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. 2012 Jun 26;31(14):3038–3062. doi: 10.1038/emboj.2012.170

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Mitochondrial functions of PINK1 and parkin. (A) A linear pathway with PINK1 acting upstream of parkin is implicated in mediating degradation of damaged mitochondria via mitophagy. (B) PINK1 and parkin also affect mitochondrial functions via parallel pathways, possibly by acting on mitochondria independently from each other.