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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-12-23
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
A protein required to localize mitochondria to Drosophila nerve terminals has been identified genetically. Photoreceptors mutant for milton show aberrant synaptic transmission despite normal phototransduction. Without Milton, synaptic terminals and axons lack mitochondria, although mitochondria are numerous in neuronal cell bodies. In contrast, synaptic vesicles continue to be transported to and concentrated at synapses. Milton protein is associated with mitochondria and is present primarily in axons and synapses. A likely explanation of the apparent trafficking defect is offered by the coimmunoprecipitation of Milton and kinesin heavy chain. Transfected into HEK293T cells, Milton induces a redistribution of mitochondria within the cell. We propose that Milton is a mitochondria-associated protein required for kinesin-mediated transport of mitochondria to nerve terminals.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0896-6273
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
19
pubmed:volume
36
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1063-77
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12495622-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12495622-Axonal Transport, pubmed-meshheading:12495622-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:12495622-Drosophila Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12495622-Drosophila melanogaster, pubmed-meshheading:12495622-Female, pubmed-meshheading:12495622-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:12495622-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12495622-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:12495622-Kinesin, pubmed-meshheading:12495622-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12495622-Microscopy, Electron, pubmed-meshheading:12495622-Mitochondria, pubmed-meshheading:12495622-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:12495622-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:12495622-Nerve Tissue Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12495622-Nervous System Malformations, pubmed-meshheading:12495622-Photoreceptor Cells, Invertebrate, pubmed-meshheading:12495622-Presynaptic Terminals, pubmed-meshheading:12495622-Protein Transport, pubmed-meshheading:12495622-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:12495622-Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:12495622-Synaptic Transmission
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Axonal transport of mitochondria to synapses depends on milton, a novel Drosophila protein.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Life Sciences Addition, Room #548, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't