Mitochondria, Chloroplasts, and Peroxisomes

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[PinkProgram]

Has anyone thought to transplant chloroplasts into mammalian cells to find out what the reaction would be?

[riplamarck1859]

@PinkProgram Interesting question. My guess is that we have the technology to do so and that we may have already done it, but that mammal cells would not know what to do with the energy coming from photosynthesis, and it may even interfere with the energy process of the mitochondria. However, this is just a guess, so this may or may not be the correct answer.

[rmo2081]

H202 is not the waste of a perixisome, it is used by catalase in peroxidation reactions to detoxify other molecules (important in liver).

[PinkProgram]

@MissQuerade there is the third possibility of the cell reaching homeostasis and forming a symbiosis. Without experimentation it isn't possible to rule out that scenario.

[MissQuerade]

@PinkProgram From what I know about biology inserting a foreign organelle into a cell will show one or two possible scenarios. Firstly it would be regected due to being a foreign body, being broken down by various parts of the cell. Possibley causing apoptosis of said cell. The other scenario is that due to a foriegn body operating within the cell it could potentially change the pH, or due to a difference in pH the body or surrounding bodies would be disfunctional. Either way, wouldnt work well.

[Toxicjazzlove]

Thanks :)

[PinkProgram]

@riplamarck1859 I know of a worm that has symbiotic algae. The animal doesn't have a mouth or digestive tract since it no longer needs one. It isn't as complex as a mammal though.