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Paving the way towards 'designer organelles'

September 6th, 2017

Research published today, by an inter-disciplinary group from the University of Leeds, outlines their work in creating an alternative pathway for peroxisome organelles to import proteins.

This work leads the way towards 'designer organelles', which could act as biofactories for the production of therapeutic proteins or other useful molecules, among other applications.

Such designer organelles could provide a custom compartment within the cell, protected from the rest of the cell's molecular activity.

More information:
Laura L. Cross et al, Towards designer organelles by subverting the peroxisomal import pathway, Nature Communications (2017). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-00487-7

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