ABSTRACT

Mitochondria are organelles derived from the primitive symbiosis of archeon ancestors with the prokaryote, α-proteobacteria species (Margulis 1975). Modern α-proteobacteria intracellular facultative microorganisms, such as Ricketsia prowaseckii or Bartonella henselae, have DNA homologous to mitochondrial DNA.

10.1 Endosymbiotic Process: From Bacteria to Mitochondria ........................... 189 10.2 Universe of Kinases .................................................................................... 191 10.3 Mitochondrial Respiration and the ROS-producing System ...................... 193 10.4 MAPK Cascade .......................................................................................... 194 10.5 Mitochondrial Kinases .............................................................................. 195 10.6 MitoJNK ..................................................................................................... 197 10.7 MAPKs in Mitochondria and Neurodegeneration: An Example From