Plant mitophagy: Beware of Friendly or you might get eaten

Thanh Ngoc Nguyen; Michael Lazarou

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2021.02.059

Plant mitophagy: Beware of Friendly or you might get eaten

Curr Biol. 2021 May 10;31(9):R457-R458. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.02.059.

Authors

Thanh Ngoc Nguyen¹, Michael Lazarou²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3800, Australia.
² Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3800, Australia. Electronic address: Michael.lazarou@monash.edu.

PMID: 33974877
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.02.059

Abstract

Mitophagy is a selective garbage disposal pathway that rids cells of excess or damaged mitochondria. In this issue, Ma et al. uncover a role for Friendly in driving depolarisation-induced mitophagy in plants and highlight a physiological role for mitophagy during plant development.

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MeSH terms

Mitochondria*
Mitophagy*
Plant Development
Plants