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- Membrane_contact_site abstract "Membrane contact sites (MCS) are close appositions between two organelles. Ultrastructural studies typically reveal an intermembrane distance in the order of the size of a single protein (10 nm). These zones of apposition are highly conserved in evolution but not much is understood about their biological meaning. These sites are thought to be important in mainly three cellular functions: they facilitate signalling, they promote the passage of ions, and they are the sites where the non-vesicular lipid trafficking from one cellular compartment to another occurs. MCS may be particularly important in the function of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), since this is the major site of lipid synthesis within cells. These structures can form between the ER and many organelles, including mitochondria, Golgi, endosomes, lysosomes, peroxisomes, chloroplasts and the plasma membrane. They can also form between other organelles, such as between the cell nucleus and the vacuole in yeast (nucleus vacuole junction, NVJ). First mentions of these contact sites can be found in papers published in the late 1950s mainly visualized using electron microscopy (EM) techniques. Copeland and Dalton described them as “highly specialized tubular form of endoplasmic reticulum in association with the mitochondria and apparently in turn, with the vascular border of the cell”.".
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- Membrane_contact_site wikiPageWikiLink Cardiolipin.
- Membrane_contact_site wikiPageWikiLink Category:Cell_anatomy.
- Membrane_contact_site wikiPageWikiLink Category:Membrane_biology.
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- Membrane_contact_site wikiPageWikiLink Cell_nucleus.
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- Membrane_contact_site wikiPageWikiLink Chloroplast.
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- Membrane_contact_site wikiPageWikiLink Copurification.
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- Membrane_contact_site wikiPageWikiLink Depolarization.
- Membrane_contact_site wikiPageWikiLink Electron_microscope.
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- Membrane_contact_site wikiPageWikiLink Endosome.
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- Membrane_contact_site wikiPageWikiLink Feedback.
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- Membrane_contact_site wikiPageWikiLink Homo_sapiens.
- Membrane_contact_site wikiPageWikiLink Hydrophile.
- Membrane_contact_site wikiPageWikiLink Hydrophobe.
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- Membrane_contact_site wikiPageWikiLink Integral_membrane_protein.
- Membrane_contact_site wikiPageWikiLink Ion.
- Membrane_contact_site wikiPageWikiLink JPH1.
- Membrane_contact_site wikiPageWikiLink LiMETER.
- Membrane_contact_site wikiPageWikiLink Lipid.
- Membrane_contact_site wikiPageWikiLink Lipid_bilayer_fusion.
- Membrane_contact_site wikiPageWikiLink Lipid_metabolism.
- Membrane_contact_site wikiPageWikiLink Lipid_trafficking.
- Membrane_contact_site wikiPageWikiLink Lipophilicity.
- Membrane_contact_site wikiPageWikiLink Lysosome.
- Membrane_contact_site wikiPageWikiLink MAM_hypothesis.
- Membrane_contact_site wikiPageWikiLink Mdm35.
- Membrane_contact_site wikiPageWikiLink Mitochondrion.
- Membrane_contact_site wikiPageWikiLink Muscle_contraction.
- Membrane_contact_site wikiPageWikiLink Myocyte.
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- Membrane_contact_site wikiPageWikiLink Neuron.
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- Membrane_contact_site wikiPageWikiLink OSBP.
- Membrane_contact_site wikiPageWikiLink Organelle.
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- Membrane_contact_site wikiPageWikiLink Osh4.
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- Membrane_contact_site wikiPageWikiLink Phosphatidylcholine.
- Membrane_contact_site wikiPageWikiLink Phosphatidylinositol.
- Membrane_contact_site wikiPageWikiLink Phosphatidylinositol_4-phosphate.
- Membrane_contact_site wikiPageWikiLink Phospholipid.
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- Membrane_contact_site wikiPageWikiLink SACM1L.
- Membrane_contact_site wikiPageWikiLink STIM1.
- Membrane_contact_site wikiPageWikiLink Saccharomyces_cerevisiae.
- Membrane_contact_site wikiPageWikiLink Scs2.
- Membrane_contact_site wikiPageWikiLink Scs22.
- Membrane_contact_site wikiPageWikiLink Secretory_pathway.
- Membrane_contact_site wikiPageWikiLink Sterol.
- Membrane_contact_site wikiPageWikiLink Triad_(anatomy).
- Membrane_contact_site wikiPageWikiLink Ultrastructure.
- Membrane_contact_site wikiPageWikiLink Ups1.
- Membrane_contact_site wikiPageWikiLink VAPA.
- Membrane_contact_site wikiPageWikiLink VAP_protein_family.
- Membrane_contact_site wikiPageWikiLink Vacuole.
- Membrane_contact_site wikiPageWikiLink Vesicle_(biology_and_chemistry).
- Membrane_contact_site wikiPageWikiLink Voltage-dependent_calcium_channel.
- Membrane_contact_site wikiPageWikiLink Yeast.
- Membrane_contact_site wikiPageWikiLinkText "ER-PM junctions".
- Membrane_contact_site wikiPageWikiLinkText "Membrane contact site".
- Membrane_contact_site wikiPageWikiLinkText "membrane contact site".
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- Membrane_contact_site subject Category:Cell_anatomy.
- Membrane_contact_site subject Category:Membrane_biology.
- Membrane_contact_site type Biophysic.
- Membrane_contact_site comment "Membrane contact sites (MCS) are close appositions between two organelles. Ultrastructural studies typically reveal an intermembrane distance in the order of the size of a single protein (10 nm). These zones of apposition are highly conserved in evolution but not much is understood about their biological meaning.".
- Membrane_contact_site label "Membrane contact site".
- Membrane_contact_site sameAs Q6815123.
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