mitoNEET regulation of VDAC (IMAGE)

Rice University

mitoNEET regulation of VDAC

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When oxidized, the protein mitoNEET (green) can close voltage-dependent anion channels, or VDACs (center), passageways that allow metabolites and signaling molecules to pass through the outer membrane (blue band) of the mitochondria, the "power plant" that supplies cells with chemical energy. (Image courtesy of CTBP/Rice University)

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