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Where is the majority of the energy in eukaryotes generated?

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By mitochondria

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Oxidation and reduction in terms of electron transfer

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Oxidation refers to loss of electrons. Reduction refers to gain of electrons.

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Main supply of electrons to reduce oxygen are supplied predominantly by what?

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NADH

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Oxidative phosphorylation

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The process of reducing oxygen in mitochondria is called oxidative phosphorylation because oxidation of electrons is coupled to the phosphorylation of ADP to generate ATP.

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Two major sources of acetyl CoA

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  1. Fatty acid beta-oxidation
  2. Glycolysis
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Fatty acid beta-oxidation

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Breakdown of even-chained fatty acids. Generates acetyl CoA

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Glycolysis

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Breakdown of glucose (6 carbons) into pyruvate (3 carbons). Pyruvate dehydrogenase oxidizes pyruvate to generate acetyl CoA

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What generates NADH?

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NADH is generated from the TCA (citric acid) cycle.

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Via what process do mitochondria carry out oxidative phosphorylation?

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The electron transport chain.

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Four major complexes involved in the electron transport chain (in order)

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  1. NADH dehydrogenase
  2. Succinate dehydrogenase
  3. Cytochrome C reductase
  4. Cytochrome C oxidase
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Role of Complex I

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Complex I (NADH dehydrogenase) facilitates transfer of electrons from NADH to quinone (Q)

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Role of Complex III

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Complex III (cytochrome c reductase) allows for transfer of electrons from quinol to cytochrome C

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What is the problem solved by the Q cycle?

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Quinol carries 2 electrons but cytochrome c can only accept 1.

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Role of Complex IV

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Complex IV (cytochrome c oxidase) allows for transfer of electrons from cytochrome C to oxygen.

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Which complex accounts for 90% of oxygen use in cells?

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Complex IV. This makes aerobic life possible.

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How do poisons such as cyanide and azide work?

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Poisons cyanide and azide bind to heme irons in complex IV more strongly than oxygen

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In which complex is oxygen reduced?

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Complex 4 is where oxygen is reduced.
Need four electrons to give rise to 2 molecules of water.

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What is the energy from the oxidation of NADH and FADH2 used for?

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To pump protons into the intermembrane.

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What generates ATP in the electron transport chain?

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Electrochemical proton gradient is used by the ATP synthase (sometimes also referred to as Complex V) to generate ATP

20
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How does MPP+ work?

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  • Chemical called MPP+ derived from a contaminant in synthetically made heroin is taken into dopamine neurons by the dopamine transporter, where it acts as a competitive inhibitor of Complex I in mitochondria
  • Besides compromising ATP production, MPP+ also increase generation of free radicals (i.e., reactive oxygen species)
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What role did MPP+ play in Parkinson’s Disease research?

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Provided paradigm-shifting insight into Parkinson’s Disease by pinpointing mitochondrial dysfunction as the likely culprit

22
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What’s so special about mitochondria using an electrochemical gradient to generate ATP?

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Frees eukaryotic cells from the surface area: volume ratio constraint, allowing them to produce greater amount of ATP

23
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Multiple lines of evidence support endosymbiotic origins of mitochondria

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  • Own genome
  • Sensitivity of mitochondrial ribosomes to antibiotics
  • Protein synthesis starts with N-formylmethionine like in bacteria
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What did the Fzo experiment reveal?

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Fuzzy onion (Fzo) mutant yeast cells have fragmented mitochondria compared to the wild type, suggesting impaired fusion. Concluded that the mutant was unable to undergo fusion.

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Model of fusion via fuzzy onion (Fzo)

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To fuse the two mitochondria, the fuzzy onion molecules interact.
The GTP is hydrolyzed to GDP, which results in a conformational change such that the fuzzy onion molecules snap back on themselves and curl up (still hanging onto each other).
This brings them so close that the membranes will fuse.

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Role of OPA1 (Optic Atrophy 1)

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OPA1 (Optic Atrophy 1), also a GTPase, mediates inner membrane fusion. OPA1 is mutated in individuals who suffer from optic nerve atrophy

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Drp1

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A type of dynamin and GTPase involved in the constriction model of mitochondrial fission. It pinches off membranes, resulting in two distinct organelles.

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Hypothesis on why fusion and fission exists in mitochondria

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Working hypothesis: Fusion and fission help maintain balance between having highly efficient mitochondria on the one hand (hyperfused), and eliminating defective mitochondria on the other (fragmented)

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Impact on fusion and fission when cells are starved

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Temporarily starve the cells—creates demand for mitochondria to produce ATP more efficiently. Causes fusion.

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Impact on fusion and fission when demands for energy are low .

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When demands for energy are low, the mitochondria fragment, allowing the cell to assess each organelle to determine if it’s functional.
Can then target for degradation if necessary. Causes fission.

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NADH in Complex I vs in Complex II

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NADH is a more critical electron carrier for complex I than complex II

32
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How does mtDNA cut down unnecessary genes?

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The mt genome sheds any genes that are not critical to the nuclear genome.
The mt genome conserves only the most critical genes

33
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Which complex does not have any subunits coded for by mtDNA?

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mtDNA does not encode any complex II subunits.

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How is mtDNA inherited?

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Maternally.l

35
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Five crucial concepts to understand mtDNA disease

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  1. Polyploidy
  2. Heteroplasmy
  3. Threshold effect
  4. Relaxed replication
  5. Meiotic and mitotic segregation
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Polyploidy

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Each cell has multiple copies of mtDNA. In contrast, the nuclear genome is diploid.

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Heteroplasmy

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  • Cells with a mixture of WT and mutant mtDNA.
  • Because it is polyploid, the mitochondria has a mixed population of alleles.
  • Can have a mix of genotypes
  • Many ways to be heteroplasmic-–exists on a continuum
38
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Threshold effect

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Mutant mtDNA causes pathogenicity when its levels are above a critical threshold.

39
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Relaxed replication

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Mitochondria (along with the mtDNA in it) undergo turnover independent of the cell cycle

40
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Compare nuclear DNA and mtDNA replication.

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  • Nuclear DNA only replicates during the cell cycle and is tightly regulated.
  • In contrast, mtDNA can replicate independent of the cell cycle.
41
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Why is it important that the genomes inside mitochondria can undergo cycles of replication and degradation?

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Means you can have a cell (like a neuron) in a hetereoplasmic state where mutants are low, but then the ratio of mut : WT can change.

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Meiotic and mitotic segregation

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Asymmetric inheritance of mutant mtDNA

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