Protein
Calcium uniporter protein 6, mitochondrial
Organism
Arabidopsis thaliana
Function
Mitochondrial inner membrane calcium uniporter that mediates calcium uptake into mitochondria. Mitochondrial calcium homeostasis plays key roles in cellular physiology and regulates cell bioenergetics, cytoplasmic calcium signals and activation of cell death pathways.
Similarity
Belongs to the MCU (TC 1.A.77) family.
Sequence
MWSMGLIRRTAMSNAIRASSQRTWLGHGGLRSCVTVKTPSEDEEEKKKEITIAEAKKLMRLVNVEDMKKKLVGVADRDVVSYSTLLEASQGMGIARSPDEAHVFARVLDDAGVVLIFRDKVYLHPDKVVDLIRRAMPLDQNPEEDQIKEEFNKLRIMKEEIDVLAHRQVRKILWCGLATSMVQIGLFFRLTFWEFSWDVMEPITFFATATGIIVGYAYFLMTSRDPTYQDFMKRLFLSRQRKLLKSHKFDCERFKELERLFKMTSSCHAAASIRNRVGLELDLEDALQSRRD