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Lookup NU author(s): Professor Graham Noctor, Professor Christine Foyer
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Mitochondria are key players in plant cell redox homeostasis and signalling. Earlier concepts that regarded mitochondria as secondary to chloroplasts as the powerhouses of photosynthetic cells, with roles in cell proliferation, death and ageing described largely by analogy to animal paradigms, have been replaced by the new philosophy of integrated cellular energy and redox metabolism involving mitochondria and chloroplasts. Thanks to oxygenic photosynthesis, plant mitochondria often operate in an oxygen- and carbohydrate-rich environment. This rather unique environment necessitates extensive flexibility in electron transport pathways and associated NAD(P)-linked enzymes. In this review, mitochondrial redox metabolism is discussed in relation to the integrated cellular energy and redox function that controls plant cell biology and fate. © 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Author(s): Noctor G, De Paepe R, Foyer CH
Publication type: Review
Publication status: Published
Journal: Trends in Plant Science
Year: 2007
Volume: 12
Issue: 3
Pages: 125-134
Print publication date: 01/03/2007
ISSN (print): 1360-1385
ISSN (electronic): 1878-4372
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2007.01.005
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2007.01.005
PubMed id: 17293156