Targeting of human mitochondrial DNA with programmable pAgo nuclease
Beatrisa Rimskaya, Ekaterina Kropocheva, Elza Shchukina, Egor A. Ulashchik, Daria M Gelfenbein, Lidiya Lisitskaya, Vadim V. Shmanai, Svetlana Smirnikhina, Andrey V. Kulbachinskiy, Ilya Mazunin
This study demonstrates that a bacterial Argonaute protein can be targeted to mitochondria to reduce mtDNA copy number in human cells.
Cells · Jan 10, 2026Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology