The curvature of the crista junctions is due to a protein complex called MICOS (mitochondrial contact site and cristae organizing system).

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The curvature of the crista junctions is due to a protein complex called MICOS (mitochondrial contact site and cristae organizing system).

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A human cell has about 1000–2000 mtDNA molecules

A human egg has about 500,000 mtDNA molecules

A sperm has only about 100 mtDNA molecules

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The mtDNAs of most multicellular animals are approximately 16-kb circular molecules that encode intron-less genes compactly arranged on both DNA strands.

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Vertebrate mtDNAs encode 2 rRNAs, 22 tRNAs, and 13 proteins involved in electron transport and ATP synthesis. 

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The smallest mitochondrial genomes in Plasmodium, are only about 6 kb, encoding three proteins and the mitochondrial rRNAs.

Arabidopsis thaliana, has 366 kb of mtDNA and cucurbit plants have about 2 Mb of mtDNA.

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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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