The cristae modulator Optic atrophy 1 requires mitochondrial ATP synthase oligomers to safeguard mitochondrial function

Mitochondrial cristae shape influences apoptosis and respiration. Here the authors show that the mitochondrial fusion protein OPA1 protects mitochondria from dysfunction by promoting ATP synthase oligomerization and reversal activity.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rubén Quintana-Cabrera, Charlotte Quirin, Christina Glytsou, Mauro Corrado, Andrea Urbani, Anna Pellattiero, Enrique Calvo, Jesús Vázquez, José Antonio Enríquez, Christoph Gerle, María Eugenia Soriano, Paolo Bernardi, Luca Scorrano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05655-x