Mitochondrial diseases are difficult to diagnose and very frustrating to treat. Most serious of the somatic diseases are those that affect the mitochondria of the muscles or the nervous system. There are a large number of different mitochondrial diseases. One group is caused by various mutations that prevent ATP synthase from working properly. At this point, you should review the animation on ATP Synthase (Animal Cells II reading assignment) which describes the structure and function of this crucial enzyme. For more information on mitochondrial diseases, visit the Wikimpedia article on mitochondrial diseases. Then answer question 10.