title: Dissecting mitochondrial fusion.
abstract: Because mitochondria have outer and inner membranes, the fusion of two mitochondria requires the coordinated fusion of four lipid bilayers. Fusion of the outer membranes requires mitofusins. A new study published in Cell (Meeusen et al., 2006) shows that inner membrane fusion requires the dynamin-related protein Mgm1/OPA1.
authors.affiliation: Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA.
authors.forename: David C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Chan
mesh_terms: D034281:Dynamins / Q000378:metabolism; D020558:GTP Phosphohydrolases / Q000378:metabolism*; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D008561:Membrane Fusion; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D051336:Mitochondrial Membranes / Q000502:physiology*; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D008954:Models, Biological; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: C082883:MGM1 protein, S cerevisiae; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C423986:UGO1 protein, S cerevisiae; C401395:FZO1 protein, S cerevisiae; D020558:GTP Phosphohydrolases; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D034281:Dynamins