Organelles are specialized structures that perform important cellular functions; they are structures you can generally see only under a microscrope. which of the organelles below would you expect to find in all living cells? cell membrane cell wall dna cytoplasm nucleu

Mitochondria produce atp, a high energy compound. atp is used for all sorts of enzyme-mediated reactions, such as making proteins/nucleotides/etc, certain compounds cross the cell membrane, muscles move, etc.  without this source of energy, a cell will die. it will not be able to repair itself, defend against pathogens, etc.

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