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Mutation of a single residue in the ba3 oxidase specifically impairs protonation of the pump site.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 17 Mar 2015
von Ballmoos Christoph, Gonska Nathalie, Lachmann Peter, Gennis Robert B, Ädelroth Pia, Brzezinski Peter
Abstract excerpt
The ba3-type cytochrome c oxidase from Thermus thermophilus is a membrane-bound protein complex that couples electron transfer to O2 to proton translocation across the membrane. To elucidate the mechanism of the redox-driven proton pumping, we investigated the kinetics of electron and proton transfer in a structural variant of the ba3 oxidase where a putative "pump site" was modified by replacement of Asp372 by...
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