ecsit knockdown results in severely impaired complex I assembly and disturbed mitochondrial function. These findings support a function for Ecsit in the assembly or stability of mitochondrial complex I, possibly linking assembly of oxidative phosphorylation complexes to inflammatory response and embryonic development.
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