CellBioNewsFeb 19, 2025

Time to update textbooks on #electron_transport_chain in #mitochondria, researchers say.

#sodium #respiration #membrane_potential

https://phys.org/news/2025-02-textbooks-electron-chain-mitochondria.html

Time to update textbooks on electron transport chain in mitochondria, researchers say

In an article published in the journal Trends in Biochemical Sciences, Alicia Kowaltowski, full professor at the University of São Paulo's Institute of Chemistry (IQ-USP) in Brazil, advocates the "rewriting" of textbooks on the location of the electron transport chain in mitochondria and the role of sodium in mitochondrial respiration.

CellBioNewsNov 28, 2023

Researchers uncover battery-like functions of #mitochondria using super-resolution #microscopes.

#cristae #membrane_potential

https://phys.org/news/2023-11-uncover-battery-like-functions-mitochondria-super-resolution.html

Researchers uncover battery-like functions of mitochondria using super-resolution microscopes

Using new super-resolution microscopes, researchers at the University of California, Irvine and the University of Pennsylvania have for the first time observed electrical charge and discharge functions inside mitochondria isolated from cells.

Phys.org