Variable proton-pumping stoichiometry in structural variants of cytochrome c oxidase

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics

Volumn 1797, Issue 6-7, 2010, Pages 710-723

  Brzezinski, Peter ^a   Johansson, Ann Louise ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cytochrome aa3; Electron transfer; Electrostatics; Energy transduction; Membrane protein; Mitochondria; Respiration

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; OXYGEN; PROTON PUMP;

CATALYSIS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; REVIEW; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; STOICHIOMETRY; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; GENETIC VARIATION; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

EID: 77953770537     PISSN: 00052728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2010.02.020     Document Type: Review

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