AtMic60 Is Involved in Plant Mitochondria Lipid Trafficking and Is Part of a Large Complex.

ABSTRACT: The mitochondrion is an organelle originating from an endosymbiotic event and playing a role in several fundamental processes such as energy production, metabolite syntheses, and programmed cell death. This organelle is delineated by two membranes whose synthesis requires an extensive exchange of phospholipids with other cellular organelles such as endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and vacuolar membranes in yeast. These transfers of phospholipids are thought to occur by a non-vesicular pathway at contact sites between two closely apposed membranes. In plants, little is known about the biogenesis of mitochondrial membranes. Contact sites between ER and mitochondria are suspected to play a similar role in phospholipid trafficking as in yeast, but this has never been demonstrated. In contrast, it ha

SUBMITTER: Michaud M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6322921 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature