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Open questions: respiratory chain supercomplexes-why are they there and what do they do?

Judy Hirst
Published in: BMC biology (2018)
In the mitochondrial inner membrane the respiratory enzymes associate to form supramolecular assemblies known as supercomplexes. The existence of supercomplexes is now widely accepted-but what functional or structural advantages, if any, do they confer?
Keyphrases
  • oxidative stress
  • minimally invasive
  • respiratory tract
  • water soluble
  • energy transfer