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The assembly level of the NDH-1 mutants was assessed using electron transfer from deamino-NADH to the \u2018shortcut\u2019 electron acceptor HAR (hexammine ruthenium), whereas ubiquinone reductase activity was determined using DB (decylubiquinone) as a substrate. Mutant growth in minimal medium with malate as the main carbon source was used for initial screening of the efficiency of energy conservation by NDH-1. The results indicated that NuoJ-M64V, the equivalent of the common LHON mutation in ND6, had a mild effect on E. coli NDH-1 activity, while nearby mutations, particularly NuoJ-Y59F, NuoJ-V65G and NuoJ-M72V, severely impaired the DB reduction rate and cell growth on malate. NuoJ-Met64 and NuoJ-Met72 position mutants lowered the affinity of NDH-1 for DB and explicit C-type inhibitors, whereas NuoJ-Y59C displayed substrate inhibition by oxidized DB. 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