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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2026

Quinones operate as proton-collecting antennas in energy-transducing membranes.

Adel Beghiah, Niusha Bagheri, Sofia Badolato, Hyunho Kim, Timir Baran Sil, Maximilian C Pöverlein, Jerker Widengren, Ville R I Kaila

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Adel Beghiah *Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, The Arrhenius Laboratories for Natural Sciences, Stockholm University, Stockholm 10691, Sweden.ORCID 0009-0000-8536-808X
Niusha Bagheri *Experimental Biomolecular Physics, Department of Applied Physics, Royal Institute of Technology (Kungliga Tekniska högskolan), Albanova University Center, Stockholm 106 91, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-2922-1566
Sofia BadolatoDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, The Arrhenius Laboratories for Natural Sciences, Stockholm University, Stockholm 10691, Sweden.ORCID 0009-0006-7562-2164
Hyunho KimDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, The Arrhenius Laboratories for Natural Sciences, Stockholm University, Stockholm 10691, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-2964-5908
Timir Baran SilExperimental Biomolecular Physics, Department of Applied Physics, Royal Institute of Technology (Kungliga Tekniska högskolan), Albanova University Center, Stockholm 106 91, Sweden.ORCID 0009-0003-0399-9569
Maximilian C PöverleinDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, The Arrhenius Laboratories for Natural Sciences, Stockholm University, Stockholm 10691, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0003-1868-2022
Jerker WidengrenExperimental Biomolecular Physics, Department of Applied Physics, Royal Institute of Technology (Kungliga Tekniska högskolan), Albanova University Center, Stockholm 106 91, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0003-3200-0374
Ville R I KailaDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, The Arrhenius Laboratories for Natural Sciences, Stockholm University, Stockholm 10691, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0003-4464-6324

Funding

Goran Gustafsson Foundation for Research in Natural Sciences and Medicine N/AKnut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse (kawforskning) 2019.0251Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse (kawforskning) 2024.0220Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research BENVAC RMX18-0041Swedish Research Council 2025-04607Swedish Research Council 2025-05609
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The bioenergetic complexes of energy-transducing membranes generate a proton current that powers the synthesis of adenosine triphosphate. Yet, since the early days of the chemiosmotic theory, it has remained elusive and much debated whether the proton motive force (PMF) delocalizes into the bulk solvent surrounding the energy-transducing membrane or if the thermodynamic force is exerted as a localized proton current along the membrane surface. To elucidate the molecular principles underlying protonation dynamics at biological membranes, we combine here proteoliposome experiments with fluorescence correlation spectroscopy and multiscale molecular simulations. We show that ubiquinone (Q

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ProtonsQuinonesUbiquinoneEnergy MetabolismHydrogen BondingHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationLiposomesMolecular Dynamics SimulationProteolipidsProton-Motive ForceSpectrometry, FluorescenceThermodynamicsLiposomesProteolipidsproteoliposomesProtonsQuinonesUbiquinonebioenergeticsFCSproton motive forceQ10QM/MM

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PMID41980103
PMCPMC13099693

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