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JOURNAL OF BIOENERGETICS AND BIOMEMBRANES
Volume 33, Issue 3, Pages 197-203Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010778802236
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mitochondria; complex I; NADH : ubiquinone reductases; alternative NADH dehydrogenase; gene disruption; mutants; Neurospora crassa
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The mitochondrial complex I is the first component of the respiratory chain coupling electron transfer from NADH to ubiquinone to proton translocation across the inner membrane of the organelle. The enzyme from the fungus Neurospora crassa is similar to that of other organisms in terms of protein and prosthetic group composition, structure, and function. It contains a high number of polypeptide subunits of dual genetic origin. Most of its subunits were cloned, including those binding redox groups. Extensive gene disruption experiments were conducted, revealing many aspects of the structure, function, and biogenesis of complex I. Complex I is essential for the sexual phase of the life cycle of N. crassa, but not for the asexual stage. In addition to complex I, the fungal mitochondria contain at least three nonproton-pumping alternative NAD(P)H dehydrogenases feeding electrons to the respiratory chain from either matrix or cytosolic substrates.
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