Question

Myoglobin transfers oxygen obtained from hemoglobin to mitochondrial proteins involved in the catabolism of metabolic fuels to produce energy for the muscle cell. What can you conclude about the structures of these mitochondrial proteins?

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

Mitochondria is a double membrane bound organelle that is located in most eukaryotic organisms and it has a number of different shapes.

A mitochondrion has a outer and inner membranes made up of phospholipid bilayers and proteins which have different properties. Because of the double membraned organization, mitochondria have five distinct parts:

Outer mitochondrial membrane

Intermembrane space which is the space between the outer and inner membranes

Inner mitochondrial membrane,

the cristae space which is formed by the folding in of the inner membrane and

matrix which is the space within the inner membrane.

Mitochondria has a complex structure that allows for all the activities carried out by it this includes,Energy conversion, Pyruvate and the citric acid cycle, NADH and FADH2 which are the electron transport chain, Heat production and Storage of calcium.