What plant mitochondria eat: The route of pyruvate to respiration in Arabidopsis
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellLe et al. demonstrate that mitochondria get pyruvate three different ways.
Plant Cell
By X.H. Le, C.P. Lee and A.H. Millar
The University of Western Australia
Perth, Australia
Background: Plants photosynthesise and make starch in the day so that at night they can extract energy from…