Cells generate energy in the form of ATP using two major metabolic routes — glycolysis and oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS). OXPHOS, which occurs in the mitochondrion, is also known as mitochondrial ...

Wanting to help others can be good for your health. But if you feel like you have to do it and put aside your own well-being to do so, it can be problematic. This is known as a messiah complex, savior ...

The vast majority of proteins within a cell assemble into protein complexes to perform specific functions and play crucial roles in regulating diverse biological processes 1,2. Thus, comprehensive ...

Mitochondrial respiratory complexes (Complexes I–V) and their assembly into respiratory supercomplexes (SCs) are fundamental to liver bioenergetics, redox homeostasis, and metabolic adaptability.

Living organisms, our planet and even the entire universe are getting ever more complex with time. “Complex” doesn’t just mean “complicated”: it means that the parts of a system interact in ways that ...

It was recently Mother’s Day in the U.S., and it can be a complicated holiday for many people. Nurturance, care, and closeness are rarely neutral topics, making them magnets for complexes. In my last ...