Mitoplast
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Mitoplast is a noun meaning A mitochondrion that has been stripped of its outer membrane, leaving the inner membrane intact.
Meaning
A mitochondrion that has been stripped of its outer membrane, leaving the inner membrane intact.
Example Sentences
Successive divisions of this band, which is called the "mitoplast," give rise to several chloroplasts.
At the lower pressures, the pellet represents a mitoplast fraction and the supernatant is an outer membrane fraction which includes the soluble component of the intermembraneous space.
With mitoplasts (matrix plus inner mitochondrial membrane) in the same conditions the rate is much lower. When mitoplasts are added to mitochondria that have been incubated for two or more hours at 37 °C, when the rate of proteolysis has decreased, there is a new burst of proteolytic activity.
Word Forms
- mitoplasts
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include promitochondrion, matrix, mitochondrium, mitochondrion, protomitochondrion, mitofilin.
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