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Antoni Barrientos is affiliated with the University of Miami in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with extensive work in Molecular Biology. Additional subfields include Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Cell Biology, Physiology, and Cancer Research.

The scientist's main topics of investigation cover several areas related to mitochondrial function and molecular mechanisms, including:

  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • ATP Synthase and ATPases Research
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins
  • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways

Their recent published papers reflect these research interests. Selected papers include:

  • "Mechanism of membrane-tethered mitochondrial protein synthesis," 2021, Science
  • "Respiratory supercomplexes enhance electron transport by decreasing cytochrome c diffusion distance," 2020, EMBO Reports
  • "Balanced mitochondrial and cytosolic translatomes underlie the biogenesis of human respiratory complexes," 2022, Genome Biology
  • "Coordination of metal center biogenesis in human cytochrome c oxidase," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Multiple pathways coordinate assembly of human mitochondrial complex IV and stabilization of respiratory supercomplexes," 2020, The EMBO Journal

The scientist frequently publishes in several academic venues, notably:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Methods in molecular biology
  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
  • Science

Collaboration is a significant aspect of Antoni Barrientos's work, with frequent co-authors including Flavia Fontanesi, J. Conor Moran, Alba Timón-Gómez, Eric A. Shoubridge, and Yuzuru Itoh. These collaborations have contributed to a substantial number of joint publications, supporting the scientist's research endeavors across various molecular biology topics.

Best Publications

  • Cytochrome c release and mitochondria involvement in programmed cell death induced by acetic acid in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Paula Ludovico;Fernando José dos Santos Rodrigues;A. J. Almeida;Manuel T. Silva

  • Titrating the effects of mitochondrial complex I impairment in the cell physiology.

    Antoni Barrientos;Carlos T. Moraes

  • Mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase biogenesis: Recent developments.

    Alba Timón-Gómez;Eva Nývltová;Luciano A. Abriata;Alejandro J. Vila

  • A mutant mitochondrial respiratory chain assembly protein causes complex III deficiency in patients with tubulopathy, encephalopathy and liver failure

    Pascale De Lonlay;Isabelle Valnot;Antoni Barrientos;Marina Gorbatyuk

  • A mutation in the human heme A:farnesyltransferase gene (COX10 ) causes cytochrome c oxidase deficiency

    Isabelle Valnot;Jürgen Christoph Von Kleist-Retzow;Antonio Barrientos;Marina Gorbatyuk

  • Regulation of Yeast Chronological Life Span by TORC1 via Adaptive Mitochondrial ROS Signaling

    Yong Pan;Elizabeth A. Schroeder;Alejandro Ocampo;Antoni Barrientos

  • Assembly of mitochondrial cytochrome c-oxidase, a complicated and highly regulated cellular process

    Flavia Fontanesi;Ileana C. Soto;Darryl Horn;Antoni Barrientos

  • Mitochondrial complex I plays an essential role in human respirasome assembly.

    David Moreno-Lastres;Flavia Fontanesi;Inés García-Consuegra;Miguel A. Martín

  • In vivo and in organello assessment of OXPHOS activities.

    Antoni Barrientos

  • Mitochondrial copper metabolism and delivery to cytochrome c oxidase.

    Darryl Horn;Antoni Barrientos

  • Evaluation of the mitochondrial respiratory chain and oxidative phosphorylation system using polarography and spectrophotometric enzyme assays.

    Antoni Barrientos;Flavia Fontanesi;Francisca Díaz

  • Biogenesis and assembly of eukaryotic cytochrome c oxidase catalytic core.

    Ileana C. Soto;Flavia Fontanesi;Jingjing Liu;Antoni Barrientos

  • Cytochrome oxidase in health and disease

    Antoni Barrientos;Mario H Barros;Isabelle Valnot;Agnes Rötig

  • Mss51p and Cox14p jointly regulate mitochondrial Cox1p expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Antoni Barrientos;Antoni Barrientos;Andrea Zambrano;Alexander Tzagoloff

  • Mitochondrial function in heart muscle from patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy

    Diana Jarreta;Josefina Orús;Antoni Barrientos;Oscar Miró

  • Mutations in SLC25A46 , encoding a UGO1-like protein, cause an optic atrophy spectrum disorder

    Alexander J Abrams;Robert B Hufnagel;Adriana Rebelo;Claudia Zanna

  • Cytochrome c oxidase biogenesis: new levels of regulation.

    Flavia Fontanesi;Ileana C. Soto;Antoni Barrientos

  • Human Xenomitochondrial Cybrids CELLULAR MODELS OF MITOCHONDRIAL COMPLEX I DEFICIENCY

    Antoni Barrientos;Lesley Kenyon;Carlos T. Moraes

  • Mitochondrial respiratory thresholds regulate yeast chronological life span and its extension by caloric restriction.

    Alejandro Ocampo;Jingjing Liu;Elizabeth A. Schroeder;Gerald S. Shadel

  • Mitochondrial ribosomes in cancer.

    Hyun Jung Kim;Priyanka Maiti;Antoni Barrientos

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexander Tzagoloff
Alexander Tzagoloff Columbia University
Virginia Nunes
Virginia Nunes University of Barcelona
Carlos T. Moraes
Carlos T. Moraes University of Miami
Giovanni Manfredi
Giovanni Manfredi Cornell University
Dominique Chretien
Dominique Chretien Grenoble Alpes University
Teresa A. Milner
Teresa A. Milner Cornell University
Arnold Munnich
Arnold Munnich Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital

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