Cytochrome c Oxidase: One Enzyme, Two Mechanisms?
- 12 June 1998
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 280 (5370) , 1712-1713
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.280.5370.1712
Abstract
A research article in this week's issue by [ Yoshikawa et al ][1]. reports the structure of cytochrome c oxidase, an enzyme critical for a large fraction of aerobic respiration. In his commentary, Gennis explains how this structure relates to two previously published structures of the same enzyme and analyzes the controversial proton-pumping mechanism that the authors propose on the basis of their structure. [1]: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/short/280/5370/1723This publication has 20 references indexed in Scilit:
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