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

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 375-388

  Sazanov, Leonid A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AUSTRIA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; PROTON PUMP; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE (UBIQUINONE); BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; UBIQUINOL CYTOCHROME C REDUCTASE;

CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON MOTIVE FORCE; PROTON TRANSPORT; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; REVIEW; STATIC ELECTRICITY; STOICHIOMETRY; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX I; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX III; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTON-MOTIVE FORCE;

EID: 84930041923     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: 14710080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm3997     Document Type: Review

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