Inventors:
John Guy - Gainesville FL, US
Assignee:
University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. - Gainesville FL
International Classification:
C07H 21/02, C07H 21/04, C12N 5/00, C12N 5/02, C12N 5/08
US Classification:
536 231, 435325, 435366, 435368
Abstract:
A synthetic, nuclear-encoded ND4 gene was linked to a mitochondrial targeting sequence and a FLAG epitope tag. This fusion construct was inserted into a rAAV vector. The ND4 fusion protein was expressed and imported into the mitochondria of cells harboring a mitochondrial DNA mutation (G11778A), where it restored cellular respiration.