Probing the access of protons to the K pathway in the Paracoccus denitrificans cytochrome c oxidase

FEBS Journal

Volumn 272, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 404-412

  Richter, Oliver M H ^a   Dürr, Katharina L ^a   Kannt, Aimo ^b   Ludwig, Bernd ^a   Scandurra, Francesca M ^c   Giuffrè, Alessandro ^c   Sarti, Paolo ^c   Hellwig, Petra ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Germany)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cytochrome c oxidase; Electron transfer; FTIR; Proton channel; Site directed mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; HEME; LYSINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROTON PUMP;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME SUBUNIT; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; VIBRATION;

ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; ELECTROSTATICS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; PROTONS; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED;

NEGIBACTERIA; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS;

EID: 12544249247     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2004.04480.x     Document Type: Article

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