Mitochondria affect photosynthesis through altered tissue levels of oxygen
Matleena Punkkinen, Bikash Baral, Olga B. Blokhina, Lucas León Peralta Ogorek, Minsoo Kim, K. V. Fagerstedt, Mikael Brosché, Lauri Nikkanen, Elizabeth Vierling, Ole Pedersen, Alexey Shapiguzov
The paper investigates how mitochondrial function affects photosynthesis by altering tissue oxygen levels in Arabidopsis, showing that increased mitochondrial oxygen consumption reduces chloroplast oxygen availability.
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY · Dec 12, 2025Peer-reviewedPlant Biology