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Deciphering MTP18 as an inner membrane mitophagy receptor in clearance of damaged mitochondrial subdomains and its relevance in mitoptosis

Implementing Organization

National Institute of Technology Rourkela Visit
Principal Investigator
Dr Sujit Kumar Bhutia
Associate Professor,, National Institute of Technology Rourkela (NITRKL), Rourkela

Project Overview

Mitochondrial dynamic is a coordinated cycle of mitochondrial fusion and fission to conserve their distribution, shape, and size. Mitochondrial fission is pre-required for mitophagy to selectively degrade the damaged mitochondria. Human MTP18 is a novel 18kDa nuclear-encoded mitochondrial inner membrane protein, and MTP18 promotes change in mitochondrial morphology from filamentous to spherical fragmented structures. This project aims to investigate the role of MTP18 to induce selective mitophagy through asymmetric fission to eliminate the damaged mitochondrial subdomains.
Funding Organization
Funding Scheme
Core Research Grant (CRG)
Funding Organization
Department of Science and Technology (DST)
Quick Information
Area of Research
Life Sciences & Biotechnology
Focus Area
Mitophagy
Start Date
2021
Status
ongoing
Contact
sbhutia@nitrkl.ac.in
Output
No. of Research Paper
00
Technologies (If Any)
00
No. of PhD Produced
00
Publications
00
No. of Patents
Filed : 00
Grant : 00
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