Phosphatidylethanolamine made in the inner mitochondrial membrane is essential for yeast cytochrome bc 1 complex function

Phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) is synthesized by four separate pathways, although surprisingly, perturbing mitochondrial PE synthesis compromises mitochondrial function. Here, the authors show that mitochondrial PE synthesis is required for Complex III function and challenge PE trafficking dogma.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Elizabeth Calzada, Erica Avery, Pingdewinde N. Sam, Arnab Modak, Chunyan Wang, J. Michael McCaffery, Xianlin Han, Nathan N. Alder, Steven M. Claypool
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09425-1