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MCU (Mitochondrial Ca 2+ Uniporter) makes the calcium go round
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MCU (Mitochondrial Ca 2+ Uniporter) makes the calcium go round

Grant C Walters and Yuriy M Usachev
The Journal of biological chemistry, Vol.298(2), pp.101604-101604
01/17/2022
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.101604
PMCID: PMC8819027
PMID: 35051417
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbc.2022.101604View
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Abstract

Store-operated Ca entry (SOCE) is a major mechanism controlling Ca signaling and Ca -dependent functions and has been implicated in immunity, cancer, and organ development. SOCE-dependent cytosolic Ca signals are affected by mitochondrial Ca transport through several competing mechanisms. However, how these mechanisms interact in shaping Ca dynamics and regulating Ca -dependent functions remains unclear. In a recent issue, Yoast and colleagues shed light on these questions by defining multiple roles of the mitochondrial Ca uniporter (MCU) in regulating SOCE, Ca dynamics, transcription, and lymphocyte activation.

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