title: Proteolytic system of plant mitochondria.
abstract: The existence of a proteolytic system which can specifically recognize and cleave proteins in mitochondria is now well established. The components of this system comprise processing peptidases, ATP-dependent peptidases and oligopeptidases. A short overview of experimentally confirmed proteases mainly from Arabidopsis thaliana is provided. The role of the mitochondrial peptidases in plant growth and development is emphasized. We also discuss the possibility of existence of as yet unidentified plant homologs of yeast mitochondrial ATP-independent proteases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw, 51-148 Wroclaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Malgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kwasniak
authors.forename: Lukasz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pogorzelec
authors.forename: Iwona
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Migdal
authors.forename: Elwira
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Smakowska
authors.forename: Hanna
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Janska
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000254:growth & development; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases / Q000378:metabolism; D045726:Metalloproteases / Q000378:metabolism; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000201:enzymology*; D051336:Mitochondrial Membranes / Q000201:enzymology; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D059748:Proteolysis; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013045:Species Specificity; D015003:Yeasts / Q000201:enzymology; D000096122:Mitochondrial Processing Peptidase
chemical_list: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases; D045726:Metalloproteases; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D000096122:Mitochondrial Processing Peptidase; C506771:FtsH4 protein, Arabidopsis