Lysosome-related organelles contain an expansion compartment that mediates delivery of zinc transporters to promote homeostasis
A. D. Mendoza, N. Dietrich, C.-H. Tan, D. E. Herrera, J. Kasiah, Z. Payne, D. L. Schneider, K. Kornfeld
The paper identifies ZIPT-2.3 as a zinc transporter in C. elegans that mediates zinc release during deficiency, revealing a structural expansion compartment in lysosome-related organelles that facilitates homeostasis.
bioRxiv · Sep 18, 2021Cell Biology