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A physics perspective needed on how the Mitochondria machine works
Mitochondria are the energy producing organelles in the body which make energy by adding a chemical bond converting a di-phosphate ADP to ATP (tri-phosphate). The problem is the precise machinery about how this works is not entirely known. The oxidative phosphorylation system which is composed of 5 large protein complexes known as complexes I-V are responsible for making ATP which is shown in any high school textbook...
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