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STUDY OF RESPIRATORY CHAIN DYSFUNCTION IN HEART DISEASE

The relentlessly beating heart has the greatest oxygen consumption of any organ in the body at rest, reflecting its huge metabolic turnover and energetic demands. The vast majority of its energy is produced and cycled in the form of ATP which stems mainly from oxidative phosphorylation occurring at the respiratory chain in the mitochondria. A part of energy production, the respiratory chain is als...