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Downregulation of the human Lon protease impairs mitochondrial structure and function and causes cell death.
Free radical biology & medicine - 1 Mar 2005
Bota Daniela A, Ngo Jenny K, Davies Kelvin J A
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Lon now emerges as a major regulator of multiple mitochondrial functions in human beings. Lon catalyzes the degradation of oxidatively modified matrix proteins, chaperones the assembly of inner membrane complexes, and participates in the regulation of mitochondrial gene expression and genome integrity. An early result of Lon downregulation in WI-38 VA-13 human lung fibroblasts is massive caspase 3 activation and...
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