A novel electron transfer mechanism suggested by crystallographic studies of mitochondrial cytochrome bc1 complex

Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 673-679

  Xia, Di ^a,c   Kim, Hoeon ^a   Yu, Chang An ^b   Yu, Linda ^b   Kachurin, Anatoly ^b   Zhang, Li ^b   Deisenhofer, Johann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

bc1 complex; Conformational change; Electron transfer; Inhibitor; Structure

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C1; IRON; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; UBIQUINOL CYTOCHROME C REDUCTASE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIMERIZATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX III; MITOCHONDRIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

BOVINAE;

EID: 0032451832     PISSN: 08298211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/bcb-76-5-673     Document Type: Conference Paper

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