UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG IMAGE: MODEL OF THE BETA-BARREL PROTEIN PORIN FROM BAKER’S YEAST FOUND IN THE MITOCHONDRIAL OUTER MEMBRANE. CREDIT: ILLUSTRATION: CHRISTOPHE WIRTH/UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG Mitochondria are considered to be the power plants of cells and are essential for human metabolism. Dysfunction in 40 percent of mitochondrial proteins are associated with human diseases, which is...
