BIO 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Intermembrane Space, Mitochondrial Matrix, Endomembrane System

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Mitochondria and chloroplasts are the organelles that convert energy to forms that cells can use for work. Mitochondria are the sites of cellular respiration, generating atp from the catabolism of sugars, fats, and other fuels in the presence of oxygen. Chloroplasts, found in plants and algae, are the sites of photosynthesis. They convert solar energy to chemical energy and synthesize new organic compounds such as sugars from co2 and h2o. Mitochondria and chloroplasts are not part of the endomembrane system. In contrast to organelles of the endomembrane system, each mitochondrion or chloroplast has two membranes separating the innermost space from the cytosol. Their membrane proteins are not made by the er, but rather by free ribosomes in the cytosol and by ribosomes within the organelles themselves. Both organelles have small quantities of dna that direct the synthesis of the polypeptides produced by these internal ribosomes. Mitochondria and chloroplasts grow and reproduce as semiautonomous organelles.

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