Electrostatic basis for the unidirectionality of the primary proton transfer in cytochrome c oxidase

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 7726-7731

  Pisliakov, Andrei V ^a   Sharma, Pankaz K ^a   Chu, Zhen T ^a   Haranczyk, Maciej ^a   Warshel, Arieh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coupled electron transfer proton transfer; Dielectric effects; Free energy calculations; pKa in nonpolar regions; Proton pumps

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; HEME; PROPIONIC ACID; WATER; PROTON;

ARTICLE; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY; HYDROPHOBICITY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; CHEMISTRY; ENTROPY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; ELECTROSTATICS; ENTROPY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTONS; WATER;

EID: 45549107077     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0800580105     Document Type: Article

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