Judit Kiss, Veronika Suhajdáné Urbán, Hargita Hegyesi

Applied Biology


Mitochondria

Mitochondria are rod-shaped organelles present in all eukaryotic cells that can be considered the power generators of the cell, converting oxygen and nutrients into adenosine triphosphate (ATP). ATP is the chemical energy “currency” of the cell that powers the cell’s metabolic activities. This process is called aerobic respiration. In fact, mitochondria enable cells to produce 15 times more ATP than they could otherwise, and complex animals, like humans, need large amounts of energy in order to survive. The name of the organelles was coined to reflect the way they looked to the first scientists to observe them, stemming from the Greek words for “thread” and “granule.” For many years after their discovery, mitochondria were commonly believed to transmit hereditary information. It was not until the mid-1950s when a method for isolating the organelles intact was developed that the modern understanding of mitochondrial function was worked out.

Applied Biology

Tartalomjegyzék


Kiadó: Akadémiai Kiadó

Online megjelenés éve: 2020

ISBN: 978 963 454 526 2

Hivatkozás: https://mersz.hu/hegyesi-kiss-suhajdane-applied-biology//

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