Why isn't the mitochondrion classified as part of the endomembrane system?

a) It is not involved in protein synthesis.
b) It has too many vesicles.
c) Its structure is not derived from the ER.
d) It is not attached to the outer nuclear envelope.
e) It only has two membrane layers.


Ans: c) Its structure is not derived from the ER.

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