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Review
. 2018 Sep:152:85-93.
doi: 10.1016/j.biochi.2018.06.022. Epub 2018 Jun 28.

From the Ca2+-activated F1FO-ATPase to the mitochondrial permeability transition pore: an overview

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From the Ca2+-activated F1FO-ATPase to the mitochondrial permeability transition pore: an overview

Salvatore Nesci et al. Biochimie. 2018 Sep.

Abstract

Based on recent advances on the Ca2+-activated F1FO-ATPase features, a novel multistep mechanism involving the mitochondrial F1FO complex in the formation and opening of the still enigmatic mitochondrial permeability transition pore (MPTP), is proposed. MPTP opening makes the inner mitochondrial membrane (IMM) permeable to ions and solutes and, through cascade events, addresses cell fate to death. Since MPTP forms when matrix Ca2+ concentration rises and ATP is hydrolyzed by the F1FO-ATPase, conformational changes, triggered by Ca2+ insertion in F1, may be transmitted to FO and locally modify the IMM curvature. These events would cause F1FO-ATPase dimer dissociation and MPTP opening.

Keywords: Calcium ion; Conformational mechanism; F(1)F(O)-ATPase; Mitochondrial permeability transition pore.

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