Ostermeier C, Iwata S, Michel H
Max-Planck-Institut für Biophysik, Abteilung für Molekulare Membranbiologie, Heinrich-Hoffmann-Strasse 7, 60528 Frankfurt, Germany.
Curr Opin Struct Biol. 1996 Aug;6(4):460-6. doi: 10.1016/s0959-440x(96)80110-2.
Within the past year, the structures of the cytochrome c oxidase from the soil bacterium Paracoccus denitrificans and of the metal centers of the cytochrome c oxidase from bovine heart mitochondria, both determined at 2.8 A resolution by X-ray crystallography, have been reported. The structures form a basis for understanding the mechanism of this redox-coupled transmembrane proton pump, which is the key component of the respiratory chain of most aerobic organisms.
