Researchers make proton pump of respiratory chain work in artificial polymer membrane
Wednesday, July 29, 2020 - 08:00
in Physics & Chemistry
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems in Magdeburg, the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Potsdam, and the University of Halle are one step closer towards a synthetically constructed cell. They have used an enzyme found in bacteria to assemble one crucial part of the respiratory chain—essential for the energy metabolism in many cells—and made it functional in an artificial polymer membrane.