![Kristen Ryan, Donald S. Backos, Philip Reigan, and Manisha Patel. Post-Translational Oxidative Modification and Inactivation of Mitochondrial Complex I in Epileptogenesis. The Journal of Neuroscience, 15 August 2012, 32(33):11250-11258.](https://www.brainfacts.org/-/media/Brainfacts2/Brain-Anatomy-and-Function/Cells-and-Circuits/Article-Images/81712-IOTW-2.png)
The conversion of sunlight or food into the energy that makes life as we know it possible involves numerous chains of chemical reactions. One molecule with a starring role in metabolism is adenosine triphosphate (ATP).
The image above shows a computer simulation of a protein complex involved in the production of ATP. The researchers who created it were interested in how protein changes caused by epilepsy affect the protein’s function.
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