Component
Human mitochondrial cysteine incorporation during translation
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How nutrients influence it
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What it does
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What acts on it
CARS2 disruption reduced mitochondrial cysteinyl-tRNA synthetase function, assessed in part through mitochondrial MTCO1 expression; mutant rescue distinguished this from persulfide synthesis.
Experimental context and source evidence
- availability_state
- machinery_impairment Imported condition classification; unverified.
- evidence_access
- Primary full text
- experimental_model
- Human HEK293T CARS2-deficient cells and C78/257D versus lysine-motif mutant complementation.
- limitations
- MTCO1 expression is a translation-related readout, not a direct measurement of dietary cysteine incorporation.
- nutrient_topic
- L-Cysteine collection; species, compartment, exposure, co-substrates and manipulation remain explicit. · L-Cysteine
- plain_language
- Mitochondria need their own enzyme to place cysteine into proteins.
- primary_references
- Cysteinyl-tRNA synthetase governs cysteine polysulfidation and mitochondrial bioenergetics. · 2017 · https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29079736/ · DOI 10.1038/s41467-017-01311-y
- trigger_kind
- machinery_impairment Imported condition classification; unverified.
L-Cysteine: sulfur allocation, redox supply and cross-nutrient mechanisms (2026-09-19) · lines 156–162
AI-assisted research curation; primary references, access levels and experimental limitations individually identified. Not publisher full text. · supports · Human HEK293T CARS2-deficient cells and C78/257D versus lysine-motif mutant complementation. · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
## l-cysteine-cars2-translation Mitochondria need their own enzyme to place cysteine into proteins. CARS2 disruption reduced mitochondrial cysteinyl-tRNA synthetase function, assessed in part through mitochondrial MTCO1 expression; mutant rescue distinguished this from persulfide synthesis. Model: Human HEK293T CARS2-deficient cells and C78/257D versus lysine-motif mutant complementation. Limitations: MTCO1 expression is a translation-related readout, not a direct measurement of dietary cysteine incorporation. Evidence access: Primary full text Cysteinyl-tRNA synthetase governs cysteine polysulfidation and mitochondrial bioenergetics. · 2017 · https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29079736/ · DOI 10.1038/s41467-017-01311-y
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The events it takes part in
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Situations it appears in
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