Objective: UPlanSApo 100x oil/1.40	Exposure: 300 ms
Microscope: Olympus DSU/IX81	Gain: 3
Camera: Hamamatsu ImagEM	Interval: 1 s

Mitochondria are similar to plant chloroplasts in that both organelles are able to produce energy and metabolites that are required by the host cell. Mitochondria are the sites of respiration, and generate chemical energy in the form of ATP by metabolizing sugars, fats, and other chemical fuels with the assistance of molecular oxygen. Chloroplasts, in contrast, are found only in plants and algae, and are the primary sites of photosynthesis. These organelles work in a different manner to convert energy from the sun into the biosynthesis of required organic nutrients using carbon dioxide and water. Like mitochondria, chloroplasts also contain their own DNA and are able to grow and reproduce independently within the cell. In this digital video, owl monkey kidney epithelial cells (OMK line) were transfected with a mixture of mEGFP fused to a mitochondrial targeting signal (green fluorescence) and DsRed fluorescent protein fused to an endoplasmic reticulum targeting signal (red fluorescence) to observe the interplay between mitochondria and the endoplasmic reticulum.