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mitochondrion

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an organelle containing enzymes responsible for producing energy

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Adding more of any of these intermediates to the mitochondrion therefore means that that additional amount is retained within the cycle, increasing all the other intermediates as one is converted into the other. Source: Internet

Acetyl-CoA cannot be transported out of the mitochondrion. Source: Internet

A plastid is required to continue expressing the gene for tRNA-fmet so long as the mitochondrion is translating proteins. Source: Internet

BBC. 2 August 2012 Uniparental inheritance leads to little opportunity for genetic recombination between different lineages of mitochondria, although a single mitochondrion can contain 2–10 copies of its DNA. Source: Internet

During gluconeogenesis mitochondrial oxaloacetate is reduced to malate which is then transported out of the mitochondrion, to be oxidized back to oxaloacetate in the cytosol. Source: Internet

A single mitochondrion is often found in unicellular organisms. Source: Internet

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