442 INDEX
ATP/ADP carrier, 150. See also ADP/
ATP translocator
ATP/ADP exchange, 331
[ATP]/[ADP] ratio, 262, 264
ATPase6 peptide, 65
ATPase6 reading frame, 67
ATPase8 reading frame, 67
ATP binding, 250
sites of, 247
ATP-dependent proteases, 154–155
ATP-sensitive channel, 336
ATP synthase, 232, 236, 244–258
assembly and activity of, 258
cristae morphology and, 26
dimerization of, 258
mutations in, 371
subunit composition of, 246, 258
X-ray structure of, 247–249
ATP synthase mechanism, biochemical
observations related to, 252
ATP synthesis, 230
catalytic mechanisms and, 249–253
Atractyloside, 333, 334
(A+T)-rich intergenic sequences, 75
a-type cytochromes, 313–314
AUG initiation codon, 122
Autophagy, 54
Autosomal dominant mutations, 386
avUCP, 270
Axons, movement of mitochondria in, 35
Bacillus subtilis, 199
Bacterial chaperones, 150
Bacterial RNAs, 129
Bacteriorhodopsin, 232
BALB genotype, 365–366
Barth syndrome, 280, 317
Bax family, 394–396
Bax-induced cytochrome c, 276
bc
1
complex, 202–210, 276
Bcl-2 proteins, 389, 390, 392
anti-apoptotic, 394, 396–397
b cytochromes, 175, 198, 203, 204. See
also Cytochrome b2
Bernard, C., 170, 171
β-aminolevulinic acid (ALA), 310. See
also ALA synthase
β-amyloid precursor protein (APP), 386
effect on mitochondrial functions, 387
“Anatomically modern human,” 423
“Anchor” duplexes, 118
Anchor proteins, 151, 196, 197, 198
Animal mitochondria, factors purifi ed
and characterized from, 134–135
Animal mtDNAs, 96
Antibiotics, to obtain resistant cell
lines, 353
Antimycin A, 207
ANT inhibitors, 339. See also Adenine
nucleotide transporter (ANT)
Antioxidant defense mechanisms, 274
Antiporters, 336
Apes, mtDNA sequences of, 426–428
Apo-cytochrome b gene, 14
Apoptosis, 11
cell progression toward, 242
mitochondria and, 389–398
mitochondrial alterations in, 55
role of oxygen species in, 274
ROS production and, 276
stages of, 391
stimuli for, 391
VDAC and, 331
Apoptosis inducing factor (AIF), 393
“Apoptosome,” 394
Arabidopsis thaliana, mitochondrial
genome of, 70–71
Archaebacteria, 12–13
ARg2 rule, 143
Ascaris suum, 199
Assembly factors, 258
late-stage, 204
a subunits, 255
ATM1 gene, 327
Atmungsferment, 171, 220
ATP (adenosine triphosphate), 2
concentrations of, 145
consumption of, 262
formation of, 252
hydrolysis of, 251
proton-conductance pathway by, 271
rate of consumption of, 261
synthesis of, 172–173
turnover of, 265, 266, 371
as a versatile intermediate, 228–229
atp6 gene, 401
atp9 transcript, 123
ATP/ADP antiport system, 262