Proteomic studies revealed that mitochondria contain ∼1,000 (in yeast) to 1,500 (in humans) different proteins and led to the recent identification of new mitochondrial import pathways and ...

The release noted that this is the first study to show the mitochondrial protein import system’s role in promoting pancreatic cancer. “We have just begun to understand how cancer cells hijack ...

Her research focuses on understanding how mitochondria and immune system synergize in health and diseases. After completed her Ph.D. on exploring mitochondrial protein import and its role in diseases ...

More information: Eyal Paz et al, Biochemical and neurophysiological effects of deficiency of the mitochondrial import protein TIMM50, eLife (2024). DOI: 10.7554/eLife.99914.2 ...

There are several mechanisms involved. The newly reported research has uncovered one mechanism, which they found is controlled by the mitochondrial protein MCJ. The researchers first identified ...