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Which organelle is responsible for converting glucose into usable energy (ATP) through cellular respiration?

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Mitochondrion (plural: mitochondria).

They convert glucose (and other fuels) into ATP by cellular respiration: glycolysis in the cytosol, then the citric acid (Krebs) cycle in the mitochondrial matrix and the electron transport chain/ATP synthase on the inner mitochondrial membrane. (In prokaryotes, which lack mitochondria, similar reactions occur at the plasma membrane.)