How cells maintain the balance between membrane fission and fusion is not known. Recent results show that Vps1p, a yeast dynamin-like protein, is involved in both processes at the vacuole, indicating that these two antagonistic reactions might be connected after all.
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Peplowska, K., Ungermann, C. Expanding dynamin: from fission to fusion. Nat Cell Biol 7, 103–104 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncb0205-103
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