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    MITOCHONDRION

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    Irregular inflected form: mitochondria  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    An organelle containing enzymes responsible for producing energyplay

    Synonyms:

    chondriosome; mitochondrion

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    Hypernyms ("mitochondrion" is a kind of...):

    cell organ; cell organelle; organelle (a specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mitochondrion"):

    sarcosome (a large mitochondrion in a striated muscle fiber)

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     Context examples: 

    The beta-oxidation of fatty acids in mitochondria progressively shortens fatty acids two-carbons at a time as acetyl-CoA units are removed with each round of the cycle.

    (Oxidation of Odd-Numbered Chain Fatty Acid Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

    While NADH is produced in mitochondria by the Kreb's cycle, NADPH is produced through a pathway called the pentose phosphate pathway.

    (Oxidative Reactions of the Pentose Phosphate Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

    Its cytoplasm is composed of tightly packed mitochondria and glycogen granules, with rare secretory granules, stains pink, and the margin is usually observed.

    (Parathyroid Gland Oxyphil Cell, NCI Thesaurus)

    Mitochondria are the sites of the reactions of oxidative phosphorylation, which result in the formation of ATP.

    (Mitochondrion, NCI Thesaurus)

    An amino acid sequence that directs the post-translational transport of a protein to the mitochondria.

    (Mitochondrial Import Sequence, NCI Thesaurus)

    The double membrane structure surrounding the mitochondrion and separating it from the cell cytoplasm.

    (Mitochondrial Membrane, NCI Thesaurus)

    Elucidating further the role of AIF as a redox enzyme will shed further light on its normal function in mitochondria as well as its role in apoptosis and disease.

    (AIF Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

    What this suggests to us is that swapping mitochondria might not be as straightforward as just changing the batteries in a device.

    (Interplay between mitochondria and the nucleus may have implications for changing cell’s ‘batteries’, University of Cambridge)

    It enabled them to identify markers that they could then measure in MMA patients to assess the severity of the dysfunction in their mitochondria, specifically in the liver.

    (Elevated hormone flags liver problems in mice with methylmalonic acidemia, National Institutes of Health)

    Cold exposure revealed distinct differences in the reaction of mitochondria, organelles that provide energy to the cell in the form of adenosine, triphosphate (ATP).

    (Researchers develop “hibernation in a dish” to study how animals adapt to the cold, National Institutes of Health)


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