Cristae formation is a mechanical buckling event controlled by the inner membrane lipidome
K. Venkatraman, C. T. Lee, G. C. Garcia, A. Mahapatra, D. Milshteyn, G. Perkins, K.-Y. Kim, H. A. Pasolli, S. Phan, J. Lippincott-Schwartz, M. Ellisman, P. Rangamani, I. Budin
The paper shows that cardiolipin buffers mitochondrial inner membrane curvature and ATP synthase organization, with a mathematical model predicting snapthrough instability in cristae formation.
bioRxiv · Mar 13, 2023 · PreprintBiophysics