opa1

UniProt ID: Q5U3A7
Organism: Danio rerio
Review Status: COMPLETE
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Gene Description

Opa1 is a mitochondrial dynamin-like GTPase that couples GTP hydrolysis to inner-membrane fusion and cristae remodeling. Membrane-anchored long and soluble intermembrane-space forms cooperate in membrane remodeling. In zebrafish, opa1 depletion disrupts mitochondrial morphology and respiration and impairs embryonic development and ventricular cardiomyocyte growth.

Existing Annotations Review

GO Term Evidence Action Reason
GO:0008053 mitochondrial fusion
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
ACCEPT
Summary: Opa1 performs GTP-dependent mitochondrial membrane fusion.
Reason: Opa1 is the conserved inner-membrane fusion GTPase. The zebrafish depletion study supports mitochondrial remodeling, and ortholog biochemistry supplies the molecular mechanism; broad membrane/mitochondrial fusion terms remain valid alongside the inner-membrane-specific term.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:23516612
Opa1 catalyzes fusion of inner mitochondrial membranes and formation of the cristae
GO:0031966 mitochondrial membrane
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
ACCEPT
Summary: Mitochondrial membrane is a valid broader localization for Opa1.
Reason: The inner mitochondrial membrane is within the scope of mitochondrial membrane. Specific localization does not invalidate its parent; PAINT places this localization at the OPA1-family node PTN007514526.
Propagation Review
Root cause: NO FAILURE CORE
Sources checked:
PANTHER:PTN007514526 SUPPORTS TRANSFER
Current PAINT IBD and live target lineage verified; zebrafish Opa1 descends from this OPA1 node.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:23516612
Opa1 catalyzes fusion of inner mitochondrial membranes and formation of the cristae
GO:0016559 peroxisome fission
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
UNDECIDED
Summary: The ancestral peroxisome fission inference remains unresolved for zebrafish Opa1.
Reason: Independent PANTHER v19 tree retrieval places Q5U3A7 below PTN008520527 and OPA1 node PTN007514526. Current PAINT has the corresponding IBD at PTN008520527; this is an ancestral claim, not a pairwise transfer invalidated by a different donor name. The shared EAT-3 OpenScientist report identifies native IMS topology and domain divergence as mechanistic concerns. These are relevant biological arguments, but the report does not resolve loss of this ancestrally placed function in OPA1. A negative assay is not required to reject an IBA; here the lineage and domain premises offered for rejection did not withstand independent checks. Preserve uncertainty pending adjudication of inheritance or loss in the OPA1 clade. Moreover, PMID:32228866 Fig. 1A explicitly identifies an OPA1 middle domain and GED, contradicting the report's inference of GED loss from missing database domain labels.
Propagation Review
Root cause: UNRESOLVED
Sources checked:
PANTHER:PTN008520527 UNRESOLVED
Verified ancestor of the exact zebrafish leaf PTN000170160 through OPA1 node PTN007514526. Source functions in other dynamin branches are credible; inheritance/loss in OPA1 is unresolved.
GO:0005758 mitochondrial intermembrane space
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
ACCEPT
Summary: The Opa1 catalytic machinery acts in the mitochondrial intermembrane space.
Reason: The soluble processed form occupies the intermembrane space and cooperates with inner-membrane-anchored Opa1. This inherited OPA1 localization is supported by the target record and PTN007514526; the long form does not exclude the soluble form.
Supporting Evidence:
file:DANRE/opa1/opa1-uniprot.txt
cleavage and localizes in the intermembrane space.
GO:0008017 microtubule binding
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
UNDECIDED
Summary: The ancestral microtubule binding inference remains unresolved for zebrafish Opa1.
Reason: Independent PANTHER v19 tree retrieval places Q5U3A7 below PTN000170013 and OPA1 node PTN007514526. Current PAINT has the corresponding IBD at PTN000170013; this is an ancestral claim, not a pairwise transfer invalidated by a different donor name. The shared EAT-3 OpenScientist report identifies native IMS topology and domain divergence as mechanistic concerns. These are relevant biological arguments, but the report does not resolve loss of this ancestrally placed function in OPA1. A negative assay is not required to reject an IBA; here the lineage and domain premises offered for rejection did not withstand independent checks. Preserve uncertainty pending adjudication of inheritance or loss in the OPA1 clade. Moreover, PMID:32228866 Fig. 1A explicitly identifies an OPA1 middle domain and GED, contradicting the report's inference of GED loss from missing database domain labels.
Propagation Review
Root cause: UNRESOLVED
Sources checked:
PANTHER:PTN000170013 UNRESOLVED
