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Analysis of Escherichia coli mutants with a linear respiratory chain.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Steinsiek Sonja, Stagge Stefan, Bettenbrock Katja
Abstract excerpt
The respiratory chain of E. coli is branched to allow the cells' flexibility to deal with changing environmental conditions. It consists of the NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductases NADH dehydrogenase I and II, as well as of three terminal oxidases. They differ with respect to energetic efficiency (proton translocation) and their affinity to the different quinone/quinol species and oxygen. In order to analyze the...
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