scene=
 Introduction
  selectivity pore 
  Disease 
  Relevance 
Calcium signaling
  Structural highlights and mechanism 
The MCU is a dimer of dimers, described as tetrameric truncated pyramid.  The uniporter has only a single strong binding site located in the selectivity pore, near the surface of the inner mitochondrial membrane.  Activity of the uniporter is dependent on membrane potential and calcium concentration. Calcium from the cytoplasm enters the mitochondrial innermemnrane space through the mitochondrial membrane and is passed to the mitochondrial matrix via the MCU. 
 Transmembrane Domain
The  is located in the , in TM2 (transmembrane 2) while TM 1 (transmembrane 1) surrounds the pore. The transmembrane domain exhibits four fold rotational symmetry. The domain swapping of TM1 of one subunit tightly packing with the TM2 of the neighboring subunits. 
 Coiled coil
 N-terminal Domain