Abstract
Cytochrome oxidase catalyses the terminal step of mitochondrial respiration, the transfer of electrons from cytochrome c to molecular oxygen to form water. According to Mitchell’s chemiosmotic theory, it generates an electrochemical gradient by catalysing reaction between substrates on opposite sides of the inner mitochondrial membrane.
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Deatherage, J.F., Henderson, R., Capaldi, R.A. (1980). Structure of Cytochrome Oxidase Vesicle Crystals. In: Baumeister, W., Vogell, W. (eds) Electron Microscopy at Molecular Dimensions. Proceedings in Life Sciences. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67688-8_11
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