Coupled electron and proton transfer reactions during the O → e transition in bovine cytochrome c oxidase

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics

Volumn 1817, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 506-517

  Popović, Dragan M ^a   Stuchebrukhov, Alexei A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytochrome c oxidase; Donor acceptor system; Gating mechanism; pK a and E m calculation; Proton pumping; Proton loading site

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; HEME; HISTIDINE; PROTON PUMP;

COW; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; IONIZATION; MOLECULAR MODEL; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PKA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CATTLE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; HISTIDINE; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTONS;

BOVINAE;

EID: 84857916864     PISSN: 00052728     EISSN: 18792650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2011.10.013     Document Type: Review

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