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28 December, 03:20

Wich organelle converts the chemical energy stored in food into compounds that are more convenient for the cell to use

A. Chloroplast

B. Golbgi apparatus

C. Endoplasmic recticulum

D. mitochondrion

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  1. 28 December, 03:27
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    The answer is D the mitochondrion is responsible for energy/food in the cell.
  2. 28 December, 03:49
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    Correct answer is D: mitochondrion

    Explanation:

    In mitochondrion respiration takes place.

    In this process, that occurs in presence of oxygen, energy is obtained from pyruvate. Glucose is a key product from food and has chemical energy stored. Pyruvate comes from glucose degradation in cytosol and gets into the mitochondrion. There, it is degraded and electrons are transported from a membrane protein to another one until they reach the oxygen and form H2O. While this occurs, a H + (proton) gradient is generated at both sides of the internal mitochondrion membrane and this potential is finally used to synthesize ATP (available energy for the cell).
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