Mitochondrial Matrix

An amino acid sequence that directs the post-translational transport of a protein to the mitochondria. The sequence contains an alternating pattern of…

A liver disorder caused by primary or secondary defects in the function of the mitochondria in the hepatocytes.

Typically small, circular, intronless, and maternally inherited, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is the multicopy deoxyribonucleic acid genome of mitochondria, intracellular organelles responsible for…

Mitochondrial Damage involves any process that leads to dysfunction of mitochondria, whether by oxidative damage, mutation of mitochondrial DNA or other by…

A thin space between the outer and inner mitochondrial membranes formed by an invagination of the inner mitochondrial membrane.

Mitochondrial carrier homolog 2 (303 aa, ~33 kDa) is encoded by the human MTCH2 gene. This protein is involved in the modulation…