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Cytochrome c oxidase: oxygen consumption, energy conservation and control

Rich, P; (2019) Cytochrome c oxidase: oxygen consumption, energy conservation and control. In: Nixon, P and Ruban, A and Barber, J, (eds.) Oxygen Production And Reduction In Artificial And Natural Systems. (pp. 135-145). World Scientific: Singapore.

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Abstract

Cytochrome c oxidase harnesses dioxygen (O2) as the terminal electron acceptor in the respiratory chains of mitochondria and many aerobic bacteria, and was appropriately named The Respiratory Enzyme (Das Atmungsferment) by Otto Warburg. Its catalytic activity completes the oxygen cycle in biology, which starts by the water-splitting reaction of photosynthesis, amply covered elsewhere in this volume. The mechanism of catalysis of cytochrome c oxidase is largely known today, but some uncertainty remains with respect to the ferric/cupric intermediate of the binuclear heme iron/copper centre, which is to be discussed here.

Type: Book chapter
Title: Cytochrome c oxidase: oxygen consumption, energy conservation and control
ISBN: 9813276932
ISBN-13: 9789813276932
DOI: 10.1142/9789813276925_0007
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1142/9789813276925_0007
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences > Structural and Molecular Biology
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10075862
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