Study shows how bacteria guide electron flow for efficient energy generation

(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Biochemists at the University of Illinois have isolated a protein supercomplex from a bacterial membrane that, like a battery, generates a voltage across the bacterial membrane. The voltage is used to make ATP, a key energy currency of life. The new findings, reported in the journal Nature, will inform future efforts to obtain the atomic structures of large membrane protein supercomplexes.

Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - May 14, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: news