UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG IMAGE: MODEL OF BETA-BARREL MEMBRANE PROTEIN PORE BIOGENESIS AT THE SORTING AND ASSEMBLY MACHINERY (SAM) OF THE OUTER MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE. CREDIT: ILLUSTRATION: NILS WIEDEMANN Mitochondria are vital for the human body as cellular powerhouses: They possess more than 1,000 different proteins, required for many central metabolic pathways. Disfunction of these lead to...
