LETM1 is a eukaryoticprotein that is expressed in the inner membrane of mitochondria. Experiments performed with human cells have been interpreted to indicate that it functions as a component of a Ca2+/H+antiporter.[4] Experimental results with yeast cells have been interpreted as suggesting that LETM1 functions as a component of a K+/H+ antiporter.[5] The Drosophila melanogaster LETM1 protein has been shown to functionally substitute for the K+/H+ antiporter function in yeast cells.[6]
↑ 2.02.1Endele S, Fuhry M, Pak SJ, Zabel BU, Winterpacht A (Sep 1999). "LETM1, a novel gene encoding a putative EF-hand Ca(2+)-binding protein, flanks the Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome (WHS) critical region and is deleted in most WHS patients". Genomics. 60 (2): 218–25. doi:10.1006/geno.1999.5881. PMID10486213.
↑Schlickum S, Moghekar A, Simpson JC, Steglich C, O'Brien RJ, Winterpacht A, Endele SU (Feb 2004). "LETM1, a gene deleted in Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome, encodes an evolutionarily conserved mitochondrial protein". Genomics. 83 (2): 254–61. doi:10.1016/j.ygeno.2003.08.013. PMID14706454.
↑McQuibban AG, Joza N, Megighian A, Scorzeto M, Zanini D, Reipert S, Richter C, Schweyen RJ, Nowikovsky K (Mar 2010). "A Drosophila mutant of LETM1, a candidate gene for seizures in Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome". Human Molecular Genetics. 19 (6): 987–1000. doi:10.1093/hmg/ddp563. PMID20026556.
Further reading
Piao L, Li Y, Kim SJ, Byun HS, Huang SM, Hwang SK, Yang KJ, Park KA, Won M, Hong J, Hur GM, Seok JH, Shong M, Cho MH, Brazil DP, Hemmings BA, Park J (Apr 2009). "Association of LETM1 and MRPL36 contributes to the regulation of mitochondrial ATP production and necrotic cell death". Cancer Research. 69 (8): 3397–404. doi:10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-08-3235. PMID19318571.
Endele S, Fuhry M, Pak SJ, Zabel BU, Winterpacht A (Sep 1999). "LETM1, a novel gene encoding a putative EF-hand Ca(2+)-binding protein, flanks the Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome (WHS) critical region and is deleted in most WHS patients". Genomics. 60 (2): 218–25. doi:10.1006/geno.1999.5881. PMID10486213.
Nowikovsky K, Froschauer EM, Zsurka G, Samaj J, Reipert S, Kolisek M, Wiesenberger G, Schweyen RJ (Jul 2004). "The LETM1/YOL027 gene family encodes a factor of the mitochondrial K+ homeostasis with a potential role in the Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279 (29): 30307–15. doi:10.1074/jbc.M403607200. PMID15138253.
Tamai S, Iida H, Yokota S, Sayano T, Kiguchiya S, Ishihara N, Hayashi J, Mihara K, Oka T (Aug 2008). "Characterization of the mitochondrial protein LETM1, which maintains the mitochondrial tubular shapes and interacts with the AAA-ATPase BCS1L". Journal of Cell Science. 121 (Pt 15): 2588–600. doi:10.1242/jcs.026625. PMID18628306.
Piao L, Li Y, Kim SJ, Sohn KC, Yang KJ, Park KA, Byun HS, Won M, Hong J, Hur GM, Seok JH, Shong M, Sack R, Brazil DP, Hemmings BA, Park J (May 2009). "Regulation of OPA1-mediated mitochondrial fusion by leucine zipper/EF-hand-containing transmembrane protein-1 plays a role in apoptosis". Cellular Signalling. 21 (5): 767–77. doi:10.1016/j.cellsig.2009.01.020. PMID19168126.
Dimmer KS, Navoni F, Casarin A, Trevisson E, Endele S, Winterpacht A, Salviati L, Scorrano L (Jan 2008). "LETM1, deleted in Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome is required for normal mitochondrial morphology and cellular viability". Human Molecular Genetics. 17 (2): 201–14. doi:10.1093/hmg/ddm297. PMID17925330.
Gevaert K, Goethals M, Martens L, Van Damme J, Staes A, Thomas GR, Vandekerckhove J (May 2003). "Exploring proteomes and analyzing protein processing by mass spectrometric identification of sorted N-terminal peptides". Nature Biotechnology. 21 (5): 566–9. doi:10.1038/nbt810. PMID12665801.
Hasegawa A, van der Bliek AM (Sep 2007). "Inverse correlation between expression of the Wolfs Hirschhorn candidate gene Letm1 and mitochondrial volume in C. elegans and in mammalian cells". Human Molecular Genetics. 16 (17): 2061–71. doi:10.1093/hmg/ddm154. PMID17606466.
Schlickum S, Moghekar A, Simpson JC, Steglich C, O'Brien RJ, Winterpacht A, Endele SU (Feb 2004). "LETM1, a gene deleted in Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome, encodes an evolutionarily conserved mitochondrial protein". Genomics. 83 (2): 254–61. doi:10.1016/j.ygeno.2003.08.013. PMID14706454.
Barbe L, Lundberg E, Oksvold P, Stenius A, Lewin E, Björling E, Asplund A, Pontén F, Brismar H, Uhlén M, Andersson-Svahn H (Mar 2008). "Toward a confocal subcellular atlas of the human proteome". Molecular & Cellular Proteomics. 7 (3): 499–508. doi:10.1074/mcp.M700325-MCP200. PMID18029348.