Mitochondria & Chloroplasts
Mighty Mitochondria
Cellular distribution of mitochondria Fluorescence micrograph of a Cos-7 cell. Mitochondria (green) & Microtubules (red) Fig Copyright 2008 by Saunders/Elsevier. All rights reserved.
Electron micrograph of a thin section of a mitochondrion Fig Copyright 2008 by Saunders/Elsevier. All rights reserved.
Comparison of mitochondria & bacteria organization Fig Copyright 2008 by Saunders/Elsevier. All rights reserved.
Mitochondrial DNA
Glycolysis and Lipid Oxidation Provide Acetyl- CoA to the Mitochondria for the Citric Acid Cycle
Citric Acid Cycle Generates Reducing Potential as NADH and FADH 2 used for Oxidative Phosphorylation
Disease causing mutations of mitochondrial proteins Fig Copyright 2008 by Saunders/Elsevier. All rights reserved.
Machinery for importing proteins into mitochondria Fig Copyright 2008 by Saunders/Elsevier. All rights reserved.
Import of proteins into the mitochondrial matrix Fig Copyright 2008 by Saunders/Elsevier. All rights reserved.
Import of the ADP/ATP antiporter into the inner membrane Fig Copyright 2008 by Saunders/Elsevier. All rights reserved.
Roles of mitochondria in apoptosis Fig Copyright 2008 by Saunders/Elsevier. All rights reserved.
Clever Chloroplasts
Electron micrograph of a thin section of a chloroplast Fig Copyright 2008 by Saunders/Elsevier. All rights reserved.
Photosynthetic machinery of chloroplasts and cyanobacteria Copyright 2008 by Saunders/Elsevier. All rights reserved. Fig. 19-7
Chloroplast DNA
Tobacco Chloroplast DNA
Comparison of photosynthetic systems that produce ATP Fig Copyright 2008 by Saunders/Elsevier. All rights reserved.
Light Reactions Synthesis of ATP and NADPH Series of reaction centers transport e - 's & generate H + gradient –Light harvesting antennae (chlorophyll & other pigments –Photosystem II –Quinone –Photosystem I –Ferridoxin –NADP reductase
Dark Reactions Calvin Cycle –Synthesis of triose phosphates Carboxylation
Pathways for protein import into chloroplasts Fig Copyright 2008 by Saunders/Elsevier. All rights reserved.