Area of respiratory unit (of electron transport chain)

Range ~84 nm^2
Organism Bacteria Escherichia coli
Reference Szenk M, Dill KA, de Graff AMR. Why Do Fast-Growing Bacteria Enter Overflow Metabolism? Testing the Membrane Real Estate Hypothesis. Cell Syst. 2017 Aug 235(2):95-104. doi: 10.1016/j.cels.2017.06.005. p.98 right column top paragraphPubMed ID28755958
Comments p.98 right column top paragraph: "The area of a respiratory unit, roughly 84 nm^2, is calculated from the cross-sectional areas of the five electron transport chain complexes’ protein structures and their abundances relative to ATP synthase (Box 1 Tables S1B and S1D)."
Entered by Uri M
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