Sentences with phrase «mitochondrial outer membrane»

The mitochondrial pathway of cell death (apoptosis) starts by permeabilization of the mitochondrial outer membrane which becomes peppered with small holes.

ATP is transported through further barrel pores across the mitochondrial outer membrane into the cytosol, which fuels life of human cells.

Subsequently, the sorting and assembling machinery (SAM) was identified in the mitochondrial outer membrane, which is required for the insertion of the barrel proteins.

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Tom40 forms a channel in the outer mitochondrial membrane that is used to import proteins.

«As a postdoc in my lab, she discovered the first direct connection between the preprotein translocases of the mitochondrial outer and inner membranes and showed the dynamic behavior of mitochondrial membrane translocases,» Pfanner writes in an e-mail to Science Careers.

The intrinsic pathway drives cell death by permeabilization of the outer mitochondrial membrane and is regulated by the Bcl - 2 oncogene family of pro- and antiapoptotic factors.

In addition to glycolysis, acetyl - CoA is produced from the oxidation of fatty acids by acyl - CoA synthetase enzymes in the outer mitochondrial membrane, and then transported into the inner mitochondrial matrix by acetyl L - carnitine for β oxidation and ATP production.

The fats in VISTA work to fix the outer and inner membranes, support mitochondrial function, and influence learning, sleep, thermoregulation and pain threshold.