Open questions: respiratory chain supercomplexes-why are they there and what do they do?
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SUBMITTER: Hirst J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6211484 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov
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Open questions: respiratory chain supercomplexes-why are they there and what do they do?
BMC biology 20181101 1
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? ...[more]
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