Verified ancestor of the exact zebrafish leaf PTN000170160 through OPA1 node PTN007514526. Source functions in other dynamin branches are credible; inheritance/loss in OPA1 is unresolved.
GO:0003924 GTPase activity
IEA
GO_REF:0000120
ACCEPT
Summary: GTP hydrolysis is part of the core Opa1 membrane-remodeling mechanism.
Reason: Opa1 itself consumes GTP by hydrolysis while driving membrane fusion. GTPase activity and GTP metabolic process are valid broader descriptions of work performed by the protein; a more specific fusogenic term does not make them over-annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
file:DANRE/opa1/opa1-uniprot.txt
Reaction=GTP + H2O = GDP + phosphate + H(+)
GO:0005525 GTP binding
IEA
GO_REF:0000002
ACCEPT
Summary: Opa1 binds GTP as the substrate of its dynamin-like GTPase domain.
Reason: Nucleotide binding is intrinsic to the conserved hydrolytic fusion mechanism, not a secondary developmental effect.
Supporting Evidence:
file:DANRE/opa1/opa1-uniprot.txt
Reaction=GTP + H2O = GDP + phosphate + H(+)
GO:0005743 mitochondrial inner membrane
IEA
GO_REF:0000044
ACCEPT
Summary: Long Opa1 is anchored in the mitochondrial inner membrane.
Reason: The long/short processing system positions Opa1 at the inner membrane and adjacent intermembrane space, matching the membrane-fusion machinery.
Supporting Evidence:
file:DANRE/opa1/opa1-uniprot.txt
inner mitochondrial membrane, and the short soluble form
GO:0005758 mitochondrial intermembrane space
IEA
GO_REF:0000044
ACCEPT
Summary: The Opa1 catalytic machinery acts in the mitochondrial intermembrane space.
Reason: The soluble processed form occupies the intermembrane space and cooperates with inner-membrane-anchored Opa1. This inherited OPA1 localization is supported by the target record and PTN007514526; the long form does not exclude the soluble form.
Supporting Evidence:
file:DANRE/opa1/opa1-uniprot.txt
cleavage and localizes in the intermembrane space.
GO:0061025 membrane fusion
IEA
GO_REF:0000108
ACCEPT
Summary: Opa1 performs GTP-dependent mitochondrial membrane fusion.
Reason: Opa1 is the conserved inner-membrane fusion GTPase. The zebrafish depletion study supports mitochondrial remodeling, and ortholog biochemistry supplies the molecular mechanism; broad membrane/mitochondrial fusion terms remain valid alongside the inner-membrane-specific term.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:23516612
Opa1 catalyzes fusion of inner mitochondrial membranes and formation of the cristae
GO:0003924 GTPase activity
ISS
GO_REF:0000024
ACCEPT
Summary: GTP hydrolysis is part of the core Opa1 membrane-remodeling mechanism.
Reason: Opa1 itself consumes GTP by hydrolysis while driving membrane fusion. GTPase activity and GTP metabolic process are valid broader descriptions of work performed by the protein; a more specific fusogenic term does not make them over-annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
file:DANRE/opa1/opa1-uniprot.txt
Reaction=GTP + H2O = GDP + phosphate + H(+)
GO:0005743 mitochondrial inner membrane
ISS
GO_REF:0000024
ACCEPT
Summary: Long Opa1 is anchored in the mitochondrial inner membrane.
Reason: The long/short processing system positions Opa1 at the inner membrane and adjacent intermembrane space, matching the membrane-fusion machinery.
Supporting Evidence:
file:DANRE/opa1/opa1-uniprot.txt
inner mitochondrial membrane, and the short soluble form
GO:0005758 mitochondrial intermembrane space
ISS
GO_REF:0000024
ACCEPT
Summary: The Opa1 catalytic machinery acts in the mitochondrial intermembrane space.
Reason: The soluble processed form occupies the intermembrane space and cooperates with inner-membrane-anchored Opa1. This inherited OPA1 localization is supported by the target record and PTN007514526; the long form does not exclude the soluble form.
Supporting Evidence:
file:DANRE/opa1/opa1-uniprot.txt
cleavage and localizes in the intermembrane space.
GO:0032740 positive regulation of interleukin-17 production
ISS
GO_REF:0000024
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Opa1 has a conserved, context-specific role in supporting IL-17 production.
Reason: The actual ISS donor is mouse Opa1 P58281, with IMP evidence from PMID:36171294. Its T-cell-specific deletion reduces IL-17A independently of cell division, early activation, and restored respiration; OPA1-dependent metabolic signaling therefore supports cytokine output. Ortholog transfer to zebrafish is plausible but remains an inference, and this immune context is noncore relative to membrane remodeling.
Propagation Review
Root cause: NO FAILURE NON CORE
Sources checked:
UniProtKB:P58281 SUPPORTS TRANSFER
Live QuickGO donor IMP PMID:36171294 and full primary verified; supports OPA1-dependent IL-17 production. Target immune context is inferred.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:36171294
Thus, OPA1 sustains cytokine production in TH17 cells in vitro, but not early differentiation events associated with transcription factor expression.
GO:2000330 positive regulation of T-helper 17 cell lineage commitment
ISS
GO_REF:0000024
MODIFY
