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Analyzing Supercomplexes of the Mitochondrial Electron Transport Chain with Native Electrophoresis, In-gel Assays, and Electroelution
Published on: June 1, 2017
Enzymatic characterization of an active NDH complex from Thermosynechococcus elongatus
Peng Hu1, Jing Lv, Pengcheng Fu
1National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, CAS, 300 Fenglin Road, Shanghai 200032, China.
Abstract:
Although type-1 NAD(P)H dehydrogenase (NDH) complex subunit constituents and physiological functions have been reported in plants and cyanobacteria, the biochemical properties of this enzyme are not clear. We used chromatographic isolation to purify and characterize a NADPH-active NDH from the cyanobacterium Thermosynechococcus elongatus. Ferredoxin (Fd) and ferredoxin-NADP(+) oxidoreductase (FNR) were co-eluted with NDH, implying the electron donation from NADPH to NDH via the interaction with FNR. We investigated the enzymatic properties of the complex. Furthermore, the activity is competitively inhibited by rotenone, suggesting that it possesses a quinone binding site, similar to mitochondria complex I.
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