Tracing the trail of protons through complex I of the mitochondrial respiratory chain.
Mitochondria are the structures that produce the bulk part of the cellular energy currency ATP, which drives numerous energy requiring processes in the cell. This process involves a series of large enzyme complexes--the respiratory chain--that couples the transfer of electrons to the creation of a c...
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Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2011-08-01
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Series: | PLoS Biology |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3160332?pdf=render |