Summary: The donor study supports IL-17 effector output more clearly than Th17 lineage commitment.
Reason: Full PMID:36171294 explicitly distinguishes impaired IL-17A production from intact early lineage-specifying transcription-factor expression. Late effects on maintenance and RORgamma-t do not by themselves demonstrate the initial lineage-commitment step. Retain the biological immune effect using positive regulation of IL-17 production, also already represented by its own source annotation; no additional NEW row is proposed.
Propagation Review
Root cause: TERM SCOPING PROBLEM
Sources checked:
UniProtKB:P58281 SUPPORTS SOURCE BUT NOT TARGET
Actual source supports cytokine production and tissue maintenance; Fig. 1 and text report intact early lineage-factor expression.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:36171294
Thus, OPA1 sustains cytokine production in TH17 cells in vitro, but not early differentiation events associated with transcription factor expression.
GO:0097749 membrane tubulation
ISS
GO_REF:0000024
ACCEPT
Summary: Opa1 assemblies deform and tubulate mitochondrial inner membranes.
Reason: Conserved OPA1 helical assembly and membrane engagement perform physical membrane remodeling. These ISS terms describe the direct molecular mechanism underlying cristae architecture and fusion, rather than a phenotype-only inference.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:32228866
hydrophobic residues in its extended membrane-binding domain are critical for its tubulation activity.
GO:0180020 membrane bending activity
ISS
GO_REF:0000024
ACCEPT
Summary: Opa1 assemblies deform and tubulate mitochondrial inner membranes.
Reason: Conserved OPA1 helical assembly and membrane engagement perform physical membrane remodeling. These ISS terms describe the direct molecular mechanism underlying cristae architecture and fusion, rather than a phenotype-only inference.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:32228866
hydrophobic residues in its extended membrane-binding domain are critical for its tubulation activity.
GO:1990627 mitochondrial inner membrane fusion
ISS
GO_REF:0000024
ACCEPT
Summary: Opa1 performs GTP-dependent mitochondrial membrane fusion.
Reason: Opa1 is the conserved inner-membrane fusion GTPase. The zebrafish depletion study supports mitochondrial remodeling, and ortholog biochemistry supplies the molecular mechanism; broad membrane/mitochondrial fusion terms remain valid alongside the inner-membrane-specific term.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:23516612
Opa1 catalyzes fusion of inner mitochondrial membranes and formation of the cristae
GO:0140523 GTPase-dependent fusogenic activity
ISS
GO_REF:0000024
ACCEPT
Summary: Opa1 performs GTP-dependent mitochondrial membrane fusion.
Reason: Opa1 is the conserved inner-membrane fusion GTPase. The zebrafish depletion study supports mitochondrial remodeling, and ortholog biochemistry supplies the molecular mechanism; broad membrane/mitochondrial fusion terms remain valid alongside the inner-membrane-specific term.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:23516612
Opa1 catalyzes fusion of inner mitochondrial membranes and formation of the cristae
file:DANRE/opa1/opa1-uniprot.txt
Reaction=GTP + H2O = GDP + phosphate + H(+)
GO:0055015 ventricular cardiac muscle cell development
IMP
PMID:25022898
Tom70 serves as a molecular switch to determine pathological...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Zebrafish Opa1 supports ventricular cardiomyocyte growth and morphology.
Reason: The full Tom70 paper directly tests Opa1 knockdown in zebrafish: Fig. 6H shows enlarged ventricular myocytes at 2 dpf, with fragmented mitochondria and blurred cristae. This is genuine target evidence despite the Tom70-focused title. Retain the contextual cardiac-development annotation without treating the experiment as proof of a dedicated early cardiac-lineage program.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:25022898
The inactivation of Opa1 obviously enlarged the ventricular myocytes at 2 dpf
GO:0008053 mitochondrial fusion
ISS
GO_REF:0000024
ACCEPT
Summary: Opa1 performs GTP-dependent mitochondrial membrane fusion.
Reason: Opa1 is the conserved inner-membrane fusion GTPase. The zebrafish depletion study supports mitochondrial remodeling, and ortholog biochemistry supplies the molecular mechanism; broad membrane/mitochondrial fusion terms remain valid alongside the inner-membrane-specific term.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:23516612
Opa1 catalyzes fusion of inner mitochondrial membranes and formation of the cristae
GO:0046039 GTP metabolic process
ISS
GO_REF:0000024
ACCEPT
Summary: GTP hydrolysis is part of the core Opa1 membrane-remodeling mechanism.
Reason: Opa1 itself consumes GTP by hydrolysis while driving membrane fusion. GTPase activity and GTP metabolic process are valid broader descriptions of work performed by the protein; a more specific fusogenic term does not make them over-annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
file:DANRE/opa1/opa1-uniprot.txt
