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 …

[HTML][HTML] Chloroplast RNA polymerases: role in chloroplast biogenesis

T Börner, AY Aleynikova, YO Zubo… - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2015 - Elsevier
Plastid genes are transcribed by two types of RNA polymerase in angiosperms: the bacterial
type plastid-encoded RNA polymerase (PEP) and one (RPOTp in monocots) or two (RPOTp …

N6-methyladenosine RNA modification regulates photosynthesis during photodamage in plants

M Zhang, Y Zeng, R Peng, J Dong, Y Lan… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract N6-methyladenosine (m6A) modification of mRNAs affects many biological
processes. However, the function of m6A in plant photosynthesis remains unknown. Here …

Expression of plastid genes: organelle-specific elaborations on a prokaryotic scaffold

A Barkan - Plant physiology, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Chloroplasts and their nonphotosynthetic relatives in the plastid organelle family evolved
from a cyanobacterial endosymbiont (for review, see Timmis et al., 2004). The subsequent …

The transcription machineries of plant mitochondria and chloroplasts: composition, function, and regulation

K Liere, A Weihe, T Börner - Journal of plant physiology, 2011 - Elsevier
Although genomes of mitochondria and plastids are very small compared to those of their
bacterial ancestors, the transcription machineries of these organelles are of surprising …

Mitochondrial DNA of Vitis vinifera and the Issue of Rampant Horizontal Gene Transfer

VV Goremykin, F Salamini, R Velasco… - Molecular biology and …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
The mitochondrial genome of grape (Vitis vinifera), the largest organelle genome
sequenced so far, is presented. The genome is 773,279 nt long and has the highest coding …

Transcription and transcriptional regulation in plastids

K Liere, T Börner - Cell and molecular biology of plastids, 2007 - Springer
This chapter describes the components of the transcriptional apparatus in plastids (RNA
polymerases, promoters, transcription factors) and their roles in transcription. The …

Plastid RNA polymerases: orchestration of enzymes with different evolutionary origins controls chloroplast biogenesis during the plant life cycle

T Pfannschmidt, R Blanvillain… - Journal of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Chloroplasts are the sunlight-collecting organelles of photosynthetic eukaryotes that
energetically drive the biosphere of our planet. They are the base for all major food webs by …

The life of plant mitochondrial complex I

HP Braun, S Binder, A Brennicke, H Eubel, AR Fernie… - Mitochondrion, 2014 - Elsevier
The mitochondrial NADH dehydrogenase complex (complex I) of the respiratory chain has
several remarkable features in plants:(i) particularly many of its subunits are encoded by the …

Phage-Type RNA Polymerase RPOTmp Performs Gene-Specific Transcription in Mitochondria of Arabidopsis thaliana

K Kuhn, U Richter, EH Meyer, E Delannoy… - The Plant …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Transcription of mitochondrial genes in animals, fungi, and plants relies on the activity of
T3/T7 phage-type RNA polymerases. Two such enzymes, RPOTm and RPOTmp, are …