What is the main function of the mitochondria in a plant cell?
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What does the mitochondria do in a plant cell? The main mitochondria function in a plant cell is to produce energy through cellular respiration. During cellular respiration, cells use oxygen and glucose to make energy, carbon dioxide and water. Even though plant cells also do photosynthesis, they must also do cellular respiration as well. This is because all cells need energy to carry out their functions.
Cellular respiration begins in the cytoplasm where glucose is converted to pyruvate in a process called glycolysis. Pyruvate is converted to Acetyl-CoA and enters the mitochondrial matrix to go through the Krebs cycle. The Krebs cycle and glycolysis produce a small amount of ATP, but the main purpose is to produce electron carriers for the last step of cellular respiration, oxidative phosphorylation. During oxidative phosphorylation, the electron carriers donate their electrons to the electron transport chain in the inner mitochondrial membrane. This sets up the hydrogen ion gradient that is needed to produce ATP by ATP synthase.
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