Mitochondrial fission: a non-nuclear role for Num1p

Curr Biol. 2007 Jun 19;17(12):R467-70. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.04.018.

Abstract

It is an established assumption that the inheritance of intracellular organelles into daughter cells is not left to chance. A recent study by Rob Jensen and coworkers provides a new link between a protein required for the inheritance of nuclei in yeast with the positioning and morphology of the mitochondria.

MeSH terms

  • Calcium-Binding Proteins / metabolism*
  • Cytokinesis
  • Cytoskeletal Proteins
  • DNA, Mitochondrial / genetics
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal
  • Mitochondria / genetics
  • Mitochondria / metabolism*
  • Mitochondria / ultrastructure*
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / genetics*
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / metabolism
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / ultrastructure
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / genetics
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / metabolism*

Substances

  • Calcium-Binding Proteins
  • Cytoskeletal Proteins
  • DNA, Mitochondrial
  • NUM1 protein, S cerevisiae
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins