Engineering the plant mitochondrial electron transport chain for tolerance of environmental stress

植物经常面临恶劣的环境，使它们处于压力之下。在这些条件下产生的活性氧分子作为激活防御机制的信号，但也会导致细胞损伤。线粒体是参与能量产生的亚细胞区室，对植物生长和发育至关重要，但它们也参与植物对环境胁迫的反应和活性氧分子的产生。本研究将探讨植物线粒体的特殊功能，以改善氧化应激。潜在的结果包括作物能够更好地科普环境压力。

Plants often face hostile environments that place them under stress. Reactive oxygen molecules produced under these conditions act as signals to activate defense mechanisms, but also cause cell damage. Mitochondria are subcellular compartments involved in energy production and are essential for plant growth and development, but they have also been implicated in the response of plants to environmental stress, and in production of reactive oxygen molecules. This project will investigate special features of plant mitochondria that ameliorate oxidative stress. Potential outcomes include crops better able to cope with environmental stress.