Mitochondrial Homeostasis: How Do Dimers of Mitofusins Mediate Mitochondrial Fusion?

Daumke, Oliver; Roux, Aurélien

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2017.03.024

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Mitochondrial Homeostasis: How Do Dimers of Mitofusins Mediate Mitochondrial Fusion?

ContributorsDaumke, Oliver; Roux, Aurélien

Published inCurrent Biology, vol. 27, no. 9, p. R353-R356

Publication date2017

Abstract

Mitochondria have high fusion and fission rates to maintain their size and number throughout the cell cycle. How is fusion mediated? New structural studies propose mechanisms by which the dynamin-like mitofusin proteins promote fusion of mitochondria.

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Faculté des sciences / Section de chimie et biochimie / Département de biochimie

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DAUMKE, Oliver, ROUX, Aurélien. Mitochondrial Homeostasis: How Do Dimers of Mitofusins Mediate Mitochondrial Fusion? In: Current Biology, 2017, vol. 27, n° 9, p. R353–R356. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.03.024

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PID : unige:142472
DOI : 10.1016/j.cub.2017.03.024

Additional URL for this publicationhttps://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0960982217302932

Journal ISSN0960-9822

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Mitochondrial Homeostasis: How Do Dimers of Mitofusins Mediate Mitochondrial Fusion?

Mitochondria have high fusion and fission rates to maintain their size and number throughout the cell cycle. How is fusion mediated? New structural studies propose mechanisms by which the dynamin-like mitofusin proteins promote fusion of mitochondria.

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