Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprint
The development of intracytoplasmic membranes in alphaproteobacteria involves the conserved mitochondrial crista-developing protein Mic60
S. A. Munoz-Gomez, L. R. Cadena, A. T. Gardiner…·H. Hashimi
This study shows that Mic60 homologs in alphaproteobacteria are involved in intracytoplasmic membrane development and contact site formation, supporting the hypothesis that mitochondrial cristae evolved from bacterial ICMs.
DOI 10.1101/2022.06.14.496148