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The resolution of complex biological systems and subsequent reconstitution of part or the whole of the original function from the separated components have been powerful tools in biochemistry and molecular biology. This approach has also been used in mitochondrial studies, and much of our current knowledge of electron transport and energy-coupling mechanisms stems from attempts at dissecting and reconstituting the multienzyme system that catalyzes these processes. This chapter will review some of the older and more recent experiments on the reconstitution of the respiratory chain and of the ATP synthetase.
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Tzagoloff, A. (1982). Resolution and Reconstitution of Electron Transport and Oxidative Phosphorylation. In: Mitochondria. Cellular Organelles. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3294-7_8
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