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Disrupting autophagy restores peroxisome function to an Arabidopsis lon2 mutant and reveals a role for the LON2 protease in peroxisomal matrix protein degradation.
The Plant cell - 1 Oct 2013
Farmer Lisa M, Rinaldi Mauro A, Young Pierce G, Danan Charles H, Burkhart Sarah E, Bartel Bonnie
Abstract excerpt
Peroxisomes house critical metabolic reactions that are essential for seedling development. As seedlings mature, metabolic requirements change, and peroxisomal contents are remodeled. The resident peroxisomal protease LON2 is positioned to degrade obsolete or damaged peroxisomal proteins, but data supporting such a role in plants have remained elusive. Arabidopsis thaliana lon2 mutants display defects in...
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