account for about 20 percent of the lipids in animal cell plasma membranes. However, cholesterol is not present in bacterial membranes or mitochondrial membranes. Also, cholesterol helps regulate ...

Mitochondria — often called the powerhouses ... Prokaryotes generally use electron transport chains in their plasma membranes to provide much of their energy. The actual energy donors and ...

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Previous studies have found that mitochondria, the energy-generating cells of the body, and the ER, a complex membrane network that serves protein synthesis, metabolism, and calcium storage ...

Interactions between P5CS and ATP synthase complexes were confirmed, and mitochondrial membrane potential was assessed. Ultrastructural features of P5CS-containing mitochondria were analyzed using ...

The molecular organization of the oocyte plasma membrane required for sperm docking and the corresponding ... We found that their organization is directly linked to the state of mitochondrial ...

The study results, published June 5 in The EMBO Journal, shed new light, researchers say, on the way the altered mitochondrial membranes found in people with metabolic diseases such as Barth ...