Uniform nomenclature for the mitochondrial contact site and cristae organizing system

ISSN
0021-9525
Date Issued
2014
Author(s)
Pfanner, Nikolaus
van der Laan, Martin
Amati, Paolo
Capaldi, Roderick A.
Caudy, Amy A.
Chacinska, Agnieszka
Darshi, Manjula
Hoppins, Suzanne
Icho, Tateo
Ji, Jianguo
Kozjak-Pavlovic, Vera
Meisinger, Chris
Odgren, Paul R.
Park, Sang Ki
Reichert, Andreas S.
Sheikh, M. Saeed
Taylor, Susan S.
Tsuchida, Nobuo
van der Bliek, Alexander M.
van der Klei, Ida J.
Weissman, Jonathan S.
Westermann, Benedikt
Zha, Jiping
Neupert, Walter
Nunnari, Jodi
DOI
10.1083/jcb.201401006
Abstract
The mitochondrial inner membrane contains a large protein complex that functions in inner membrane organization and formation of membrane contact sites. The complex was variably named the mitochondrial contact site complex, mitochondrial inner membrane organizing system, mitochondrial organizing structure, or Mitofilin/Fcj1 complex. To facilitate future studies, we propose to unify the nomenclature and term the complex "mitochondrial contact site and cristae organizing system" and its subunits Mic10 to Mic60.