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Kentaro Furukawa

Kyushu UniversityORCID 0000-0002-1551-1538Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Cell BiologyEMBO ReportsPeer-reviewedJan 13, 2026

Mitochondrial fission during mitophagy requires both inner and outer mitofissins

Kentaro Furukawa, Tatsuro Maruyama, Yuji Sakai…·Tomotake Kanki

This study identifies Mfi2, a mitochondrial outer membrane microprotein required for mitophagy, showing that both inner and outer mitofissins are needed for mitochondrial fission during mitophagy.

DOI 10.1038/s44319-025-00689-x

yeastexperimental assay

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