著者
Akiyo Naiki Takenori Yamamoto Aya Hasegawa Tao Fujiwara Katsuhiro Yoneoka Atsushi Ebihara
出版者
The Japanese Society for Plant Systematics
雑誌
Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica (ISSN:13467565)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.74, no.2, pp.131-133, 2023-07-31 (Released:2023-09-08)

Hymenophyllum pilosissimum C. Chr. (Hymenophyllaceae), recently discovered on Iriomote Island, is reported for the first time in Japan.
著者
Akiko Yamada Akira Watanabe Takenori Yamamoto
出版者
The Biophysical Society of Japan
雑誌
Biophysics and Physicobiology (ISSN:21894779)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.20, no.1, pp.e200004, 2023 (Released:2023-02-04)
参考文献数
27
被引用文献数
1

Mitochondria play an important role in energy conversion as well as in intracellular calcium (Ca2+) storage. Ca2+ uptake from the cytosol to the mitochondria is mediated by the calcium uniporter, which functions as a Ca2+ ion channel. However, the molecular composition of this uniporter has remained unclear until recently. The Ca2+ ion channel consists of seven subunits. The yeast reconstitution technique revealed that the mitochondrial calcium uniporter (MCU) and essential MCU regulatory element (EMRE) are the core subunits of the complex. Furthermore, detailed structure-function analyses of the core subunits (MCU and EMRE) were performed. In this review, the regulatory mechanism of mitochondrial Ca2+ uptake is discussed.