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TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE
Volume 18, Issue 4, Pages 207-217Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE LONDON
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2012.12.004
Keywords
communication; mitochondria; outer membrane; signaling; sensor
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence Grant [CEO561495]
- Australian Research Council SuperScience fellowship [FS1001000022]
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The acquisition and integration of intracellular organelles, such as mitochondria and plastids, were important steps in the emergence of complex multicellular life. Although the outer membranes of these organelles have lost many of the functions of their free-living bacterial ancestor, others were acquired during organellogenesis. To date, the biological roles of these proteins have not been systematically characterized. In this review, we discuss the evolutionary origins and functions of outer membrane mitochondria! (OMM) proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana. Our analysis, using phylogenetic inference, indicates that several OMM proteins either acquired novel functional roles or were recruited from other subcellular localizations during evolution in Arabidopsis. These observations suggest the existence of novel communication routes and functions between organelles within plant cells.
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