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Top 7 From F1000 © SERCOMI / Photo Researchers, Inc. 1. Piston proton pump » The X-ray structure of a membrane complex involved in aerobic respiration (and implicated in neurodegeneration) reveals an unusual piston-like mechanism for pumping protons across the mitochondrial membrane, and provides clues for developing drugs against Parkinson’s and other related diseases. R.G. Efremov et al., Nature, 2010 May 27, 465(7297):441–4


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1. Piston proton pump » The X-ray structure of a membrane complex involved in aerobic respiration (and implicated in neurodegeneration) reveals an unusual piston-like mechanism for pumping protons across the mitochondrial membrane, and provides clues for developing drugs against Parkinson’s and other related diseases.

R.G. Efremov et al., Nature, 2010 May 27, 465(7297):441–45. Eval by Nathan Nelson, Tel Aviv Univ; Andrea Mattevi, Univ Pavia; Terrence Frey, San Diego State Univ; Thomas Meier, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics ID: 3375956

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I. Surolia et al., Nature, AOP: 2010 June 16. Eval by Mark Anderson, Univ Calif, San Francisco; Anthony DeFranco, UCSF ID: 3611960

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