This entity requires proper functioning of the protein frataxin, which, when mutated, causes Friedrich's ataxia.
This entity requires proper functioning of the protein frataxin, which, when mutated, causes Friedrich's ataxia. Another disease of these bodies limits eye movement and is known as Kearns-Sayre syndrome. Lynn Margulis popularized the idea that these bodies are proteobacteria that underwent endosymbiosis. This organelle's inner folds are called cristae, and it contains its own DNA that is inherited exclusively from an organism's mother. For 10 points, name this powerhouse of eukaryotic cells.
This entity requires proper functioning of the protein frataxin, which, when mutated, causes Friedrich's ataxia.
mitochondria [or mitochondrion]