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What is a cell that provides energy for another organism called?

Asked by Alfred Hook, Last updated: Apr 10, 2024

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Matz Lewis Clark

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Matz Lewis Clark, College student, Graduation, Orlando

Answered Feb 18, 2021

You would call this organism the host cell. A host cell is a type of cell that can possibly be invaded by a bacterium or a virus. This can harbor foreign objects, and at times, the body will be unable to detect the foreign object because it is being protected by a host cell.

At times, a host cell can also be defined as the type of cell that has been introduced with DNA or RNA. There is some bacteria cell that may act as a host cell in different circumstances. The virus that may start living in the host cell will eventually cause the cell to burst and die. This can also cause the virus to spread to other cells easily.

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Chris Kenway

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Answered Feb 16, 2021

The correct answer to this question is Host Cell. This term is incredibly important when it comes to the medical field of science. This is because it explains the way that viruses are able to infect the body.

When a virus enters the body, it will attach to the host cell. While it attaches to the host cell, it allows from the virus to be able to reproduce. At the same time, when a medication is given to a person with the infection, the medication will work so that the virus is no longer able to attach from the host cell.

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S. Hughes

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Answered Feb 12, 2021

A cell that provides energy for another organism is called a mitochondrion. The plural of a mitochondrion is mitochondria. Mitochondria can be described as cell organelles that are bound to the membrane and that generates a higher amount of the chemical energy needed to power the biochemical reactions of the cell.

The mitochondria's produced chemical energy is stored in a small molecule referred to as adenosine triphosphate (ATP). There is a presence of small chromosomes that belong to mitochondria in them. Generally, mitochondria are primarily inherited from the mother only, as well as mitochondria DNA.

Mitochondria are bound by two distinct membranes. The membranes serve the function of mitochondria, and this is important for the production of energy. When the chemicals within the cells are converted, this leads to the production of energy. And energy is being produced in the form of ATP as a result of the conversion process.

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L. Hawkes

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L. Hawkes, Teacher, Memphis

Answered Feb 12, 2021

Cells are paired with the exergonic reactions to harness the energy within the bonds of ATP. Adenosine triphosphate comprises the nitrogenous base adenine, the fine carbon sugar ribose, and three phosphate groups. The energy distributed by the hydrolysis of ATP into ADP is used to execute cellular work, usually by combining the two's reactions.

In living things, glucose is the essential nutrient, but ATP is the basic fuel. ATP is a nucleotide, which involves five different nitrogenous bases, a five-carbon sugar called ribose, and one to three phosphate groups.

The TP in ATP stands for triphosphate and indicates that ATP has the maximum number of phosphate groups that a nucleotide can have. The attachment makes most ATP of a phosphate group to ADP, a method known as phosphorylation.

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Alfred Hook

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Answered Sep 10, 2018

Host Cell
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