INTRODUCTION

INTRODUCTION 

The mitochondrion is a membrane-bound organelle found in most eukaryotic cells, the cells that make up plants and animals, Mitochondria range from 0.5 to 1.0 micrometer (μm) in diameter. These structures are sometimes described as "cellular power" because they generate most of the cell's supply of adenosine triphosphate (ATP), used as a source of chemical energy. In addition to supplying cellular energy, mitochondria are involved in other tasks such as signaling, cellular differentiation, cell death, as well as the control of the cell cycle and cell growth. Mitochondria have been implicated in several human diseases, including mitochondrial disorders and cardiac dysfunction, and may play a role in the aging process.The mitochondrion is an important organelle for the cell realizes its basic functions.

Mitochondria in the body is an organelle imporatante then performed to obtain specific energy metabolism for human tasks. With inluso malfunction or without the presence of mitochondrial metabolism could fail, resulting in disease, the present work is to understand how a mitochondrion may fail and this would cause.