A mechanism to PLAse the eye

Christian Covill-Cooke; Benoît Kornmann

doi:10.1016/j.devcel.2021.05.009

A mechanism to PLAse the eye

Dev Cell. 2021 Jun 7;56(11):1560-1561. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2021.05.009.

Authors

Christian Covill-Cooke¹, Benoît Kornmann²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QU, UK. Electronic address: christian.covill-cooke@bioch.ox.ac.uk.
² Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QU, UK. Electronic address: benoit.kornmann@bioch.ox.ac.uk.

PMID: 34102103
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2021.05.009

Abstract

The development of the lens in the vertebrate eye requires the degradation of all organelles. In a recent issue of Nature, Morishita et al. (2021) identify a conserved phospholipase that appears to achieve this by simply digesting organelle membranes away.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Lens, Crystalline*
Organelles
Phospholipases*
Vertebrates

Substances

Phospholipases