Plant peroxisomes: biogenesis and function

J Hu, A Baker, B Bartel, N Linka, RT Mullen… - The Plant …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Peroxisomes are eukaryotic organelles that are highly dynamic both in morphology and
metabolism. Plant peroxisomes are involved in numerous processes, including primary and …

The peroxisome: still a mysterious organelle

M Schrader, HD Fahimi - Histochemistry and cell biology, 2008 - Springer
More than half a century of research on peroxisomes has revealed unique features of this
ubiquitous subcellular organelle, which have often been in disagreement with existing …

Peroxisome proliferation–associated control of reactive oxygen species sets melanocortin tone and feeding in diet-induced obesity

S Diano, ZW Liu, JK Jeong, MO Dietrich, HB Ruan… - Nature medicine, 2011 - nature.com
Previous studies have proposed roles for hypothalamic reactive oxygen species (ROS) in
the modulation of circuit activity of the melanocortin system,. Here we show that suppression …

Cryptic peroxisomal targeting via alternative splicing and stop codon read-through in fungi

J Freitag, J Ast, M Bölker - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
Peroxisomes are eukaryotic organelles important for the metabolism of long-chain fatty
acids,. Here we show that in numerous fungal species, several core enzymes of glycolysis …

[HTML][HTML] Crosstalk between mitochondria and peroxisomes

J Demarquoy, F Le Borgne - World journal of biological chemistry, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Mitochondria and peroxisomes are small ubiquitous organelles. They both play major roles
in cell metabolism, especially in terms of fatty acid metabolism, reactive oxygen species …

Peroxisomal membrane proteins insert into the endoplasmic reticulum

A van der Zand, I Braakman… - Molecular biology of the …, 2010 - Am Soc Cell Biol
We show that a comprehensive set of 16 peroxisomal membrane proteins (PMPs)
encompassing all types of membrane topologies first target to the endoplasmic reticulum …

Peroxisomal dynamics

HW Platta, R Erdmann - Trends in cell biology, 2007 - cell.com
Peroxisomes are a dynamic compartment in almost all eukaryotic cells and have diverse
metabolic roles in response to environmental changes and cellular demands. The …

Predation and eukaryote cell origins: a coevolutionary perspective

T Cavalier-Smith - The international journal of biochemistry & cell biology, 2009 - Elsevier
Cells are of only two kinds: bacteria, with DNA segregated by surface membrane motors,
dating back∼ 3.5 Gy; and eukaryotes, which evolved from bacteria, possibly as recently as …

Mitochondria and peroxisomes: are the 'big brother'and the 'little sister'closer than assumed?

M Schrader, Y Yoon - Bioessays, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Mitochondria and peroxisomes are essential subcellular organelles in mammals. Despite
obvious differences, both organelles display certain morphological and functional …

Oxygen radicals shaping evolution: Why fatty acid catabolism leads to peroxisomes while neurons do without it: FADH2/NADH flux ratios determining mitochondrial …

D Speijer - BioEssays, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Oxygen radical formation in mitochondria is a highly important, but incompletely understood,
attribute of eukaryotic cells. I propose a kinetic model in which the ratio between electrons …