摘要
Respirasome, a huge molecular machine that carries out cellular respiration, has gained growing attention since its discovery, because respiration is the most indis- pensable biological process in almost all living crea- tures. The concept of respirasome has renewed our understanding of the respiratory chain organization, and most recently, the structure of respirasome solved by Yang＇s group from Tsinghua University （Gu et al. Nature 237（7622）：639-643, 2016） firstly presented the detailed interactions within this huge molecular machine, and provided important information for drug design and screening. However, the study of cellular respiration went through a long history. Here, we briefly showed the detoured history of respiratory chain investigation, and then described the amazing structure of respirasome.
Respirasome, a huge molecular machine that carries out cellular respiration, has gained growing attention since its discovery, because respiration is the most indis- pensable biological process in almost all living crea- tures. The concept of respirasome has renewed our understanding of the respiratory chain organization, and most recently, the structure of respirasome solved by Yang＇s group from Tsinghua University （Gu et al. Nature 237（7622）：639-643, 2016） firstly presented the detailed interactions within this huge molecular machine, and provided important information for drug design and screening. However, the study of cellular respiration went through a long history. Here, we briefly showed the detoured history of respiratory chain investigation, and then described the amazing structure of respirasome.
基金
This work was supported by funds from the National Basic Research Program （973 Program） （Nos. 2016YFA0501101 and 2012CB911101）, and the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars （No. 3163000168） and the National Natural Science Foundation of China （Grant Nos. 31030020 and 31170679）.
