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ReviewPlant physiology2026

Mitochondrial formate dehydrogenase links mitochondrial and cytosolic one carbon metabolism via a one-carbon shunt.

Marc-Sven Roell, Franziska Kuhnert, Philipp Westhoff, Sompop Saeheng, Sanja Roje, Andreas P M Weber

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Review in Plant physiology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors.

Marc-Sven RoellInstitute of Plant Biochemistry, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2714-8729
Franziska KuhnertInstitute of Plant Biochemistry, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0374-6671
Philipp WesthoffInstitute of Plant Biochemistry, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3494-9420
Sompop SaehengInstitute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-2455-7917
Sanja RojeInstitute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-6302-5382
Andreas P M WeberInstitute of Plant Biochemistry, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0970-4672

Funding

Federal Ministry of Education and Research 031B0194CGerman Research Foundation 390686111iGRAD DFG/GRK1525U.S. National Science Foundation MCB-2015828
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The transfer of one-carbon (C1) units is an integral part of cellular metabolism and is essential for the biosynthesis of nucleotides, amino acids, and cofactors, as well as for cellular methylation reactions. Within the plant cell, mitochondria are considered the hubs of one-carbon metabolism; however, the mechanisms and fluxes that distribute C1 units from the mitochondria throughout the cell are unknown. Formate, the anion of formic acid, is an intermediate of C1 metabolism and is converted to C1-tetrahydrofolate intermediates (C1 folates) or oxidized to CO2 by formate dehydrogenase. The presence of formate dehydrogenase in plant cells challenges the formate exchange between mitochondria and the cytosol, a basic principle of eukaryotic cellular and organellar C1 metabolism. Based on the biochemical and physiological characterization of Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) formate dehydrogenase 1 (FDH1), we propose an FDH1-regulated C1 shunt linking mitochondrial and cytosolic C1 metabolism by formate exchange. Finally, we give a perspective on a cellular serine/formate shuttle that allows the distribution and transfer of C1 units according to the redox state within the compartments.

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ArabidopsisCarbonCytosolFormate DehydrogenasesMitochondriaArabidopsis ProteinsFormatesOxidation-ReductionArabidopsis ProteinsCarbonFormate DehydrogenasesFormatesformic acid

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PMID41347852
PMCPMC12854405

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