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Mitochondria and Anaerobic Energy Metabolism in Eukaryotes - Biochemistry and Evolution (Hardcover)
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Mitochondria and Anaerobic Energy Metabolism in Eukaryotes - Biochemistry and Evolution (Hardcover)
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Mitochondria are sometimes called the powerhouses of eukaryotic
cells, because mitochondria are the site of ATP synthesis in the
cell. ATP is the universal energy currency, it provides the power
that runs all other life processes. Humans need oxygen to survive
because of ATP synthesis in mitochondria. The sugars from our diet
are converted to carbon dioxide in mitochondria in a process that
requires oxygen. Just like a fire needs oxygen to burn, our
mitochondria need oxygen to make ATP. From textbooks and popular
literature one can easily get the impression that all mitochondria
require oxygen. But that is not the case. There are many groups of
organismsm known that make ATP in mitochondria without the help of
oxygen. They have preserved biochemical relicts from the early
evolution of eukaryotic cells, which took place during times in
Earth history when there was hardly any oxygen avaiable, certainly
not enough to breathe. How the anaerobic forms of mitochondria
work, in which organisms they occur, and how the eukaryotic
anaerobes that possess them fit into the larger picture of rising
atmospheric oxygen during Earth history are the topic of this book.
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