The tardigrade Hypsibius exemplaris  has the active mitochondrial alternative oxidase that could be studied at animal organismal level.

Mitochondrial alternative oxidase (AOX) is predicted to be present in mitochondria of several invertebrate taxa including tardigrades. Independently of the reason concerning the enzyme occurrence in animal mitochondria, expression of AOX in human mitochondria is regarded as a potential therapeutic s...

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Main Authors: Daria Wojciechowska, Milena Roszkowska, Łukasz Kaczmarek, Wiesława Jarmuszkiewicz, Andonis Karachitos, Hanna Kmita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244260