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Intricate role of water in proton transport through cytochrome c oxidase.
Journal of the American Chemical Society - 17 Nov 2010
Lee Hyun Ju, Svahn Emelie, Swanson Jessica M J, Lepp Håkan, Voth Gregory A, Brzezinski Peter, Gennis Robert B
Abstract excerpt
Cytochrome c oxidase (CytcO), the final electron acceptor in the respiratory chain, catalyzes the reduction of O(2) to H(2)O while simultaneously pumping protons across the inner mitochondrial or bacterial membrane to maintain a transmembrane electrochemical gradient that drives, for example, ATP synthesis. In this work mutations that were predicted to alter proton translocation and enzyme activity in preliminary...
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