The Origin of Mitochondrial Cristae from Alphaproteobacteria

• Published in: Molecular biology and evolution Vol. 34; no. 4; pp. 943 - 956
• Main Authors: Muñoz-Gómez, Sergio A, Wideman, Jeremy G, Roger, Andrew J, Slamovits, Claudio H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.04.2017
• Subjects: Alphaproteobacteria - genetics; Alphaproteobacteria - metabolism; Biological Evolution; Evolution, Molecular; Membrane Proteins - genetics; Mitochondria - genetics; Mitochondria - metabolism; Mitochondria - ultrastructure; Mitochondrial Membranes - metabolism; Mitochondrial Proteins - genetics; Phylogeny; Protein Binding; Symbiosis - genetics; purple bacteria; magnetosomes; ICMs; MICOS; endosymbiosis; Mic60

Mitochondria are the respiratory organelles of eukaryotes and their evolutionary history is deeply intertwined with that of eukaryotes. The compartmentalization of respiration in mitochondria occurs within cristae, whose evolutionary origin has remained unclear. Recent discoveries, however, have rev...