Reaction=GTP + H2O = GDP + phosphate + H(+)
GO:0070300 phosphatidic acid binding
ISS
GO_REF:0000024
ACCEPT
Summary: phosphatidic acid binding supports Opa1 membrane remodeling.
Reason: The actual human OPA1 donor has direct liposome-binding evidence in PMID:20185555 Fig. 2A: OPA1-S1 binds phosphatidic-acid-containing liposomes and binding stimulates GTP hydrolysis. This is a real molecular capacity despite cardiolipin being the likely predominant physiological lipid. The zebrafish ISS assertion is retained as conserved membrane-remodeling capacity; target biochemical specificity remains inferred.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20185555
OPA1-S1 associates strongly with liposomes containing 25% phosphatidic acid (POPA) or 25% phosphoserine (POPS)
GO:1901612 cardiolipin binding
ISS
GO_REF:0000024
ACCEPT
Summary: cardiolipin binding supports Opa1 membrane remodeling.
Reason: The curated ISS assertion concerns lipid engagement of the conserved OPA1 membrane-remodeling machinery. Cardiolipin engagement is explicit in the target record; phosphatidic-acid specificity is transferred by curator judgment rather than measured in the zebrafish developmental paper. Neither specificity is excluded by Opa1 having a fusion role.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20185555
OPA1 can promote the protrusion of lipid tubules from the surface of cardiolipin-containing liposomes.
GO:0007005 mitochondrion organization
IMP
PMID:23516612
Opa1 is required for proper mitochondrial metabolism in earl...
ACCEPT
Summary: Opa1 maintains mitochondrial morphology in zebrafish.
Reason: The full target study reports fragmented mitochondria after opa1 depletion, consistent with direct membrane-fusion/remodeling work. Mitochondrion organization is a valid core parent process.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:23516612
Opa1 catalyzes fusion of inner mitochondrial membranes and formation of the cristae
GO:0043009 chordate embryonic development
IMP
PMID:23516612
Opa1 is required for proper mitochondrial metabolism in earl...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Opa1 function supports zebrafish embryonic development.
Reason: The target study documents growth delay, smaller eyes, edema and impaired cardiac/locomotor performance after depletion. These developmental requirements are retained as context-specific consequences of mitochondrial function; they are not added to the core molecular-function summary.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:23516612
Opa1 morphants had smaller eyes and eye edema at later stages.
GO:0003924 GTPase activity
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
ACCEPT
Summary: PAINT places GTPase activity at the deep dynamin-superfamily node PTN000170013; zebrafish Opa1 retains the intact dynamin-type G domain (residues 291-567) and the reaction is recorded on the target record.
Reason: The IBA is an ancestral claim for the whole dynamin/Fzo/YdjA family, and GTP hydrolysis is the one activity every member of that family shares. Zebrafish Opa1 descends from PTN000170013 through the OPA1 node PTN007514526 (lineage verified in the 2026-09-20 re-review), carries the complete G domain, and its own record lists the Rhea:19669 reaction. Human OPA1 GTP hydrolysis is measured directly and is stimulated by cardiolipin liposomes (PMID:20185555), and GTP binding drives the power-stroke conformational change in the S-OPA1 structure (PMID:32228866). The same term is already accepted from the IEA and ISS rows; the action is kept consistent.
Propagation Review
Root cause: NO FAILURE CORE
Sources checked:
PANTHER:PTN000170013 SUPPORTS TRANSFER
Deep dynamin-superfamily node; verified ancestor of the zebrafish leaf PTN000170160. GTP hydrolysis is family-wide and target-confirmed by the intact G domain.
UniProtKB:O60313 SUPPORTS TRANSFER
Human OPA1 GTPase activity measured directly (PMID:20185555); the target appearing among IBA sources is expected, not circular.
Supporting Evidence:
file:DANRE/opa1/opa1-uniprot.txt
Reaction=GTP + H2O = GDP + phosphate + H(+)
PMID:20185555
OPA1-S1 associates strongly with liposomes containing 25% phosphatidic acid (POPA) or 25% phosphoserine (POPS)
GO:0005737 cytoplasm
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
MODIFY
Summary: The deep dynamin-superfamily node PTN000170013 carries is_active_in cytoplasm; for Opa1 the true place of activity is the mitochondrial inner membrane and intermembrane space, which lie inside the cytoplasm as GO defines it.
Reason: GO:0005737 cytoplasm is defined as the cell contents excluding plasma membrane and nucleus but including other subcellular structures, so the statement is not false for a mitochondrial protein. It is, however, a placement made for a node that unites cytosolic dynamins, DRP1, mitofusins and Mx proteins, and it says nothing about where Opa1 actually works. The zebrafish record gives an N-terminal mitochondrial transit peptide, a single inner-membrane transmembrane helix and an intermembrane-space topology for the entire GTPase/stalk region (residues 113-776), and the OPA1-node IBA already asserts mitochondrial membrane and intermembrane space. The informative term is mitochondrial inner membrane (with the IMS for the short form), both already annotated; the generic cytoplasm row adds no information and should be replaced by the specific location.
