Ubiquinol oxidation in the cytochrome bc1 complex: Reaction mechanism and prevention of short-circuiting
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Ubiquinol oxidation in the cytochrome bc1 complex: reaction mechanism and prevention of short-circuiting.
This review is focused on the mechanism of ubiquinol oxidation by the cytochrome bc1 complex (bc1). This integral membrane complex serves as a "hub" in the vast majority of electron transfer chains. The bc1 oxidizes a ubiquinol molecule to ubiquinone by a unique "bifurcated" reaction where the two released electrons go to different acceptors: one is accepted by the mobile redox active domain of...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0005-2728
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2005.03.009