Plant mitochondria–past, present and future

IM Møller, AG Rasmusson, O Van Aken - The Plant Journal, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The study of plant mitochondria started in earnest around 1950 with the first isolations of
mitochondria from animal and plant tissues. The first 35 years were spent establishing the …

Plant organellar RNA editing: what 30 years of research has revealed

ID Small, M Schallenberg‐Rüdinger… - The Plant …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The central dogma in biology defines the flow of genetic information from DNA to RNA to
protein. Accordingly, RNA molecules generally accurately follow the sequences of the genes …

Pentatricopeptide repeat proteins in plants

A Barkan, I Small - Annual review of plant biology, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) proteins constitute one of the largest protein families in land
plants, with more than 400 members in most species. Over the past decade, much has been …

The mitochondrial complexome of Arabidopsis thaliana

J Senkler, M Senkler, H Eubel, T Hildebrandt… - The Plant …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Mitochondria are central to cellular metabolism and energy conversion. In plants they also
enable photosynthesis through additional components and functional flexibility. A majority of …

[HTML][HTML] Respiratory electron transfer pathways in plant mitochondria

P Schertl, HP Braun - Frontiers in plant science, 2014 - frontiersin.org
The respiratory electron transport chain (ETC) couples electron transfer from organic
substrates onto molecular oxygen with proton translocation across the inner mitochondrial …

[HTML][HTML] Plant-specific features of respiratory supercomplex I + III2 from Vigna radiata

M Maldonado, Z Fan, KM Abe, JA Letts - Nature Plants, 2023 - nature.com
The last steps of cellular respiration—an essential metabolic process in plants—are carried
out by mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation. This process involves a chain of multi …

[HTML][HTML] Evolution and structural organization of the mitochondrial contact site (MICOS) complex and the mitochondrial intermembrane space bridging (MIB) complex

MA Huynen, M Mühlmeister, K Gotthardt… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2016 - Elsevier
We have analyzed the distribution of mitochondrial contact site and cristae organizing
system (MICOS) complex proteins and mitochondrial intermembrane space bridging …

[HTML][HTML] Atomic structures of respiratory complex III2, complex IV, and supercomplex III2-IV from vascular plants

M Maldonado, F Guo, JA Letts - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Mitochondrial complex III (CIII2) and complex IV (CIV), which can associate into a higher-
order supercomplex (SC III2+ IV), play key roles in respiration. However, structures of these …

Iron cofactor assembly in plants

J Balk, TA Schaedler - Annual Review of Plant Biology, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Iron is an essential element for all photosynthetic organisms. The biological use of this
transition metal is as an enzyme cofactor, predominantly in electron transfer and catalysis …

[HTML][HTML] The oxidative phosphorylation system of the mitochondria in plants

HP Braun - Mitochondrion, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Mitochondrial Oxidative Phosphorylation (OXPHOS) provides ATP for driving
cellular functions. In plants, OXPHOS takes place in the context of photosynthesis. Indeed …