Redox-dependent conformational changes in cytochrome c oxidase suggest a gating mechanism for proton uptake

Biochemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 5121-5130

  Qin, Ling ^a,b   Liu, Jian ^a   Mills, Denise A ^a   Proshlyakov, Denis A ^a   Hiser, Carrie ^a   Ferguson Miller, Shelagh ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SITE; BACTERIAL OXIDASE; BOVINE OXIDASE; CONFORMATIONAL CHANGE; COUPLING MECHANISM; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; GATING MECHANISMS; HIGH-RESOLUTION STRUCTURES; HYDROPHOBIC REGIONS; K-PATHS; ORDERED WATER; PORPHYRIN RINGS; PROTON CONDUCTION; PROTON UPTAKE; PROTON-PUMPING; RE-OXIDATION; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SPHAEROIDES; WATER MOLECULE; X RAY CRYSTAL STRUCTURES;

CYANIDES; MOLECULES; PORPHYRINS; PROTONS;

CONFORMATIONS;

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; DITHIONITE; HEME; PORPHYRIN; PROTON PUMP;

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; HEME; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTONS; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVINAE; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

EID: 67049086176     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi9001387     Document Type: Article

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