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Woronin body hitchhiking on early endosomes is dispensable for septal localization in Aspergillus nidulans

Year: 2023

Type: article

Abstract: In the filamentous fungus Aspergillus nidulans, peroxisomes move by hitchhiking on early endosomes. Here, it is shown that the Woronin body, a peroxisome-derived organelle that plugs incomplete septa upon injury to hyphae, also hitchhikes on early endosomes. While hitchhiking is required for Woronin body distribution and motility, it is dispensable for septal localization and plugging.

Source: Molecular Biology of the Cell

DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e23-01-0025

Authors: Livia D. Songster, Devahuti Bhuyan, Jenna R. Christensen, Samara L. Reck-Peterson

Institutions: University of California San Diego, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Language: English

Topic: Fungal and yeast genetics research

Subfield: Molecular Biology

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green