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

Resources