Regulation and functional role of the electron transport chain supercomplexes

Mitochondria are one of the most exhaustively investigated organelles in the cell and most attention has been paid to the components of the mitochondrial electron transport chain (ETC) in the last 100 years. The ETC collects electrons from NADH or FADH2 and transfers them through a series of electro...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Cogliati, Sara, Cabrera Alarcón, José Luis, Enriquez, Antonio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/704363
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/704363
https://dx.doi.org/10.1042/BST20210460
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Cytochrome c Oxidase
Multienzyme Complex
Reactive Oxygen Metabolite
Succinate Dehydrogenase (Ubiquinone)
Supercomplex
Unclassified Drug
Bioenergy
Cell Organelle
Citric Acid Cycle
Cryoelectron Microscopy
Enzyme Activity
Biología y Biomedicina / Biología
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Sumario:Mitochondria are one of the most exhaustively investigated organelles in the cell and most attention has been paid to the components of the mitochondrial electron transport chain (ETC) in the last 100 years. The ETC collects electrons from NADH or FADH2 and transfers them through a series of electron carriers within multiprotein respiratory complexes (complex I to IV) to oxygen, therefore generating an electrochemical gradient that can be used by the F1-F0-ATP synthase (also named complex V) in the mitochondrial inner membrane to synthesize ATP. The organization and function of the ETC is a continuous source of surprises. One of the latest is the discovery that the respiratory complexes can assemble to form a variety of larger structures called super-complexes (SCs). This opened an unexpected level of complexity in this well-known and fundamental biological process. This review will focus on the current evidence for the formation of different SCs and will explore how they modulate the ETC organization according to the metabolic state. Since the field is rapidly growing, we also comment on the experimental techniques used to describe these SC and hope that this overview may inspire new technologies that will help to advance the field