mitochondrial matrix
The gel-like material, with considerable fine structure, that lies in the matrix space, or lumen, of a mitochondrion. It contains the enzymes of the tricarboxylic acid cycle and, in some organisms, the enzymes concerned with fatty acid oxidation. [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0198506732 ]
Term info
mitochondrial matrix
- mitochondrial lumen
GO:0031980
mitochondrial stroma
cellular_component
GO:0005759
Term relations
- mitochondrial nucleoid
- NAGS/NAGK complex
- mitochondrial glutamate synthase complex (NADH)
- mitochondrial fatty acid beta-oxidation multienzyme complex
- mitochondrial processing peptidase complex
- mitochondrial electron transfer flavoprotein complex
- mitochondrial pyruvate dehydrogenase (lipoamide) phosphatase complex
- mitochondrial ribosome
- gamma DNA polymerase complex
- mitochondrial pyruvate dehydrogenase complex
- PAM complex, Tim23 associated import motor
- mitochondrial endopeptidase Clp complex
- Ecsit-NDUFAF1 complex
- mitochondrial tricarboxylic acid cycle enzyme complex