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SUBMITTER: Brandt T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4929004 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Brandt Tobias T Cavellini Laetitia L Kühlbrandt Werner W Cohen Mickaël M MM
eLife 20160602
Fusion of mitochondrial outer membranes is crucial for proper organelle function and involves large GTPases called mitofusins. The discrete steps that allow mitochondria to attach to one another and merge their outer membranes are unknown. By combining an in vitro mitochondrial fusion assay with electron cryo-tomography (cryo-ET), we visualize the junction between attached mitochondria isolated from Saccharomyces cerevisiae and observe complexes that mediate this attachment. We find that cycles ...[more]