Propagation Review
Root cause: TERM SCOPING PROBLEM
Failure modes: GRANULARITY MISMATCH
Sources checked:
PANTHER:PTN000170013 SUPPORTS TRANSFER
Verified ancestor of the zebrafish leaf; the cytoplasm claim is true by definition for mitochondrial proteins but is the lowest common denominator of a node spanning cytosolic and organellar dynamins.
Supporting Evidence:
file:DANRE/opa1/opa1-uniprot.txt
inner mitochondrial membrane, and the short soluble form
file:DANRE/opa1/opa1-uniprot.txt
cleavage and localizes in the intermembrane space.
GO:0005874 microtubule
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
UNDECIDED
Summary: The is_active_in microtubule IBA descends from the same deep dynamin node PTN000170013 as the microtubule binding row; the target's whole GTPase region is topologically confined to the mitochondrial intermembrane space.
Reason: This row is the cellular-component counterpart of the microtubule binding IBA reviewed above, placed by PAINT at PTN000170013 with classical dynamin (human DNM1 P50570, worm dyn-1) and an Arabidopsis DRP donor. The 2026-09-20 re-review verified that PTN000170013 is a genuine ancestor of the OPA1 clade, so the inference is an ancestral claim and not a mis-targeted pairwise transfer. Against it, the zebrafish record places residues 113-776 and 788-966, i.e. the entire GTPase, stalk and paddle, in the mitochondrial intermembrane space behind the outer membrane, and the S-OPA1 structure shows the same machinery assembled on lipid membranes (PMID:32228866); none of the cached primary literature reports Opa1 at microtubules. Being active in a cytosolic microtubule is difficult to reconcile with that topology, but the prior adjudication kept the paired microtubule-binding row UNDECIDED pending an explicit inheritance-or-loss decision at the OPA1 branch, and the two rows should be decided together. The action therefore stays UNDECIDED, with the topological objection recorded as the reason a curator would most likely resolve it against transfer.
Propagation Review
Root cause: UNRESOLVED
Failure modes: COMPARTMENT OR COMPLEX MISMATCH
Sources checked:
PANTHER:PTN000170013 UNRESOLVED
Verified ancestor of the zebrafish leaf PTN000170160 through OPA1 node PTN007514526. Microtubule association is credible for the classical-dynamin donors; inheritance versus loss at the OPA1 branch is unresolved, and target topology (IMS-facing GTPase region) argues against a cytosolic microtubule location.
Supporting Evidence:
file:DANRE/opa1/opa1-uniprot.txt
inner mitochondrial membrane, and the short soluble form
GO:0043009 chordate embryonic development
IMP
PMID:23516612
Opa1 is required for proper mitochondrial metabolism in earl...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Second ZFIN row for the same paper, from the splice-blocking morpholino (intron 12/exon 13) that reproduced the translation-blocking phenotypes.
Reason: PMID:23516612 (full text cached) injected a translation-blocking and a splice-blocking opa1 morpholino and reports the same developmental phenotypes with both, which is the reason ZFIN recorded two IMP rows. The phenotypes, developmental delay, small eyes, edema and cardiac and locomotor deficits, follow from loss of mitochondrial fusion and respiration, not from Opa1 performing a step of embryogenesis itself, so the term is a downstream requirement rather than a core process. The action matches the translation-blocking row above.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:23516612
splice-blocking morpholino (SB) designed to span the junction between intron 12 and exon 13 was also injected at 4.
PMID:23516612
Opa1 morphants had smaller eyes and eye edema at later stages.
GO:0097749 membrane tubulation
ISS
GO_REF:0000024
ACCEPT
Summary: ISS transfer from the human S-OPA1 processed chain (PRO_0000253479), the soluble form that polymerizes on and tubulates lipid membranes.
Reason: The donor is the short-form chain of human OPA1, which is exactly the species assayed in the tubulation experiments; purified S-OPA1 tubulates cardiolipin liposomes and the cryo-EM structure identifies the membrane-binding residues required for that activity (PMID:32228866; PMID:20185555 Fig. 4). The zebrafish record annotates the corresponding short chain (residues 194-966, PRO_0000417514) generated by cleavage, so the chain-level transfer is appropriate. The action matches the whole-protein membrane tubulation ISS row above.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:32228866
hydrophobic residues in its extended membrane-binding domain are critical for its tubulation activity.
PMID:20185555
OPA1 can promote the protrusion of lipid tubules from the surface of cardiolipin-containing liposomes.

