Why Number of Mitochondria is usually more in metabolically active cell.
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Mitochondria occupy a substantial portion of the cytoplasmic volume of eucaryotic cells, and they have been essential for the evolution of complex animals. Without mitochondria, present-day animal cells would be dependent on anaerobic glycolysis for all of their ATP. When glucose is converted to pyruvate by glycolysis, only a very small fraction of the total free energy potentially available from the glucose is released. In mitochondria, the metabolism of sugars is completed: the pyruvate is imported into the mitochondrion and oxidized by O2 to CO2 and H2O. This allows 15 times more ATP to be made than that produced by glycolysis alone.
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They are associated with the production of ATP in the cell
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- Mitochondria are the organelles present in the eukaryotic cell, which are also known as the powerhouse of the cell.
- The structure and the number of mitochondria differ in the tissue depending on the function of the cell.
- For example, the RBC cells do not perform any metabolism, therefore, lack mitochondria.
- But a heart cell which has to pump the blood requires more energy and thus are more metabolically active require a high amount of energy and thus posses a high number of mitochondria.
To learn more:
1. Mitochondria: https://brainly.in/question/639553
2. Chemiosmotic hypothesis: https://brainly.in/question/5116665
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