title: Mitochondria are clamped to vacuoles for lipid transport.
abstract: In this issue of Developmental Cell, Elbaz-Alon et al. (2014) and Hönscher et al. (2014) describe a contact site between mitochondria and the lysosome-like yeast vacuole named vCLAMP (vacuole and mitochondria patch). They show that vCLAMP plays a role in lipid exchange, thereby linking mitochondria to the endomembrane system.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Zellbiologie, Universität Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany.
authors.forename: Till
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Klecker
authors.affiliation: Institut für Zellbiologie, Universität Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany. Electronic address: benedikt.westermann@uni-bayreuth.de.
authors.forename: Benedikt
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Westermann
mesh_terms: D033942:Adaptor Proteins, Vesicular Transport / Q000378:metabolism*; D002468:Cell Physiological Phenomena; D004721:Endoplasmic Reticulum / Q000378:metabolism*; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism*; D015388:Organelles / Q000378:metabolism*; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000032:analysis*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000378:metabolism*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D014617:Vacuoles / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D033942:Adaptor Proteins, Vesicular Transport; D010743:Phospholipids; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C406817:VAM6 protein, S cerevisiae