Activated Mitofusin 2 Signals Mitochondrial Fusion, Interferes with Bax Activation, and Reduces Susceptibility to Radical Induced Depolarization*[boxs]

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Summary

This work has created an activated mutant of Mfn2, which shows increased rates of nucleotide exchange and decreased rates of hydrolysis relative to wild type Mfn1, and provides the first evidence that Mfn 2 is a signaling GTPase regulating mitochondrial fusion and that the nucleotide-dependent activation of M fn2 concomitantly protects the organelle from permeability transition.

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2005-07-01
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Keywords

MFN2, MFN1, Intermembrane space, mitochondrial fusion, Cell biology

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