Titration behavior of residues at the entrance of the D-pathway of cytochrome c oxidase from Paracoccus denitrificans investigated by continuum electrostatic calculations

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 2324-2331

  Olkhova, Elena ^a   Helms, Volkhard ^b   Michel, Hartmut ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; HISTIDINE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONDUCTANCE; CONTINUUM ELECTROSTATIC CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENZYME CHEMISTRY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; PKA; PROTEIN VARIANT; PROTON TRANSPORT; TITRIMETRY;

PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS;

EID: 25844460787     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.062091     Document Type: Article

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