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ReviewPlant physiology2026

Plant organelle division orchestrated by the mosaic machinery of endosymbiotic relics and eukaryotic host factors.

Joanna Lee, Hiruni Weerasooriya, Cheng Chen, Jianping Hu

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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. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Joanna LeeMichigan State University-Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, 612 Wilson Road, East Lansing, MI 48824, United States.ORCID 0009-0007-1240-4941
Hiruni WeerasooriyaMichigan State University-Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, 612 Wilson Road, East Lansing, MI 48824, United States.ORCID 0009-0000-6129-0177
Cheng ChenDepartment of Plant Sciences, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1423-118X
Jianping HuMichigan State University-Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, 612 Wilson Road, East Lansing, MI 48824, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-4635-4299

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plastids retain the imprint of their cyanobacterial ancestry by dividing primarily through binary fission. This process is executed by elaborate division machinery that has continued to evolve since endosymbiosis. Early identification and characterization of the Arabidopsis accumulation and replication of chloroplasts (arc) mutants paved the way for the molecular dissection of the plastid division apparatus, whose components have both prokaryotic ancestral and eukaryotic host origins. Molecular and cell biological studies revealed that plastid division operates through interdependent interactions among the Min-system positioning factors, the stromal FtsZ ring, envelope-associated ARC6, PARC6, and PDV proteins, and cytosolic ARC5/DRP5B proteins, which act in concert to position the division site and drive plastid separation under developmental and environmental regulation. Comparisons with mitochondrial and peroxisomal proliferation unveil shared division factors among these metabolically connected organelles. Insights into plant organelle division may inform strategies for the manipulation of organelle abundance to improve crop quality and resilience.

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ArabidopsisOrganellesPlastidsSymbiosisArabidopsis ProteinsChloroplastsArabidopsis Proteins

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PMID42759492
PMCPMC13650779

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