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ArticleNature2025

Structures and mechanism of the human mitochondrial pyruvate carrier.

Jiaming Liang, Junhui Shi, Ailong Song, Meihua Lu, Kairan Zhang, Meng Xu, Gaoxingyu Huang, Peilong Lu, Xudong Wu, Dan Ma

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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 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Jiaming Liang *Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Junhui Shi *Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Ailong Song *Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Meihua LuKey Laboratory of Structural Biology of Zhejiang Province, School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, China.
Kairan ZhangKey Laboratory of Structural Biology of Zhejiang Province, School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, China.
Meng XuFudan University, Shanghai, China.
Gaoxingyu HuangKey Laboratory of Structural Biology of Zhejiang Province, School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, China.
Peilong LuKey Laboratory of Structural Biology of Zhejiang Province, School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5894-9268
Xudong WuKey Laboratory of Structural Biology of Zhejiang Province, School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, China. wuxudong@westlake.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-6492-2202
Dan MaKey Laboratory of Structural Biology of Zhejiang Province, School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, China. madan@westlake.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-6208-2262

Funding

Ministry of Science and Technology of China, National Key R&D Program
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The mitochondrial pyruvate carrier (MPC) is a mitochondrial inner membrane protein complex that is essential for the uptake of pyruvate into the mitochondrial matrix as the primary carbon source for the tricarboxylic acid cycle

Indexed as

Mitochondrial Membrane Transport ProteinsMonocarboxylic Acid TransportersAnion Transport ProteinsCryoelectron MicroscopyHumansMitochondriaModels, MolecularProtein MultimerizationPyruvic AcidSingle-Domain AntibodiesAnion Transport ProteinsMitochondrial Membrane Transport ProteinsMonocarboxylic Acid TransportersMPC1 protein, humanMPC2 protein, humanPyruvic AcidSingle-Domain Antibodies

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PMID40101766

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