Key role of water in proton transfer at the Qo-site of the cytochrome bc1 complex predicted by atomistic molecular dynamics simulations

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics

Volumn 1827, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 761-768

  Postila, Pekka A ^a   Kaszuba, Karol ^a   Sarewicz, Marcin ^b   Osyczka, Artur ^b   Vattulainen, Ilpo ^a,c   Róg, Tomasz ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cytochrome bc1; Electron transfer; Molecular dynamics simulation; Proton transfer; Quinol quinone; Short circuit suppression

Indexed keywords

CITRININ; DIMER; HYDROXYL GROUP; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; PROTON; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; SEMIQUINONE; UBIQUINOL CYTOCHROME C REDUCTASE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIMERIZATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; HYDROGEN BOND; LIPID BILAYER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; PROTON TRANSPORT; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX III; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTONS; QUINONES; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; WATER;

RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS;

EID: 84875951229     PISSN: 00052728     EISSN: 18792650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2013.02.005     Document Type: Article

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