Peroxisome Function, Biogenesis, and Dynamics in Plants.

1 1 Short title: Update on plant peroxisomes 2 3 Corresponding author: Bonnie Bartel, Rice University, MS-140, 6100 Main Street, 4 Houston, Texas 77005; Phone: 713-348-5602; E-mail: [email protected] 5 6 7 Peroxisome function, biogenesis, and dynamics in plants 8 9 Yun-Ting Kao2, Kim L. Gonzalez2, and Bonnie Bartel* 10 11 Department of Biosciences, Rice University, Houston Texas 77005 12 13 ORCID IDs: 0000-0003-3163-1238 (YTK), 0000-0003-2961-3081 (KLG), 0000-000214 6367-346X (BB) 15 16 17 Footnotes: 18 The authors’ peroxisome research is funded by the National Institutes of Health 19 (R01GM079177), the National Science Foundation (MCB-1516966 to BB, DGE20 0940902 to KLG), and the Robert A. Welch Foundation (C-1309). 21 22 These authors contributed equally to the article. 23 24 *Address correspondence to: [email protected] 25 The author responsible for distribution of materials integral to the findings presented in 26 this article in accordance with the policy described in the Instructions for Authors 27 (www.plantphysiol.org) is: Bonnie Bartel ([email protected]) 28 29 Author contributions: Y.T.K., K.L.G., and B.B. wrote the article and prepared the 30 figures. 31 32 One sentence summary: Recent advances in understanding the diversity of 33 peroxisome contributions to plant biology and the mechanisms through which these 34 essential organelles are generated and turned over are highlighted. 35 36 Plant Physiology Preview. Published on October 11, 2017, as DOI:10.1104/pp.17.01050