V.Angiosperm

Main Plant body = sporophyte

Seeds are covered

Double fertilization occurs

Ovary ripens into fruit which contain seeds

Reduced gametophytic phase

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Chloramphenicol, blocks protein synthesis by bacterial and mitochondrial ribosomes

Cycloheximide, does not affect protein synthesis by mitochondrial ribosomes

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Only 22 tRNAs are required for mitochondrial protein synthesis. The normal codon–anticodon pairing rules are relaxed in mitochondria, so that many tRNA molecules recognize any one of the four nucleotides in the third (wobble) position, allowing four codons to be recognized by a single tRNA.

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Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy

caused by a missense mutation in the mtDNA gene

encoding subunit 4 of the NADH-CoQ reductase

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Deletions in mtDNA cause another set of diseases:

Chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia

Kearns–Sayre syndrome

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Single mutation in the TΨCG loop of the mitochondrial lysine tRNA

“Ragged-red” muscle fibers & uncontrolled jerky movements