MFSD7C switches mitochondrial ATP synthesis to thermogenesis in response to heme

Mitochondria maintain a balance between thermogenesis and ATP synthesis, but how this is coordinated is largely unknown. Here, the authors show that MFSD7C coordinates ATP synthesis and thermogenesis in response to heme by directly binding to electron transport chain complexes and SERCA2b.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yingzhong Li, Nikola A. Ivica, Ting Dong, Dimitrios P. Papageorgiou, Yanpu He, Douglas R. Brown, Marianna Kleyman, Guangan Hu, Walter W. Chen, Lucas B. Sullivan, Amanda Del Rosario, Paula T. Hammond, Matthew G. Vander Heiden, Jianzhu Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18607-1