Editorial: Mitochondrial OXPHOS System: Emerging Concepts and Technologies and Role in Disease.

Abstract

Mitochondria are eukaryotic organelles responsible for generating the main bulk of ATP, the cellular energy currency, via the process of oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS). The OXPHOS system is unique because it comprises subunits of dual genetic origin, encoded in the mitochondrial and the nuclear genomes. Therefore, to form the multimeric membrane-bound complexes responsible for this energy production process, proteins translated inside the organelle must be assembled in coordination with those expressed in the cytosol and imported into mitochondria by using a sophisticated import and translocation machinery