The mechanism for proton pumping in cytochrome c oxidase from an electrostatic and quantum chemical perspective

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics

Volumn 1817, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 495-505

  Blomberg, Margareta R A ^a,b   Siegbahn, Per E M ^a,b  

^a ALBANOVA UNIVERSITY CENTER   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cytochrome c oxidase; DFT; Gating; Proton pumping; Quantum chemistry

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; PROTON;

CHANNEL GATING; ELECTRON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTON TRANSPORT; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; REVIEW; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; HEME; HUMANS; KINETICS; PROTONS; QUANTUM THEORY; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 84857921525     PISSN: 00052728     EISSN: 18792650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2011.09.014     Document Type: Review

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