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Mitochondrial competence

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Mitochondrial competence

Description

Mitochondrial metabolic competence is the organelle's capacity to provide adequate amounts of ATP in due time, by adjusting the mt-membrane potential, mt-redox states and the ATP/ADP ratio according to the metabolic requirements of the cell.

The term mitochondrial competence is also known in a genetic context: Mammalian mitochondria possess a natural competence for DNA import.

MitoCom_O2k-Fluorometer is a Mitochondrial Competence network, the nucleus of which is formed by the K-Regio project MitoCom Tyrol.

Abbreviation: mt-competence; MitoCom

Reference: Rouslin_1987_AJP, Koulintchenko_2006_HumMolGenet


MitoPedia concepts: MiP concept