Mitochondria -- the energy-generating powerhouses of cells -- are also a site for oxidative stress and cellular calcium regulation. The latter two functions have long been suspected of being linked mechanistically, and now new research shows precisely how, with the common connection centering on a protein complex known as the mitochondrial Ca2+ uniporter (MCU).
Moonlighting function for mitochondrial-calcium influx machinery MCU complex
Science Daily - 2 Mar 2017 20:34
Mitochondria -- the energy-generating powerhouses of cells -- are also a site for oxidative stress and cellular calcium regulation. The latter two functions have long been suspected of being linked mechanistically, and now new research shows precisely how, with the common connection centering on a protein complex known as the mitochondrial Ca2+ uniporter (MCU).
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