A D-Pathway Mutation Decouples the Paracoccus denitrificans Cytochrome c Oxidase by Altering the Side-Chain Orientation of a Distant Conserved Glutamate

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 384, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 865-877

  Dürr, Katharina L ^a   Koepke, Juergen ^b   Hellwig, Petra ^a   Müller, Hannelore ^b   Angerer, Heike ^b   Peng, Guohong ^b   Olkhova, Elena ^b   Richter, Oliver Matthias H ^a   Ludwig, Bernd ^a   Michel, Hartmut ^a,b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

electron transfer; FTIR spectroscopy; proton gating; Proton pumping; water chain

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS;

EID: 56249146306     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.09.074     Document Type: Article

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