Mitochondria in plants, as in other eukaryotes, play an essential role in the cell as the major producers of ATP via oxidative phosphorylation. However, mitochondria also play crucial roles in many other aspects of plant development and performance, and possess an array of unique properties which allow them to interact with the specialized features of plant cell metabolism. The two main themes running through the book are the interconnection between gene regulation and protein function, and the integration of mitochondria with other components of plant cells.
The book begins with an overview of the dynamics of mitochondrial structure, morphology and inheritance. It then discusses the biogenesis of mitochondria, the regulation of gene expression, the mitochondrial genome and its interaction with the nucleus, and the targeting of proteins to the organelle. This is followed by a discussion of the contributions that mutations, involving mitochondrial proteins, have made to our understanding of the way the organelle interacts with the rest of the plant cell, and the new field of proteomics and the discovery of new functions. Also covered are the pathways of electron transport, with special attention to the non-phosphorylating bypasses, metabolite transport, and specialized mitochondrial metabolism.
In the end, the impact of oxidative stress on mitochondria and the defense mechanisms, that are employed to allow survival, are discussed. This book is for the use of advanced undergraduates, graduates, postgraduates, and beginning researchers in the areas of molecular and cellular biology, integrative biology, biochemistry, bioenergetics, proteomics and plant and agricultural sciences.

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Springer Science + Business Media BV

Kluwer Academic Publishers

Springer London, Limited

Springer Nature

Advances in photosynthesis and respiration, Dordrecht [u.a, 2010

Advances in photosynthesis and respiration, 17, Dordrecht, 2011

Advances in photosynthesis and respiration, Dordrecht, 2004

Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2004, 2010

United States, United States of America

Netherlands, Netherlands

Dordrecht, c2004

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Front Matter....Pages i-xxviii
Mitochondrial Structure and Function in Plants....Pages 1-11
Mitochondrial Morphology, Dynamics and Inheritance....Pages 13-29
Protein Targeting and Import....Pages 31-54
Gene Expression in Higher Plant Mitochondria....Pages 55-81
Mitochondria-Nucleus Interactions: Evidence for Mitochondrial Retrograde Communication in Plant Cells....Pages 83-106
Plant Mitochondrial Genome Evolution and Gene Transfer to the Nucleus....Pages 107-120
Mitochondrial Mutations in Plants....Pages 121-141
Proteome Analyses for Characterization of Plant Mitochondria....Pages 143-162
Alternative Mitochondrial Electron Transport Proteins in Higher Plants....Pages 163-230
Regulation of Electron Transport in the Respiratory Chain of Plant Mitochondria....Pages 231-245
Plant Mitochondrial Carriers....Pages 247-275
The Uniqueness of Tetrahydrofolate Synthesis and One-Carbon Metabolism in Plants....Pages 277-292
Photorespiration: Photosynthesis in the Mitochondria....Pages 293-306
Roles for Reactive Oxygen Species and Antioxidants in Plant Mitochondria....Pages 307-320
Back Matter....Pages 321-325

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