Chemical Research in Chinese Universities ›› 2021, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (4): 829-839.doi: 10.1007/s40242-021-1191-6

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Conventional Molecular and Novel Structural Mechanistic Insights into Orderly Organelle Interactions

XU Haijiao1, WANG Hongda1,2,3   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Research Center of Biomembranomics, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China;
    2. School of Applied Chemistry and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China;
    3. Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, P. R. China
  • Received:2021-04-27 Revised:2021-05-19 Online:2021-08-01 Published:2021-07-27
  • Contact: WANG Hongda E-mail:hdwang@ciac.ac.cn
  • Supported by:
    This work was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (No.2017YFA0505300), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.21727816, 21721003), the Program of Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), China(No.MS2018NO08).

Abstract: The orderly organelle interaction network is prerequisite for normal life activity of cell, ensuring a balance between communication and uniqueness of organelles. Disorder organelle interaction is implicated in the occurrence and development of many diseases. An in-depth understanding of mechanisms of orderly organelle interaction helps to reveal the pathogenesis of related diseases. Chemical and genetic tools have identified the roles of specific proteins in orderly organelle interaction; however, little is known about the modes, functions and mechanisms of orderly interaction between organelles. With rapid development of imaging tools, deep-going insights into the structure feature of cell membranes have substantially improved our understanding of the mechanisms of ordered organelle interactions. This review summarizes the conventional molecular mechanism of orderly organelle interactions, and highlights the new progress regarding membrane structure and the novel structural mechanism of orderly organelle transport.

Key words: Orderly organelle interaction, Molecular mechanism, Cell membranes structure, Structural mechanism