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 …

The CLP and PREP protease systems coordinate maturation and degradation of the chloroplast proteome in Arabidopsis thaliana

E Rowland, J Kim, G Friso, A Poliakov… - New …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A network of peptidases governs proteostasis in plant chloroplasts and mitochondria. This
study reveals strong genetic and functional interactions in Arabidopsis between the …

Direct tests of cytochrome c and c1 functions in the electron transport chain of malaria parasites

TJ Espino-Sanchez, H Wienkers… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
The mitochondrial electron transport chain (ETC) of Plasmodium malaria parasites is a
major antimalarial drug target, but critical cytochrome (cyt) functions remain unstudied and …

Reliability of plastid and mitochondrial localisation prediction declines rapidly with the evolutionary distance to the training set increasing

SB Gould, J Magiera, C García García… - PLOS Computational …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Mitochondria and plastids import thousands of proteins. Their experimental localisation
remains a frequent task, but can be resource-intensive and sometimes impossible. Hence …

Simple prerequisite of presequence for mitochondrial protein import in the unicellular red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae

R Hirata, Y Mogi, K Takahashi, H Nozaki… - Journal of Cell …, 2024 - journals.biologists.com
Mitochondrial biogenesis relies on hundreds of proteins that are derived from genes
encoded in the nucleus. According to the characteristic properties of N-terminal targeting …

KOMPEITO, an Atypical Arabidopsis Rhomboid-Related Gene, Is Required for Callose Accumulation and Pollen Wall Development

MM Kanaoka, KK Shimizu, B Xie, S Urban… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Fertilization is a key event for sexually reproducing plants. Pollen–stigma adhesion, which is
the first step in male–female interaction during fertilization, requires proper pollen wall …

Screening clusters of charged residues in plants' mitochondrial proteins and biological significance

S Nebli, A Rebai, I Ayadi - Mitochondrion, 2024 - Elsevier
Protein function is dependent on charge interactions and charge biased regions, which are
involved in a wide range of cellular and biochemical processes. We report the development …

Whole-Genome Evolutionary Analyses of Non-Endosymbiotic Organelle-Targeting Nuclear Genes Reveal Their Genetic Evolution in 12 Representative Poaceae …

Y Yu, Y Yu, Y Dong, G Li, N Li, B Liu, T Wang, L Gong… - Agronomy, 2024 - mdpi.com
Chloroplasts and mitochondria, descendants of ancient prokaryotes via endosymbiosis,
occupy a pivotal position in plant growth and development due to their intricate connections …

A cautionary tale on organelle proteome prediction algorithms: limits and opportunities

SB Gould, J Magiera, CG García, PK Raval - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Mitochondria and plastids import thousands of proteins. Their experimental localisation
remains a frequent task, but can be resource-intensive or even impossible especially for …

[PDF][PDF] Performance of localization prediction algorithms decreases rapidly with the evolutionary distance to the training set increasing

SB Gould, J Magiera, CG García, PK Raval - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Mitochondria and plastids import thousands of proteins. Their experimental localisation
remains a 11 frequent task, but can be resource-intensive and sometimes impossible …