Diameter of vacuole

Value 2.1 μm Range: ±0.6 μm
Organism Budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Reference Michaillat L, Baars TL, Mayer A. Cell-free reconstitution of vacuole membrane fragmentation reveals regulation of vacuole size and number by TORC1. Mol Biol Cell. 2012 Mar23(5):881-95. p.882 right column top paragraphPubMed ID22238359
Method Electron microscopy
Comments "Fragmentation reactions incubated in the absence of ATP contained many intact vacuoles (d = 2.1 ± 0.6 µm), visible as large circular structures with an electron-translucent, white lumen."
Entered by Uri M
ID 107609