Mitochondria just wanna have FUN(DC1)

Abstract

A fascinating story is unfolding at the interface between mitochondria and the ER. Two new papers, one in this issue of The EMBO Journal (Wu et al, 2016) and one in the journal Autophagy (Chen et al, 2016), further clarify the role of mitochondrial outer membrane protein FUNDC1 in autophagy and connect it to mitochondrial fission occurring at the interface between mitochondria and the ER.