BIO 1130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Molecular Motor, Centriole, Cytoskeleton

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The primitive eukaryotic cell was only capable of anaerobic metabolism to generate atp, one of the intermediates of which is 3 carbon organic molecule pyruvate. Bacteria were used as a food source and would normally be digested but for some reason, one bacterium was not digested and it continued metabolizing inside the eukaryotic cell. The bacteria used the pyruvate molecules produced by the cell to produce atp and any surplus atp would diffuse out of the mitochondria and could be used by the eukaryotic cell as an energy source. A symbiosis developed in which the eukaryotic cell would provide pyruvate and mitochondria would provide atp. This high efficiency energy production system allowed the eukaryotic cell to dedicate more energy to growth and development, one of the reasons eukaryotic cells are so large. The mitochondrial dna sequence has been preserved for long periods of time due to its efficiency.

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