title: The diverse members of the mitochondrial carrier family in plants.
abstract: Sequencing of plant genomes allowed the identification of various members of the mitochondrial carrier family (MCF). In plants, these structurally related proteins are involved in the transport of solutes like nucleotides, phosphate, di- and tricarboxylates across the mitochondrial membrane and therefore exhibit physiological functions similar to known isoforms from animal or yeast mitochondria. Interestingly, various studies led to the recognition of MCF proteins which mediate the transport of different substrates like folates, S-adenosylmethionine, ADPglucose or ATP, ADP and AMP in plastids.
authors.affiliation: Zelluläre Physiologie/Membrantransport, Universität Kaiserslautern, D-67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany. haferk@rhrk.uni-kl.de
authors.forename: Ilka
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Haferkamp
mesh_terms: D000227:Adenine Nucleotides / Q000378:metabolism; D026905:Amino Acid Transport Systems / Q000378:metabolism; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D058973:Folate Receptors, GPI-Anchored; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins / Q000145:classification / Q000378:metabolism*; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins / Q000145:classification / Q000378:metabolism*; D008954:Models, Biological; D010944:Plants / Q000378:metabolism*; D018087:Plastids / Q000378:metabolism; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000378:metabolism; D012436:S-Adenosylmethionine / Q000378:metabolism; D014475:Uncoupling Agents / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000227:Adenine Nucleotides; D026905:Amino Acid Transport Systems; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D058973:Folate Receptors, GPI-Anchored; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D014475:Uncoupling Agents; D012436:S-Adenosylmethionine