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What are racker's particles?


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Racker's particles:

  1. These are tiny, rounded structures that are situated where an organelle's inner membrane folds.
  2. The mitochondria's inner cristae membranes contain them.
  3. These particles go by a number of names, including F1 or F0 particles, Parsons particles, Oxysomes, and Fernandez-Moran particles.
  4. A mitochondrion contains roughly 104–105 Oxysomes, also known as Racker particles, that are spaced 10 nm apart.
  5. They make up 15% of the inner membrane's overall protein content.
  6. They enable the movement of electrons from the peri-mitochondrial region to the matrix and continue ATP production using the difference in free energy created by the protons being transported along the electrochemical gradient.

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