From Bioblast
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.
Abbreviation: mt-competence
Reference: Rouslin_1987_AJP, Koulintchenko_2006_HumMolGenet
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