Mitofissin: a novel mitochondrial fission protein that facilitates mitophagy

Tomoyuki Fukuda; Kentaro Furukawa; Tatsuro Maruyama; Nobuo N Noda; Tomotake Kanki

doi:10.1080/15548627.2023.2237343

Mitofissin: a novel mitochondrial fission protein that facilitates mitophagy

Autophagy. 2023 Nov;19(11):3019-3021. doi: 10.1080/15548627.2023.2237343. Epub 2023 Jul 24.

Authors

Tomoyuki Fukuda¹, Kentaro Furukawa¹, Tatsuro Maruyama², Nobuo N Noda^{2

3}, Tomotake Kanki¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cellular Physiology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Chuo-Ku, Niigata, Japan.
² Institute of Microbial Chemistry (BIKAKEN), Shinagawa-Ku, Tokyo, Japan.
³ Institute for Genetic Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.

PMID: 37455477
PMCID: PMC10549205 (available on 2024-07-24)
DOI: 10.1080/15548627.2023.2237343

Abstract

Atg: autophagy related; IMM: inner mitochondrial membrane; IMS: intermembrane space; PAS: phagophore assembly site; SAR: selective autophagy receptor.

Keywords: Atg44; autophagy; mitochondria; mitochondrial fission; mitofissin; mitophagy; yeast.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Autophagy*
Mitochondria / metabolism
Mitochondrial Dynamics
Mitochondrial Membranes / metabolism
Mitophagy*

Grants and funding

This work was supported by grants from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (23K05679 to TF and 19H05712 to KT), the Institute for Fermentation, Osaka (IFO) (TF), and the Takeda Science Foundation (TF).