Cytochrome c oxidase.
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Ostermeier C, Iwata S, Michel H
Cytochrome c oxidase.
Curr Opin Struct Biol. 1996 Aug;6(4):460-6.
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- Abstract
Within the past year, the structures of the cytochrome c oxidase from the soil bacterium Paracoccus denitrificans and of the metal centers of the cytochrome c oxidase from bovine heart mitochondria, both determined at 2.8 A resolution by X-ray crystallography, have been reported. The structures form a basis for understanding the mechanism of this redox-coupled transmembrane proton pump, which is the key component of the respiratory chain of most aerobic organisms.