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SMT VEERAMMA GANGASIRI COLLEGE OF WOMEN GULBARGA

SEMINAR REPRESTATION

TOPIC = STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF MITOCHONDRIA

SUBMITTED BY

AISHWARYA R NANDGI

BSC V SEM (CBZ)

REG. NO – S1916010

SUBMITTED ON-26/12/2021

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INTRODUCTION

Mitochondria is a double-membrane-bound organelle found in cytoplasm of eukaryotic cell

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Mitochondria” derives from two Greek words: “mitos” meaning thread, and “chondros” meaning granule

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Discover by : ALBERT VON KOLLIKER in 1880 in voluntary muscles of insects.

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The organelles were then renamed “mitochondria” by CARL BENDA twelve years later.

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Albert Von Kölliker

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Carl Benda

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*The outer mitochondrial membrane

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*The intermembrane space

(the space between the outer and inner membranes)

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*The inner mitochondrial membrane

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*The cristae space

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*Matrix

Structure of Mitochondria

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Mitochondria

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Outer membrane

The outer mitochondrial membrane, encloses the entire organelle

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60 to 75 angstroms (Å) thick

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It contains large numbers of porins also knows as proteins.

Which is act as pore to the membrane

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Intermembrane space

The mitochondrial intermembrane space is the space between the outer membrane and the inner membrane.

It is also known as perimitochondrial space.

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Because the outer membrane is freely permeable to small molecules, the concentrations of small molecules, such as ions and sugars

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Inner membrane

the inner membrane is rich in an unusual phospholipid

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ATP synthase, which generates ATP in the matrix

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the area of the inner membrane is five times large as the outer membrane

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Cristae

The inner mitochondrial membrane is compartmentalized into numerous folds called cristae,

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These folds are studded with small round bodies known as F1 particles or oxysomes

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Matrix

The matrix is the space enclosed by the inner membrane

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The matrix contains a highly concentrated mixture of hundreds of enzymes,DNA and ribosomes

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Thermogenesis: Synthesis of heat

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ATP Synthesis

Protein synthesis

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Synthesis of steroid hormones

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Urea Synthesis (urea cycle)

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Cellular respiration

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Store and Releases of Ca2+

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FUNCTIONS

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