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Hydrogenosomes and Mitosomes: Mitochondria of Anaerobic Eukaryotes

By William Martin (auth.) , Jan Tachezy (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2008
ISBN
9783540767329, 9783540767336, 2007940388, 9876543210
DOI
10.1007/978-3-540-76733-6
Open Library ID
OL13202503M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5514559 bytes)
Series
Microbiology Monographs 9
Edition
1
Pages
287\295
Library
duansci.com
Time added
2010-05-17 00:23:50
Eukaryotic Microbiology; Cell Biology; Biochemistrgeneral; Evolutionary Biology

Description

"Hydrogenosomes and Mitosomes: Mitochondria of Anaerobic Eukaryotes" provides a summary of the current knowledge of these organelles, which occur in unicellular, often parasitic organisms, including human pathogens. The distribution of these organelles is broad, but they were detected primarily in an anoxic habitat or nutrient rich intracellular niche that permits life without the efficient energy generating system of typical mitochondria. Their common characteristic is that they lack the aerobic energy conservation system of typical mitochondria and that they are usually the site of the synthesis of iron-sulfur clusters, regarded as the only indispensable function of eukaryotic mitochondria. These mitochondria-related organelles exhibit a variety of structures and functions. This work describes properties such as protein import, structure, metabolism, adaptation, proteome and their role in drug activation and resistance. Further topics include the evolution and biogenesis of these organelles.

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