Core Functions

Opa1 hydrolyzes GTP to drive mitochondrial inner membrane fusion and membrane remodeling, maintaining mitochondrial morphology.

Supporting Evidence:
  • file:DANRE/opa1/opa1-uniprot.txt
    Reaction=GTP + H2O = GDP + phosphate + H(+)
  • PMID:23516612
    Opa1 catalyzes fusion of inner mitochondrial membranes and formation of the cristae
  • file:DANRE/opa1/opa1-deep-research-falcon.md
    its catalytic activity is **GTP hydrolysis (GTP β†’ GDP + Pi)**, coupled to conformational changes that power membrane remodeling, tethering, and fusion.

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Suggested Questions for Experts

Q: Does zebrafish Opa1 undergo the same OMA1/YME1L-dependent L-to-S processing as mammalian OPA1, and which of the isoform-specific bands lost in morphants correspond to L- and S-Opa1?

Q: Is the deep-node microtubule/peroxisome-fission inheritance retained or lost at the OPA1 branch (PTN007514526)? A PAINT-level decision would resolve the two UNDECIDED IBA rows on this gene.

Suggested Experiments

Experiment: Express purified zebrafish S-Opa1 and test cardiolipin- and phosphatidic-acid-stimulated GTP hydrolysis and liposome tubulation, to convert the ISS lipid-binding and tubulation rows into direct target evidence.

Experiment: Generate a stable opa1 mutant (CRISPR) and image mitochondrial morphology and cristae by EM in cardiomyocytes and retinal ganglion cells, separating primary mitochondrial defects from morpholino-associated developmental delay.

Deep Research

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