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Energy stress activates AMPK to arrest mitochondria via phosphorylation of TRAK1.

Falk JE, Henke T, Gowrisankaran S, Wanderoy S, Basu H, Greally S, Steen J, Schwarz TL
J Cell Biol. 2026 Apr 6;225(4):e202501023. doi: 10.1083/jcb.202501023. Epub 2026 Jan 30. (Link opens in a new window) PubMed (Link opens in a new window) Article

Plasmids from Article

ID Plasmid Purpose
173069hSYN-mito-dsRED2mitochondria targeted dsRED2 expressed off of human Synapsin I promoter.
173071CAG-mito-dsRED2mitochondria targeted dsRED2 expressed off of CAG promoter
174541EF1a-mito-dsRED2mitochondria targeted dsRED expressed off of EF1a promoter
176266iRFP-TRIM46TRIM46 tagged with iRFP702
188664meGFP-hTRAK1human TRAK1 with N-terminal meGFP tag
219568pLVX-EF1a-mito-mRaspberryLentiviral construct expressing a mitochondria-targeted mRaspberry
219569pLVX-CAG-Ftractin-GFPLentiviral construct expressing GFP-tagged F-tractin
219570MYC-hTRAK1(S919A)Expresses MYC-tagged hTRAK1 (S919A)
219571MYC-hTRAK1(S719A)Expresses MYC-tagged hTRAK1 (S719A)
219572MYC-hTRAK1(S200A, S201A)Expresses MYC-tagged hTRAK1 (S200A, S201A)
219573MYC-hTRAK1(T834A)Expresses MYC-tagged hTRAK1 (T834A)
219574MYC-hTRAK1(S200A, S201A, S719A, T834A, S919A)Expresses MYC-tagged hTRAK1 (S200A, S201A, S719A, T834A, S919A)
219575pLVX-CAG-meGFP-Myo6Lentiviral construct expressing GFP tagged human Myo6
219576pLVX-CAG-Fhl2-HA-P2A-mitomeGFPLentiviral construct expressing HA-tagged Fhl2 followed by a P2A ribosome skip sequence and then a mitochondria targeted mEGFP.
219577pLVX-hSYN-MYC-MIRO1Lentiviral construct expressing MYC-tagged human Miro1
225201pLVX-hSYN-meGFPLentiviral construct expressing meGFP from human synapsin promoter.
225209pLVX-CAG-MCSLentiviral vector with CAG promoter and multiple cloning site
225225hTRAK1(S200A, S201A, S719A, S919A)Expresses MYC-tagged hTRAK1 (S200A, S201A, S719A, S919A)
225226hTRAK1(S719A, S919A)Expresses MYC-tagged hTRAK1(S719A, S919A)
225227pCMV-meGFP-Myo6Expresses GFP-tagged Myo6
225231Fhl2-HA-P2A-mitomeGFPConstruct expressing HA-tagged Fhl2 followed by a P2A ribosome skip sequence and then a mitochondria targeted mEGFP
225268pCMV-MCS-P2A-mCherry-N1Vector with a multiple cloning site, expressing a P2A ribosome skip sequence and mCherry
225270pCMV-MCS-P2A-meGFP(omp25mts)Vector with a multiple cloning site, a P2A ribosome skip sequence and a mitochondria targeted mEGFP
2285452X-FKBP-meGFP-OMP25mtsFKBP domain targeted to the mitochondrial OMM. Use for rapalog CID system
228547pLVX-hSYN-MYC-TRAK1MYC-tagged hTRAK1 expressed from the hSYN1 promoter.

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