This review focuses on the type A cytochrome c oxidases (C c O), which are found in all
mitochondria and also in several aerobic bacteria. C c O catalyzes the respiratory reduction …

Cytochrome c oxidase (CcO), the terminal oxidase of cell respiration, reduces molecular
oxygen (O2) in a reaction that is coupled with proton pumping. Since the discovery of this …

The chapter provides a review of the state of art of the oxidative phosphorylation system in
mammalian mitochondria. The sections of the paper deal with:(i) the respiratory chain as a …

Cytochromes c are haemoproteins which carry out electron transfer in a wide variety of
biological systems, necessitating different kinds of cytochrome c to fulfill different biological …

The crystal structures of cytochrome c oxidase from both bovine and Paracoccus
denitrificans reveal two putative proton input channels that connect the heme-copper center …

Cytochrome c oxidase generates a proton motive force by two separate mechanisms. The
first mechanism is similar to that postulated by Peter Mitchell, and is based on electrons and …

In 1961, two concepts of energy coupling were published, one by Mitchell I and the other by
Williams z, both dealing with the transfer of charges (electrons, H÷, OH-) in biological energy …

A series of metalloprotein complexes embedded in a mitochondrial or bacterial membrane
utilize electron transfer reactions to pump protons across the membrane and create an …

Books featuring cytochrome oxidase as a major topic appear with surprising frequency. The
authors of the present volume cite about ten published since 1976, but each represents …

Cytochrome c oxidase catalyzes the reduction of molecular oxygen to water, a process in
which four electrons, four protons, and one molecule of oxygen are consumed. The reaction …