BIOLOGY 2B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Peroxisome, Translocon, Atp Hydrolysis
9 Apr 2018
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The inner membrane is more complex with involutions that create cristae, which are distinct regions within the matrix. These involutions increase the surface area of the inner membrane where. The inner membrane contains atpase and proteins of the electron transport chain that converts nutrients into atp. The intermembrane space is a region between the membranes. All cells contain mitochondria, but some cells contain more than others (ex. The mitochondria do not appear as dots like peroxisomes, but rather as an elaborate network of tubules. Mitochondria undergo fission, during fission each daughter mitochondrion ends up with at least one mitochondrial genome, if a daughter mitochondrial doesn"t it will degenerate and die. Some mitochondrial proteins are coded in the mitochondrial genome and synthesized using mitochondrial ribosomes. However, the majority of proteins are coded by the nuclear genes, translated in the cytosol by free ribosomes and transported to the mitochondria.
