The divergent ER-mitochondria encounter structures (ERMES) are conserved in parabasalids but lost in several anaerobic lineages with hydrogenosomes.

Jitka KučerováAlois ZdrhaAbhishek ShindeKarel HarantIvan HrdýJan Tachezy

Published in: BMC biology (2023)

Our investigation demonstrated that ERMES mediates ER-hydrogenosome interactions in parabasalid T. vaginalis, while the complex was lost in several other lineages with hydrogenosomes.

Keyphrases

endoplasmic reticulum
estrogen receptor
microbial community
breast cancer cells
wastewater treatment
transcription factor
cell death
high resolution
sewage sludge
reactive oxygen species
risk assessment
mass spectrometry