Stuchebrukhov research group           Department of Chemistry           University of California at Davis






   Complex I (NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase) plays a central role in the respiratory electron transport chain by coupling the transfer of electrons over 90 Å along seven Fe/S clusters from NADH to ubiquinone to the creation of the proton gradient across the membrane necessary for ATP synthesis.

Projects

Electron Tunneling in Complex I

Electrostatics of Complex I Enzyme