Category:GO:0005739 ! mitochondrion

name: mitochondrion
namespace: cellular_component
def: "A semiautonomous, self replicating organelle that occurs in varying numbers, shapes, and sizes in the cytoplasm of virtually all eukaryotic cells. It is notably the site of tissue respiration." [GOC:giardia, ISBN:0198506732]
comment: Some anaerobic or microaerophilic organisms (e.g. Entamoeba histolytica, Giardia intestinalis and several Microsporidia species) do not have mitochondria, and contain mitochondrion-related organelles (MROs) instead, called mitosomes or hydrogenosomes, very likely derived from mitochondria. To annotate gene products located in these mitochondrial relics in species such as Entamoeba histolytica, Giardia intestinalis or others, please use GO:0032047 'mitosome' or GO:0042566 'hydrogenosome'. (See PMID:24316280 for a list of species currently known to contain mitochondrion-related organelles.)
subset: goslim_agr
subset: goslim_candida
subset: goslim_chembl
subset: goslim_drosophila
subset: goslim_euk_cellular_processes_ribbon
subset: goslim_flybase_ribbon
subset: goslim_generic
subset: goslim_mouse
subset: goslim_pir
subset: goslim_plant
subset: goslim_plant_ribbon
subset: goslim_yeast
synonym: "mitochondria" EXACT []
xref: NIF_Subcellular:sao1860313010
xref: Wikipedia:Mitochondrion
is_a: GO:0043231 ! intracellular membrane-bounded organelle
relationship: part_of: GO:0005737 ! cytoplasm

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0005739</GOterm>
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