Respiration-Deficient Cells Require Pyruvate Carboxylase to Suppress Asparagine Auxotrophy
Mutations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) compromise ETC activity and impair oxidative phosphorylation. Since eukaryotic cells contain multiple copies of mtDNA, the resulting phenotype depends on the proportion of mutant mitochondrial genomes (the heteroplasmy level). Using isogenic cell lines carrying similar mtDNA deletions, a linear decline in cellular respiration was observed as mitochondrial…
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