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Early mitochondrial dysfunction in long-lived Mclk1+/- mice.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 19 Sept 2008
Lapointe Jérôme, Hekimi Siegfried
Abstract excerpt
Reduced activity of CLK-1/MCLK1 (also known as COQ7), a mitochondrial enzyme that is necessary for ubiquinone biosynthesis, prolongs the lifespan of nematodes and mice by a mechanism that is distinct from that of the insulin signaling pathway. Here we show that 2-fold reduction of MCLK1 expression in mice reveals an additional function for the protein, as this level of reduction does not affect ubiquinone levels...
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