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Abstract
Mammalian mitochondrial HtrA2/Omi was originally described as an apoptosis inducer, but rather than having extra cells, mice with mutant HtrA2/Omi suffer from a neurodegenerative disease due to progressive mitochondrial damage. This suggests that instead of promoting cell death by antagonizing inhibitor of apoptosis (IAP) proteins, the primary function of HtrA2/Omi is to handle misfolded proteins in the mitochondria.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 14636553 DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(03)00851-1
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cell ISSN: 0092-8674 Impact factor: 41.582