Disrupting autophagy restores peroxisome function to an arabidopsis lon2 mutant and reveals a role for the LON2 protease in peroxisomal matrix protein degradation
(2013)
Journal Article
Farmer, L. M., Rinaldi, M. A., Young, P. G., Danan, C. H., Burkhart, S. E., & Bartel, B. (2013). 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, 25(10), 4085-4100. https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.113.113407
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 ob... Read More about Disrupting autophagy restores peroxisome function to an arabidopsis lon2 mutant and reveals a role for the LON2 protease in peroxisomal matrix protein degradation.