About this Research Topic
The Research Topic will honor the legacy of Professor James N Siedow, who spent his career studying plant oxidative processes. Dr Siedow graduated from the University of Texas, Austin, obtained his PhD at the University of Indianapolis and, after a postdoc at Rice University, joined the faculty ranks of Duke University. He was the president of the American Society of Plant Biology, he was honored with the Charles Reid Award in 2014 and was given an honorary Chaired Professorship by Capital Normal University in Bejing, China. His research centered around metabolic processes related to aerobic respiration in plants and fungi, particularly characterizing the structural and regulatory features of the cyanide-resistant "alternative" oxidase of mitochondria.
The articles in this Research Topic will center around plant (and fungal) oxidative metabolism with emphasis on mitochondrial processes. Mitochondrial respiration is essential for carbon metabolism, which supports the growth and maintenance processes of all plant tissues. As such, mitochondria have a regulatory role in releasing and transforming the solar energy conserved during photosynthesis, maintaining the redox status of the cell, or providing metabolites to photosynthesis. In addition, mitochondrial metabolism plays an important role in the carbon balance of individual cells, whole-plants, ecosystems, and the global carbon cycle. However, we lack a fundamental understanding of mitochondrial processes, such as the regulation and function of alternate electron transport systems, organelle crosstalk, mitochondrial biogenesis, mitochondrial response to biotic and abiotic stress, representation of respiration in plant and ecosystem models, or the response of plant mitochondrial respiration to a high-CO2, warmer world.
The articles in this Research Topic will center around plant (and fungal) oxidative metabolism with emphasis on mitochondrial processes. Mitochondrial respiration is essential for carbon metabolism, which supports the growth and maintenance processes of all plant tissues. As such, mitochondria have a regulatory role in releasing and transforming the solar energy conserved during photosynthesis, maintaining the redox status of the cell, or providing metabolites to photosynthesis. In addition, mitochondrial metabolism plays an important role in the carbon balance of individual cells, whole-plants, ecosystems, and the global carbon cycle. However, we lack a fundamental understanding of mitochondrial processes, such as the regulation and function of alternate electron transport systems, organelle crosstalk, mitochondrial biogenesis, mitochondrial response to biotic and abiotic stress, representation of respiration in plant and ecosystem models, or the response of plant mitochondrial respiration to a high-CO2, warmer world.
Keywords: Plant oxidative metabolism, Mitochrondiral respiration, Mitochrondria, Global carbon cycle
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