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Scientists Reveal How Cells ‘Take Out the Trash’

A new structural study shows exactly how cells take out the trash. Using a high-resolution imaging technique called cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have revealed how cells degrade damaged or misfolded proteins in mitochondria—cellular compartments that serve as the “powerhouses” of the cell. Protein degradation is constantly occurring in cells, and is essential to all…