MITOCHONDRIA:ENERGY STORAGE

M. SKI DEMCEVSKI

WHERE IN THE CELL IS IT LOCATED?

WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE?

• SMOOTH PILL-SHAPED ENTITY• FLOATS IN THE CYTOPLASM• MAZE-LIKE INTERIOR

PARTS OF A MITOCHONDRION• OUTER AND INNER MEMBRANES• CRISTAE = FOLDS IN INNER MEMBRANE• RIBOSOMES AND DNA FLOAT WITHIN THE INNER MATRIX• PORINS ON OUTER MEMBRANE LET NUTRIENTS IN AND OUT

WHAT DOES IT DO?

• MAIN JOB IS TO CREATE AND STORE ENERGY• DIGESTIVE SYSTEM OF THE CELL• TAKES IN NUTRIENTS AND BREAKS THEM DOWN• CARRIES OUT CELLULAR RESPIRATION• CREATES HEAT• MEDIATES CELL LIFE/DEATH

MORE ABOUT CELLULAR RESPIRATION

• PROCESS BY WHICH THE CELL MAKES USABLE ENERGY• C6H12O6 + 6O2 → 6H2O + 6 CO2 + ATP• (GLUCOSE +OXYGEN = WATER +CARBON DIOXIDE GAS+ ENERGY)

• CONVERTS POTENTIAL ENERGY FROM FOOD INTO ATP (ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE)

VISUAL CELLULAR RESPIRATION

AILMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH MITOCHONDRIA

• MITOCHONDRIAL DYSFUNCTION IS INVOLVED IN ILLNESSES SUCH AS:• PARKINSON’S DISEASE• HUNTINGTON DISEASE• ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE• ALS (LOU GEHRIG’S DISEASE)• DEAFNESS AND BLINDNESS• CARDIOVASCULAR ISSUES, DIABETES, STROKE• MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASE