2023 · Q19
Which organelle other than nucleus in eukaryotic cells has its own DNA, ribosomes and proteins?
general-sciencebiology-human-body
- AGolgi
- BMitochondria
- CLysosomes
- DNucleosomes
Explanation
Mitochondria possess their own circular DNA, their own ribosomes and the machinery to synthesise some of their own proteins, a legacy of their endosymbiotic origin. The Golgi apparatus and lysosomes have no independent genome, and nucleosomes are chromatin subunits rather than organelles. Hence mitochondria is the organelle, besides the nucleus, with its own DNA, ribosomes and proteins.