Rhonda Patrick· PhD
Yes.so when a mitochondrion is suboptimal in its function, it will decrease its mitochondrial transmembrane potential. And this is a signal to activate enzymes on the surface of the mitochondria that cause ubiquity relation, recruitment of autophagy adapters, and leads at the end to autophagy because of the organelles or the organelle in a way offers itself, it proclaims its sacrifice by autophagy.