Regulatory features of protein synthesis in isolated mitochondria from Artemia embryos

Acidification of intracellular (pHi) is likely to function as an intracellular signal facilitating a coordinated downregulation of both mitochondrial and cytoplasmic protein preparation in Artemia franciscana embryos during anoxia-incited quiescence. External pH significantly influences mitochondrial protein preparation, because 80% reduction in mitochondrial protein synthesis is detected when pH is decreased from 7.5 to 6.8.