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Most cellular metabolism funnels substrates into mitochondria because glycolysis, amino‑acid catabolism, and beta‑oxidation generate acetyl‑CoA and reduced cofactors that create a proton gradient across the mitochondrial membrane, powering ATP synthase to convert ADP+Pi into ATP.
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