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CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY
Volume 29, Issue -, Pages 133-141Publisher
CURRENT BIOLOGY LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2014.06.002
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Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and mitochondria are functionally distinct with regard to membrane protein biogenesis and oxidative energy production, respectively, but cooperate in several essential cell functions, including lipid biosynthesis, cell signaling and organelle dynamics. The interorganellar cooperation requires local communication that can occur at the strategically positioned and dynamic associations between ER and mitochondria. Calcium is locally transferred from ER to mitochondria at the associations and exerts regulatory effects on numerous proteins. A common Ca2+ sensing mechanism is the EF-hand Ca2+ binding domain, many of which can be found in proteins of the mitochondria, including Miro182, MICU1,2&3, LETM1 and mitochondrial solute carriers. Recently, these proteins have triggered much interest and were described in reports with diverging conclusions. The present essay focuses on their shared features and established specific functions.
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