Main description:

The present book gives an overview on the similarities and differences of the various translation systems. Moreover, it highlights the mechanisms and control of translation in mitochondria and other organelles such as chloroplasts, plastids and apicoplasts in different organisms. Lastly, it offers an outlook on future developments and applications that might be made possible by a better understanding of translation in mitochondria and other organelles.

Contents:

Structural aspects of mitochondrial ribosome function.- Mechanism and control of protein synthesis in mammalian mitochondria.- Translation in mammalian mitochondria : Order and disorder linked to tRNA and Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases.- Mitochondrial targeting of RNA and mitochondrial translation in yeast and mammalians.- Mechanisms and control of protein synthesis in yeast mitochondria.- Mitochondrial translation in trypanosomatids.- Translation in mitochondria and apicoplasts in Apicomplexa.- Translation in mitochondria in green alga and higher plants.- Translation in flowering plant chloroplasts.- The chloroplasts as platform for recombinant proteins production.