title: Incredibly close-A newly identified peroxisome-ER contact site in humans.
abstract: Peroxisomes are tiny organelles that control important and diverse metabolic processes via their interplay with other organelles, including the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). In this issue, Costello et al. (2017. J. Cell Biol. https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.201607055) and Hua et al. (2017. J. Cell Biol. https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.201608128) identify a peroxisome-ER contact site in human cells held together by a tethering complex of VAPA/B (vesicle-associated membrane protein-associated proteins A/B) and ACBD5 (acyl Co-A binding protein 5).
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel maya.schuldiner@weizmann.ac.il einat.zalckvar@weizmann.ac.il.
authors.forename: Maya
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-9947-115X
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schuldiner
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel maya.schuldiner@weizmann.ac.il einat.zalckvar@weizmann.ac.il.
authors.forename: Einat
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-3724-3965
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zalckvar
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004721:Endoplasmic Reticulum; D006801:Humans; D051336:Mitochondrial Membranes; D020675:Peroxisomes; D011506:Proteins; D050683:R-SNARE Proteins
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins; D050683:R-SNARE Proteins