Plant-specific mitochondrial fission machinery connects mitochondrial dynamics and mitophagosome formation for piecemeal mitophagy

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, number 33, August 2025.
Significantmitichagia, autophagic selective degradation of mitochondria, plays a vital role in maintaining mitochondrial homeostasis. Unlike mitochondria generally in network in mammals, vegetable mitochondria are often physically discreet. Although …