STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF A MOLECULAR MACHINE - CYTOCHROME-C-OXIDASE

Authors
MALATESTA F ANTONINI G SARTI P BRUNORI M
Citation
F. Malatesta et al., STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF A MOLECULAR MACHINE - CYTOCHROME-C-OXIDASE, Biophysical chemistry, 54(1), 1995, pp. 1-33
Citations number
248
Categorie Soggetti
Biophysics,Biology,"Chemistry Physical
Journal title
Biophysical chemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
03014622
Volume
54
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1 - 33
Database
ISI
SICI code
0301-4622(1995)54:1<1:SAFOAM>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
Cytochrome c is responsible for over 90% of the dioxygen consumption i n the living cell and contributes to the build-up of a proton electroc hemical gradient derived by the vectorial transfer of electrons betwee n cytochrome c and molecular oxygen. The metal ions found in cytochrom e oxidases play a crucial role in these processes and have been extens ively studied. In this review we present and discuss some of the relev ant spectroscopic and kinetic properties of the prosthetic groups of c ytochrome c oxidase.