Peroxisomes are juxtaposed to strategic sites on mitochondria

• DOI: 10.1039/c4mb00001c
• Publication Date: 2014-03-25T15:02:35Z
• Authors: Yifat Cohen; Yoel Alexander Klug; Lazar Dimitrov; Zohar Erez; Silvia G. Chuartzman; Dalia Elinger; Ido Yofe; Kareem Soliman; Jutta Gärtner; Sven Thoms; Randy Schekman; Yael Elbaz-Alon; Einat Zalckvar; Maya Schuldiner
• Keywords: 0301 basic medicine; Protein Transport; 03 medical and health sciences; Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; Acetyl Coenzyme A; Mutagenesis; Peroxisomes; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Endoplasmic Reticulum; Mitochondria

Peroxisomes are situated in the cell adjacent to specific subdomains of mitochondria such as the ER/Mitochondria contact site or sites enriched for the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex.