TY - INPR A1 - Parey, Kristian Kurt A1 - Lasham, Jonathan A1 - Mills, Deryck J. A1 - Djurabekova, Amina A1 - Haapanen, Outi A1 - Galemou Yoga, Etienne A1 - Xie, Hao A1 - Kühlbrandt, Werner A1 - Sharma, Vivek A1 - Vonck, Janet A1 - Zickermann, Volker T1 - High-resolution structure and dynamics of mitochondrial complex I -insights into the proton pumping mechanism T2 - bioRxiv N2 - Mitochondrial NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase (complex I) is a 1 MDa membrane protein complex with a central role in energy metabolism. Redox-driven proton translocation by complex I contributes substantially to the proton motive force that drives ATP synthase. Several structures of complex I from bacteria and mitochondria have been determined but its catalytic mechanism has remained controversial. We here present the cryo-EM structure of complex I from Yarrowia lipolytica at 2.1 Å resolution, which reveals the positions of more than 1600 protein-bound water molecules, of which ∼100 are located in putative proton translocation pathways. Another structure of the same complex under steady-state activity conditions at 3.4 Å resolution indicates conformational transitions that we associate with proton injection into the central hydrophilic axis. By combining high-resolution structural data with site-directed mutagenesis and large-scale molecular dynamics simulations, we define details of the proton translocation pathways, and offer new insights into the redox-coupled proton pumping mechanism of complex I. Y1 - 2021 UR - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/72882 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-728827 IS - 2021.04.16.440187 ER -