Mitosome
= Mitosome
A highly reduced mitochondrion-related <organelle> retaining selected metabolic functions rather than oxidative <ATP> production. Functions differ among lineages, including <iron-sulfur cluster> maturation in <Giardia> and <sulfate activation> in <Entamoeba histolytica>.<Mitochondrial remnant organelles of Giardia function in iron-sulphur protein maturation by Jorge Tovar and others>[Abstract]{ref}