A fourth category of eukaryotes possesses small, inconspicuous mitochondria that are not involved in ATP synthesis at all. These eukaryotes synthesize their ATP in the cytosol with the help of ...

Both the apparatus (enzymes) and the physical environment necessary for the oxidation of these molecules are contained in the mitochondria. Most cells use glucose for ATP synthesis, but there are ...

Mitochondria are critical for cellular homeostasis, regulating bioenergetics, redox balance, Ca2+ signaling, and cell death. Mitochondrial Ca2+ ...

The researchers then conducted functional assays to assess mitochondrial respiration using oxygen electrode experiments. ATP synthesis and adenosine diphosphate (ADP) depletion rates were also ...

In particular, mitochondrial Ca 2+ plays a dual role: enabling physiological functions like metabolism and ATP synthesis while contributing to pathological processes such as apoptosis and ...

elegans, the animals’ mitochondrial membrane potential was increased, which ramped up the production of molecular fuel. The process, they showed, required neither metabolic substrates like glucose nor ...

Mitochondria are crucial organelles for cellular homeostasis, regulating processes such as ATP production, reactive oxygen species (ROS) management and Ca2+ signaling.