Unraveling the heater: New insights into the structure of the alternative oxidase

Annual Review of Plant Biology

Volumn 64, Issue , 2013, Pages 637-663

  Moore, Anthony L ^a   Shiba, Tomoo ^b   Young, Luke ^a   Harada, Shigeharu ^c   Kita, Kiyoshi ^b   Ito, Kikukatsu ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytochrome pathway; Diiron carboxylate proteins; Electron transport; NADH dehydrogenases; Respiration; Ubiquinol oxidase

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE OXIDASE; ANTIMYCIN A1; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; UBIQUINOL OXIDASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

CHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGUS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE;

ANTIMYCIN A; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; FUNGI; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84877681607     PISSN: 15435008     EISSN: 15452123     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-arplant-042811-105432     Document Type: Review

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