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Towards a structural elucidation of the alternative oxidase in plants.
Physiologia plantarum - 1 Dec 2009
Albury Mary S, Elliott Catherine, Moore Anthony L
Abstract excerpt
In addition to the conventional cytochrome c oxidase, mitochondria of all plants studied to date contain a second cyanide-resistant terminal oxidase or alternative oxidase (AOX). The AOX is located in the inner mitochondrial membrane and branches from the cytochrome pathway at the level of the quinone pool. It is non-protonmotive and couples the oxidation of ubiquinone to the reduction of oxygen to water. For...
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