Suppose a young boy is always tired and fatigued, suffering from a metabolic disease. Which of the following organelles is most likely malfunctioning in this disease?

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The prompt asks us to identify which organelle is most likely malfunctioning in a metabolic disease presenting with persistent fatigue in a young boy.
First, note that the specific answer options are not provided in the data, so we cannot compare multiple choices. Nonetheless, we can reason from biology: fatigue and metabolic disturbances in a child often point to a cell’s energy production problems.
Mitochondria are the organelles that generate most of the cell’s ATP through processes like oxidative phosphorylation and the TCA cycle. When mitochondria malfunction, cells cannot efficiently convert nutrients into usable energy, leading to systemic fatigue and metabolic symptoms that can manifest as a metabolic disease, especially in energy-demanding tissues.
If a disease impairs mitochondrial function, pathways dependent on aerobic respiration become less effective, causing reduced ATP output, lactic acidosis in some cases, and overall fatigue. This makes mitochondria the most plausible organelle implicated in a metabolic disorder that presents with tiredness.
Other common organelles include the nucleus (genetic regulation), endoplasmic reticulum (protein folding and lipid synthesis), Golgi apparatus (protein trafficking), and lysosomes (degradation). While defects in these can cause disease, they are not as directly tied to cellular energy production as mitochondrial defects are, particularly when fatigue and metabolic symptoms predominate.
Because the provided answer list is missing, we cannot comment on the alternatives, but based on the classic clinical correlation, mitochondria remain the organelle most likely involved in this scenario.

BIOL-10-20048-S25 Lecture Exam 1- Monday 2/24

Suppose a young boy is always tired and fatigued, suffering from a metabolic disease. Which of the following organelles is most likely malfunctioning in this disease?

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Suppose a young boy is always tired and fatigued, suffering from a metabolic disease. Which of the following organelles is most likely malfunctioning in this disease?

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