A paper by scientists affiliated with the University of São Paulo highlights new discoveries regarding the mechanisms of oxidative phosphorylation involved in ATP production. Recent studies have ...

At the inner mitochondrial membrane, a high energy electron is passed along an electron transport chain. The energy released ... through the membrane, through ATP synthase. As this happens ...

In an article published in the journal Trends in Biochemical Sciences, Alicia Kowaltowski, full professor at the University ...

These are mitochondria of several distantly related unicellular eukaryotes (protists) that lack an electron transport chain altogether. They synthesize ATP from pyruvate breakdown via simple ...

In an article published in the journal Trends in Biochemical Sciences, Alicia Kowaltowski , full professor at the University of São Paulo's ...

The study shows that mitochondria do more than provide energy; they play an active role in modulating the immune response.