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Mitochondrion
Author(s) -
Goodsell David S.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
biochemistry and molecular biology education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.34
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1539-3429
pISSN - 1470-8175
DOI - 10.1002/bmb.20406
Subject(s) - mitochondrion , context (archaeology) , energy metabolism , electron microscope , biology , computational biology , biochemistry , chemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , biophysics , physics , optics , paleontology , endocrinology
Diverse biological data may be used to create illustrations of molecules in their cellular context. I describe the scientific results that support a recent textbook illustration of a mitochondrion. The image magnifies a portion of the mitochondrion by one million times, showing the location and form of membranes and individual macromolecules, revealing the molecular basis of its role in energy metabolism and apoptosis. Results from biochemistry, electron microscopy, and X‐ray crystallography were used to create the image.