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Originalpublikation
Hildebrandt, T.; Meyer, E.; Schwarzländer, M.: Die Proteinausstattung eines einzelnen pflanzlichen Mitochondriums. In: Biospektrum 27 (2021), Nr. 7, S. 715-718. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12268-021-1674-5
The structure and function of mitochondria have been characterized with increasing precision. How the protein inventory defines the characteristics of the organelle remains insufficiently understood, however. Recently we devised a quantitative proteomic approach to estimate the copy numbers of proteins in a single plant mitochondrion, as physical operational unit in the cell. We illustrate how such a simple thought experiment can give fascinating insights into how a mitochondrion works.