Mitochondrion

Layer 3 — Biologyin the Organelles And Protein Trafficking subtree

Double-membrane organelle housing TCA cycle + ETC + β-oxidation + fatty-acid synthesis. Has own 16.6 kb circular genome (37 genes in humans); derives from α-proteobacterial endosymbiont (Margulis 1970).

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