Key role of quinone in the mechanism of respiratory complex I

oleh: Javier Gutiérrez-Fernández, Karol Kaszuba, Gurdeep S. Minhas, Rozbeh Baradaran, Margherita Tambalo, David T. Gallagher, Leonid A. Sazanov

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2020-08-01

Deskripsi

Complex I (NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase) is the first enzyme of the respiratory chain in bacteria and mitochondria. Here, the authors present cryo-EM and crystal structures of T. thermophilus complex I in different conformational states and further analyse them by Normal Mode Analysis and molecular dynamics simulations and conclude that quinone redox reactions are important for the coupling mechanism of complex I.