The lowdown on breakdown: Open questions in plant proteolysis

NA Eckardt, T Avin-Wittenberg, DC Bassham… - The Plant …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Proteolysis, including post-translational proteolytic processing as well as protein
degradation and amino acid recycling, is an essential component of the growth and …

Mitochondrial redox systems as central hubs in plant metabolism and signaling

O Van Aken - Plant Physiology, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Plant mitochondria are indispensable for plant metabolism and are tightly integrated into
cellular homeostasis. This review provides an update on the latest research concerning the …

Mitochondrial activity and biogenesis during resurrection of Haberlea rhodopensis

A Ivanova, BO′ Leary, S Signorelli… - New …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Haberlea rhodopensis is a resurrection plant that can tolerate extreme and prolonged
periods of desiccation with a rapid restoration of physiological function upon rehydration …

FTSH4 and OMA1 mitochondrial proteases reduce moderate heat stress-induced protein aggregation

A Maziak, M Heidorn-Czarna, A Weremczuk… - Plant …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The threat of global warming makes uncovering mechanisms of plant tolerance to long-term
moderate heat stress particularly important. We previously reported that Arabidopsis …

Long‐read sequencing characterizes mitochondrial and plastid genome variants in Arabidopsis msh1 mutants

Y Zou, W Zhu, DB Sloan, Z Wu - The Plant Journal, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The abundant repeats in plant mitochondrial genomes can cause rapid genome
rearrangements and are also a major obstacle in short‐read sequencing studies. Nuclear …

Cytochrome c and the transcription factor ABI4 establish a molecular link between mitochondria and ABA‐dependent seed germination

S Racca, DE Gras, MV Canal, LV Ferrero… - New …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
During germination, seed reserves are mobilised to sustain the metabolic and energetic
demands of plant growth. Mitochondrial respiration is presumably required to drive …

Proteolytic regulation of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation components in plants

AS Ghifari, MW Murcha - Biochemical Society Transactions, 2022 - portlandpress.com
Mitochondrial function relies on the homeostasis and quality control of their proteome,
including components of the oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) pathway that generates …

Cytological and proteomic evidence reveals the involvement of mitochondria in hypoxia-induced quality degradation in postharvest citrus fruit

X Li, Z Tian, Y Chai, H Yang, M Zhang, C Yang, R Xu… - Food Chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Hypoxia frequently occurs in postharvest logistics, which greatly influences fruit storability.
Here, we for the first time studied the dynamic variations of mitochondrial morphology in …

Functional analysis of the extraplastidial TRX system in germination and early stages of development of Arabidopsis thaliana

CP Nascimento, P da Fonseca-Pereira… - Plant Science, 2025 - Elsevier
A series of processes occur during seed formation, including remarkable metabolic changes
that extend from early seed development to seedling establishment. The changes …

The mitochondrial AAA protease FTSH3 regulates Complex I abundance by promoting its disassembly

A Ivanova, AS Ghifari, O Berkowitz, J Whelan… - Plant …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
ATP is generated in mitochondria by oxidative phosphorylation. Complex I (NADH:
ubiquinone oxidoreductase or NADH dehydrogenase) is the first multisubunit protein …