(Short Paper14) Quantum Biological Redefinition of Mitochon dria: In Vivo QPU Clock Generation via High Membrane Potential Shielding and ATP Synthase Rotation

Abstract

Mitochondria, primarily recognized as the powerhouses of eukaryotic energy production, have traditionally been understood merely as chemical suppliers of ATP. However, classical biochemical frameworks fail to fully elucidate the physiological significance of the inner mitochondrial membrane’s electrostatic potential—maintaining roughly -180 mV, the highest within the cell—as well as the physical nanorotational dynamics of FoF1-ATP synthase operating at hundreds of revolutions per second. In this paper, we propose a physical model that redefines mitochondria as the “fundamental power units of the in vivo quantum processing unit (QPU)”. We demonstrate a mechanism wherein the extreme electrostatic field of the inner mitochondrial membrane serves as an electrostatic shield to suppress thermal decoherence and initialize the quantum states of 31 P nuclear spins, while the rotational mechanics of ATP synthase periodically emit coherent spin-wave pulses (quantum clocks), driving synchronous operations across the systemic QPU network.