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ArticleNature2025

Structure of mitochondrial pyruvate carrier and its inhibition mechanism.

Zheng He, Jianxiu Zhang, Yan Xu, Eve J Fine, Carl-Mikael Suomivuori, Ron O Dror, Liang Feng

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Article in Nature, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. From the cytosol to the inner membrane: biogenesis of the mitochondrial carrier family.Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Zheng He *Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Jianxiu Zhang *Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1864-7510
Yan XuDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Eve J FineDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7404-897X
Carl-Mikael SuomivuoriDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2445-8791
Ron O DrorDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6418-2793
Liang FengDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA. liangf@stanford.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-6171-2050

Funding

The Stanford-SLAC CryoEM Center supplementU24GM129541 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI CHIU, WAH, HEDMAN, BRITT · 2018 to 2023
$54.8M
Structure and Function of SWEET Sugar TransportersR01GM117108 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI FENG, LIANG · 2016 to 2023
$2.6M
Molecular mechanisms of mitochondrial membrane transport systems in cellular energeticsR35GM153424 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Liang Feng · 2024 to 2026
$2.5M
Stanford ChEM-H Chemistry/Biology Interface Predoctoral Training ProgramT32GM139791 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Carolyn Bertozzi, Christine Jacobs-Wagner · 2021 to 2026
$2.4M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM117108NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM153424NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM139791NIGMS NIH HHS U24 GM129541
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The mitochondrial pyruvate carrier (MPC) governs the entry of pyruvate-a central metabolite that bridges cytosolic glycolysis with mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation-into the mitochondrial matrix

Indexed as

MitochondriaMitochondrial Membrane Transport ProteinsMonocarboxylic Acid TransportersBinding SitesCryoelectron MicroscopyCrystallography, X-RayHumansModels, MolecularPyruvic AcidMitochondrial Membrane Transport ProteinsMonocarboxylic Acid TransportersMPC1 protein, humanPyruvic Acid

Identifiers

PMID40044865
PMCPMC12043432

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