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Structural elements involved in proton translocation by cytochrome c oxidase as revealed by backbone amide hydrogen-deuterium exchange of the E286H mutant.
Biochemistry - 8 Jan 2008
Busenlehner Laura S, Brändén Gisela, Namslauer Ida, Brzezinski Peter, Armstrong Richard N
Abstract excerpt
Cytochrome c oxidase is the terminal electron acceptor in the respiratory chains of aerobic organisms and energetically couples the reduction of oxygen to water to proton pumping across the membrane. The mechanisms of proton uptake, gating, and pumping have yet to be completely elucidated at the molecular level for these enzymes. For Rhodobacter sphaeroides CytcO (cytochrome aa3), it appears as though the E286...
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