The ATP synthase in mitochondria was responsible for the synthesis of to provide chemical energy cell achieve metabolism. point mutation at mitochondrial DNA nt 8993(T>C and T>G) disrupted normal cellular mechanism synthase, causing a deficiency production synthesis. 8993 causes replacement leucine amino acid with an arginine(aL156R), changing sequence ATP6 gene, which inefficiency c-subu...

For hares (Lepus spp., Leporidae, Lagomorpha, Mammalia) from Ethiopia no conclusive molecular phylogenetic data are available. To provide a first molecular phylogenetic model for the Abyssinian Hare (Lepus habessinicus), the Ethiopian Hare (L. fagani), and the Ethiopian Highland Hare (L. starcki) and their evolutionary relationships to hares from Africa, Eurasia, and North America, we phylogene...

INTRODUCTION Mitochondria are a crucial organelle in the cell. They not only function as the powerhouse of the cell by creating most of the cell’s ATP, but they also have a large role in signaling, cell death, and cellular differentiation. They also have a separate genome from the rest of the cell that is inherited maternally. When mutations in this mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) occur, there are se...

Armillifer agkistrodontis (Ichthyostraca: Pantastomida) is a parasitic pathogen, only reported in China, which can cause a zoonotic disease, pentastomiasis. A complete mitochondrial (mt) genome was 16,521 bp comprising 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 tRNA genes, 2 rRNA genes, and 1 non-coding region (NCR). A phylogenetic tree drawn with the concatenated amino acid sequences of the 6 conserve...

ATP synthase is a key enzyme of mitochondrial energy conversion. In mammals, it produces most of cellular ATP. Alteration of ATP synthase biogenesis may cause two types of isolated defects: qualitative when the enzyme is structurally modified and does not function properly, and quantitative when it is present in insufficient amounts. In both cases the cellular energy provision is impaired, and ...