Mitochondri Roles In The Body

The mitochondria play numerous roles in the body, from regulating metabolism to programmed cell death, in a process called apoptosis. It has a key part in global energy modulation. In oxidative phosphorylation, or OXPHOS, the mitochondrial converts the food into energy, in the form of ATP. With an increased mitochondrial mass and induced OXPHOS, it will lead to an increased need for ATP. Since the mitochondria is responsible for creating more than 90% of the energy the body needed, when there is mitochondrial impairment, there would less energy being produced. In age-related changes, the mitochondria are more likely to impair the host of cellular physiological functions. Mitochondrial dysfunction helps determine the tissue physiological function.