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ReviewPlant communications2025

Pentatricopeptide repeat proteins in plants: Cellular functions, action mechanisms, and potential applications.

Yong Wang, Bao-Cai Tan

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Review in Plant communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Yong WangKey Laboratory of Plant Development and Environmental Adaptation Biology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China.
Bao-Cai TanKey Laboratory of Plant Development and Environmental Adaptation Biology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China. Electronic address: bctan@sdu.edu.cn.

Funding

Non-US Government Research Support type
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) proteins are involved in nearly all aspects of post-transcriptional processing in plant mitochondria and plastids, playing vital roles in plant growth, development, cytoplasmic male sterility restoration, and responses to biotic and abiotic stresses. Over the last three decades, significant advances have been made in understanding the functions of PPR proteins and the primary mechanisms through which they mediate post-transcriptional processing. This review aims to summarize these advancements, highlighting the mechanisms by which PPR proteins facilitate RNA editing, intron splicing, and RNA maturation in the context of organellar gene expression. We also present the latest progress in PPR engineering and discuss its potential as a biotechnological tool. Additionally, we discuss key challenges and questions that remain in PPR research.

Indexed as

Plant ProteinsPlantsGene Expression Regulation, PlantMitochondriaRNA EditingPlant Proteinschloroplastsengineered PPR proteinsmitochondriaPPR proteinsRNA processing

Identifiers

PMID39644091
PMCPMC11897456

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