You Down With ETC? Yeah, You Know D!

Van Vranken, Jonathan G; Rutter, Jared · Cell · 2015

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Although the mitochondrial electron transport chain (ETC) is best known for its role in ATP synthesis, two studies, Sullivan et al. and Birsoy et al., conclude that its only essential function in proliferating cells is making aspartate (D).