BIOL 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Brown Adipose Tissue, Thermogenin, Signal Transduction
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Role of mitochondrial dna in development 8. Figure 3: apoptosis components released by intermembrane space of mitochondria 6. Figure 6: production of heat in mitochondria 9. Figure 7: intrinsic pathway of apoptosis 10. Figure 11: comparison of mitochondria with bacteria 14. Figure 11: comparison of mitochondria with bacteria error! A mitochondrion is a double membrane bound organelle found in most eukaryotic organisms. Some cells in some multicellular organisms lack mitochondria (for example, mature mammalian red blood cells). A number of unicellular organisms, such as microsporidia, parabasalids, and diplomonads, have reduced or transformed their mitochondria into other structures. Mitochondria may have a number of different shapes. A mitochondrion contains outer and inner membranes composed of phospholipid bilayers and proteins. Because of this double-membraned organization, there are five distinct parts to a mitochondrion: The intermembrane space (the space between the outer and inner membranes) The cristae space (formed by infoldings of the inner membrane) The matrix (space within the inner membrane)
