the inner membrane of mitochondria is deeplyfolded.what are the advantage of these fold?
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it increases the surface area for metabolic reaction to take place
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The mitochondria's main function is to produce ATPs via structures that sit on its inner membrane (complexes of the electron transport chain (ETC) and ATP synthase).
Folds (called cristae) increase the amount of surface area of the inner membrane without changing the size of the outer membrane or volume of the overall mitochondria.
The more sets of these (ETC + ATP synthase) that can fit on the inner membrane, the more ATPs mitochondria could produce at a time.
This allows more ATP-producing sets to fit inside the mitochondria, which enables more ATPs to be produced per mitochondria.
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Folds (called cristae) increase the amount of surface area of the inner membrane without changing the size of the outer membrane or volume of the overall mitochondria.
The more sets of these (ETC + ATP synthase) that can fit on the inner membrane, the more ATPs mitochondria could produce at a time.
This allows more ATP-producing sets to fit inside the mitochondria, which enables more ATPs to be produced per mitochondria.
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