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Gem1 and ERMES do not directly affect phosphatidylserine transport from ER to mitochondria or mitochondrial inheritance.
Traffic (Copenhagen, Denmark) - 1 Jun 2012
Nguyen Tammy T, Lewandowska Agnieszka, Choi Jae-Yeon, Markgraf Daniel F, Junker Mirco, Bilgin Mesut, Ejsing Christer S, Voelker Dennis R, Rapoport Tom A, Shaw Janet M
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In yeast, a protein complex termed the ER-Mitochondria Encounter Structure (ERMES) tethers mitochondria to the endoplasmic reticulum. ERMES proteins are implicated in a variety of cellular functions including phospholipid synthesis, mitochondrial protein import, mitochondrial attachment to actin, polarized mitochondrial movement into daughter cells during division, and maintenance of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)....
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