A giant molecular proton pump: structure and mechanism of respiratory complex I

LA Sazanov - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2015 - nature.com
The mitochondrial respiratory chain, also known as the electron transport chain (ETC), is
crucial to life, and energy production in the form of ATP is the main mitochondrial function …

Mitochondrial respiratory chain complexes

JS Sousa, E D'Imprima, J Vonck - Membrane protein complexes: structure …, 2018 - Springer
Mitochondria are the power stations of the eukaryotic cell, using the energy released by the
oxidation of glucose and other sugars to produce ATP. Electrons are transferred from NADH …

A universal coupling mechanism of respiratory complex I

V Kravchuk, O Petrova, D Kampjut… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Complex I is the first enzyme in the respiratory chain, which is responsible for energy
production in mitochondria and bacteria. Complex I couples the transfer of two electrons …

Mitochondrial complex I

J Hirst - Annual review of biochemistry, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Complex I (NADH: ubiquinone oxidoreductase) is crucial for respiration in many aerobic
organisms. In mitochondria, it oxidizes NADH from the tricarboxylic acid cycle and β …

Cyclin B1/Cdk1 coordinates mitochondrial respiration for cell-cycle G2/M progression

Z Wang, M Fan, D Candas, TQ Zhang, L Qin… - Developmental cell, 2014 - cell.com
A substantial amount of mitochondrial energy is required for cell-cycle progression. The
mechanisms underlying the coordination of the mitochondrial respiration with cell-cycle …

Structural adaptations of photosynthetic complex I enable ferredoxin-dependent electron transfer

JM Schuller, JA Birrell, H Tanaka, T Konuma… - Science, 2019 - science.org
Photosynthetic complex I enables cyclic electron flow around photosystem I, a regulatory
mechanism for photosynthetic energy conversion. We report a 3.3-angstrom-resolution cryo …

[HTML][HTML] Structure of respiratory complex I–An emerging blueprint for the mechanism

D Kampjut, LA Sazanov - Current opinion in structural biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Complex I is one of the major respiratory complexes, conserved from bacteria to mammals. It
oxidises NADH, reduces quinone and pumps protons across the membrane, thus playing a …

Cyclin B1/CDK1-regulated mitochondrial bioenergetics in cell cycle progression and tumor resistance

B **e, S Wang, N Jiang, JJ Li - Cancer letters, 2019 - Elsevier
A mammalian cell houses two genomes located separately in the nucleus and mitochondria.
During evolution, communications and adaptations between these two genomes occur …

[HTML][HTML] NDUFA4 is a subunit of complex IV of the mammalian electron transport chain

E Balsa, R Marco, E Perales-Clemente, R Szklarczyk… - Cell metabolism, 2012 - cell.com
The oxidative phosphorylation system is one of the best-characterized metabolic pathways.
In mammals, the protein components and X-ray structures are defined for all complexes …

Long-range electron tunneling

JR Winkler, HB Gray - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2014 - ACS Publications
Electrons have so little mass that in less than a second they can tunnel through potential
energy barriers that are several electron-volts high and several nanometers wide. Electron …