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Introduction
selectivity pore
Disease
Relevance
Calcium signaling
Structural highlights
The MCU is a tetrameric truncated pyramid with only a single strong binding, site located in the selectivity pore, near the surface of the mitochondrial membrane. The is located in the , in TM2 while TM 1 surrounds the pore. Activity of the uniporter is dependent on membrane potential and calcium concentration. Calcium from the cytoplasm entrees the mitochondrial innermemnrane space through the mitochondrial membrane and is passed to the mitochondrial matrix via the MCU.