Crystal structure of Complex I

The E.coli enzyme has 63 transmembrane alpha-helice,of which 55 are shown here. Several are bent, and 6 are discontinuous or broken . It includes six subunits, NuoL, NuoM, NuoN, NuoA, NuoJ and NuoK. Subunits NuoA, J and K form an 11-helix bundle near the interface with the hydrophilic domain, and the antiporter-like subunits NuoN, M, and L follow, as proposed earlier. Sequence conservation is high for  the membrane core of all subunits.


Structure of the membrane domain of respiratory complex I. 
Efremov, R.G., Sazanov, L.A., 
(2011) Nature 476: 414-420

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3rko (PDB)

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