Origin
Aerobic Bacterium - entered as a symbiotic relationship
Structure
- outer membrane - relatively porous to small molecules
- inner membrane - more surface area, site of much of the important work of the mitochondria
- cristae -
- matrix -

mitochondrial proteins are encoded by 2 genomes
- 99% comes from cytosolic ribosomes
- 1% comes from mitochondrial ribosomes

Metabolism
- catabolic energetic ATP
- anabolic biosynthetic
- redox homeostasis
Mitochondrial Respiration

Mitochondrial Combustion Energy Capture

Mitochondrial Respiration

Anabolic Metabolism

Mitochondrial Protein Homeostasis: The Problem

Mitochondrial Protein Homeostasis: Quality Control
