Cytochrome c oxidase: Intermediates of the catalytic cycle and their energy-coupled interconversion

FEBS Letters

Volumn 586, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 630-639

  Konstantinov, Alexander A ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Catalytic cycle; Cytochrome oxidase; Oxygen intermediate; Proton pumping; Time resolved study

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; CYTOCHROME P450; HEME; OXYGEN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROTON;

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHIMERA; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON MOTIVE FORCE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOCATALYSIS; CATTLE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; ENERGY METABOLISM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

EID: 84857923790     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: 18733468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2011.08.037     Document Type: Review

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