Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8465624 | Current Opinion in Cell Biology | 2015 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Pyruvate metabolism plays a pivotal role in cell homeostasis and energy production. Pyruvate, the end product of glycolysis, is either catabolized in the cytosol, or enters into mitochondria to promote oxidative phosphorylation. The import of pyruvate into mitochondria requires a specific carrier in the inner mitochondrial membrane, the mitochondrial pyruvate carrier (MPC), whose identity was only recently discovered. Here we report our current knowledge of the structure and function of the MPC and we describe how dysfunction of the MPC could participate in various pathologies, including type 2 diabetes and cancer.
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Authors
Benoît Vanderperre, Tom Bender, Edmund RS Kunji, Jean-Claude Martinou,