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  • 5635321150332822662311530829199305PublicAssets/2491The structure of the pore-forming protein VDAC-1 from humans. This molecule mediates the flow of products needed for metabolism--in particular the export of ATP--across the outer membrane of mitochondria, the power plants for eukaryotic cells. VDAC-1 is involved in metabolism and the self-destruction of cells--two biological processes central to health. <Br><Br>Related to images <a href="https://images.nigms.nih.gov/pages/DetailPage.aspx?imageid2=2494">2494</a>, <a href="https://images.nigms.nih.gov/pages/DetailPage.aspx?imageid2=2495">2495</a>, and <a href="https://images.nigms.nih.gov/pages/DetailPage.aspx?imageid2=2488">2488</a>. Gerhard Wagner, Harvard Medical SchoolSebastian Hiller and Gerhard Wagner, Harvard Medical SchoolIllustration

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    The structure of the pore-forming protein VDAC-1 from humans. This molecule mediates the flow of products needed for metabolism--in particular the export of ATP--across the outer membrane of mitochondria, the power plants for eukaryotic cells. VDAC-1 is involved in metabolism and the self-destruction of cells--two biological processes central to health.

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