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Piston drives a proton pump

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The membrane-spanning enzyme known as complex I couples the movement of electrons to that of protons as a way of converting energy. Crystal structures suggest how electron transfer drives proton pumping from afar.

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Figure 1: Indirect coupling of electron transfer to proton pumping in complex I.

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