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 genomes: much done, much more to do

J Wang, S Kan, X Liao, J Zhou, LR Tembrock… - Trends in plant …, 2024 - cell.com
Plastids and mitochondria are the only organelles that possess genomes of endosymbiotic
origin. In recent decades, advances in sequencing technologies have contributed to a …

The alternative reality of plant mitochondrial DNA: One ring does not rule them all

A Kozik, BA Rowan, D Lavelle, L Berke… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Plant mitochondrial genomes are usually assembled and displayed as circular maps based
on the widely-held view across the broad community of life scientists that circular genome …

Plant mitochondrial genomes: dynamics and mechanisms of mutation

JM Gualberto, KJ Newton - Annual review of plant biology, 2017 - annualreviews.org
The large mitochondrial genomes of angiosperms are unusually dynamic because of
recombination activities involving repeated sequences. These activities generate …

The plant mitochondrial genome: dynamics and maintenance

JM Gualberto, D Mileshina, C Wallet, AK Niazi… - Biochimie, 2014 - Elsevier
Plant mitochondria have a complex and peculiar genetic system. They have the largest
genomes, as compared to organelles from other eukaryotic organisms. These can expand …

Recombination and the maintenance of plant organelle genome stability

A Maréchal, N Brisson - New Phytologist, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Like their nuclear counterpart, the plastid and mitochondrial genomes of plants have to be
faithfully replicated and repaired to ensure the normal functioning of the plant. Inability to …

Extreme reconfiguration of plastid genomes in the angiosperm family Geraniaceae: rearrangements, repeats, and codon usage

MM Guisinger, JV Kuehl, JL Boore… - Molecular biology and …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Geraniaceae plastid genomes (plastomes) have experienced a remarkable number of
genomic changes. The plastomes of Erodium texanum, Geranium palmatum, and Monsonia …

Single organelle function and organization as estimated from Arabidopsis mitochondrial proteomics

P Fuchs, N Rugen, C Carrie, M Elsässer… - The Plant …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Mitochondria host vital cellular functions, including oxidative phosphorylation and co‐factor
biosynthesis, which are reflected in their proteome. At the cellular level plant mitochondria …

Origins and recombination of the bacterial-sized multichromosomal mitochondrial genome of cucumber

AJ Alverson, DW Rice, S Dickinson, K Barry… - The Plant …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Members of the flowering plant family Cucurbitaceae harbor the largest known mitochondrial
genomes. Here, we report the 1685-kb mitochondrial genome of cucumber (Cucumis …

DNA repair and the stability of the plant mitochondrial genome

N Chevigny, D Schatz-Daas, F Lotfi… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The mitochondrion stands at the center of cell energy metabolism. It contains its own
genome, the mtDNA, that is a relic of its prokaryotic symbiotic ancestor. In plants, the …