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    A mitochondrion (/ˌmaɪtəˈkɒndriən/; pl.: mitochondria) is an organelle found in the cells of most eukaryotes, such as animals, plants and fungi. Mitochondria...
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  • The proto-mitochondrion is the hypothetical ancestral bacterial endosymbiont from which all mitochondria in eukaryotes are thought to descend, after an...
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  • Mitochondrion is a Canadian black-death metal band from Victoria, British Columbia, formed in 2003. The band has undergone some line-up changes, but since...
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    eukaryotic cells, the citric acid cycle occurs in the matrix of the mitochondrion. In prokaryotic cells, such as bacteria, which lack mitochondria, the...
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  • Homo sapiens isolate 40_Mu mitochondrion, complete genome GenBank: MK491393.1. Homo sapiens isolate csct_007727 mitochondrion, complete genome GenBank:...
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  • isolate 92_Tor793_W1 mitochondrion, complete genome GenBank: KF146272.1. Homo sapiens isolate poz377 haplogroup W1 mitochondrion, complete genome GenBank:...
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    relatives of the Opisthokonts, a group that includes animals and fungi. Mitochondrion-related organelles (MROs) are organelles that evolved from a degradation...
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    Cell biology mitochondrion Components of a typical mitochondrion 1 Outer membrane 1.1 Porin 2 Intermembrane space 2.1 Intracristal space 2.2 Peripheral...
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    crista (/ˈkrɪstə/; pl.: cristae) is a fold in the inner membrane of a mitochondrion. The name is from the Latin for crest or plume, and it gives the inner...
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    lipids (by β-oxidation). It then enters the citric acid cycle in the mitochondrion by combining with oxaloacetate to form citrate. Two acetyl-CoA molecules...
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    the cytoplasm. Mitochondria are organelles in eukaryotic cells. The mitochondrion is commonly called "the powerhouse of the cell", for its function providing...
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    have multiple chromosomes in the mitochondrion. This and the phylogenetics of the genes encoded within the mitochondrion suggest that mitochondria have...
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    "Prokaryota" Archaea Bacteria Mitochondrion Plastid LUCA Eukaryota Animalia Fungi Plantae 'Protista' Incertae sedis Parakaryon Microbes with highly unusual...
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    which enters the mitochondrion where it is converted into acetyl-CoA and then into citrate. Excess citrate is exported from the mitochondrion back into the...
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  • In molecular biology, housekeeping genes are typically constitutive genes that are required for the maintenance of basic cellular function, and are expressed...
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    "Prokaryota" Archaea Bacteria Mitochondrion Plastid LUCA Eukaryota Animalia Fungi Plantae 'Protista' Incertae sedis Parakaryon Microbes with highly unusual...
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    In the mitochondrion, the matrix is the space within the inner membrane. The word "matrix" stems from the fact that this space is viscous, compared to...
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    mitosome, both conventionally considered "mitochondrion-derived organelles", would predate the mitochondrion, and instead be derived from the earlier symbiotic...
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    including thylakoid, endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus, lysosome, mitochondrion, and microtubule. Transluminal procedures are procedures occurring through...
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    depending on the source of the genetic code, such as from a cell nucleus, mitochondrion, plastid, or hydrogenosome. There are 64 different codons in the genetic...
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  • A mitosome (also called a crypton in early literature) is a mitochondrion-related organelle (MRO) found in a variety of parasitic unicellular eukaryotes...
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    and possess normal eukaryotic organelles, for example the nucleus, mitochondrion, golgi apparatus and flagellum. Along with these universal structures...
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    coming from glycolysis, because pyruvate is not transferred to the mitochondrion and finally oxidized to the carbon dioxide (CO2), but reduced to ethanol...
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    Fungal hyphae cells Hyphal wall Septum Mitochondrion Vacuole Ergosterol crystal Ribosome Nucleus Endoplasmic reticulum Lipid body Plasma membrane Spitzenkörper...
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    inorganic phosphate, and fructose-1,6- and -2,6-biphosphate. In the mitochondrion, pyruvate is oxidized by the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex to the acetyl...
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    enzyme ATP synthase. The flow of protons back into the matrix of the mitochondrion via ATP synthase provides enough energy for ADP to combine with inorganic...
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    as the region between the inner membrane and the outer membrane of a mitochondrion or a chloroplast. It also refers to the space between the inner and...
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  • and Miklós Müller in 1998 that describes a possible way in which the mitochondrion arose as an endosymbiont within a prokaryotic host in the archaea, giving...
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  • oxaloacetate from pyruvate and TCA cycle intermediates is restricted to the mitochondrion, and the enzymes that convert Phosphoenolpyruvic acid (PEP) to glucose-6-phosphate...
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    a process of fermentation. The pyruvate is not transported into the mitochondrion but remains in the cytoplasm, where it is converted to waste products...
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