Difference between revisions of "Complex IV"
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|description='''Complex IV''' or ''' | |description='''Complex IV''' or '''cytochrome c oxidase''' is the terminal oxidase of the mitochondrial [[ETS]], reducing oxygen to water, with reduced [[cytochrome c]] as a substrate. CIV is frequently abbreviated as COX or CcO. It is the 'ferment' (Atmungsferment) of Otto Warburg, shown to be related to the cytochromes by David Keilin. | ||
|info=[[MiPNet06.06]] | |info=[[MiPNet06.06]] | ||
|type=Enzyme | |type=Enzyme | ||
Revision as of 12:08, 22 May 2012
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Complex IV
Description
Complex IV or cytochrome c oxidase is the terminal oxidase of the mitochondrial ETS, reducing oxygen to water, with reduced cytochrome c as a substrate. CIV is frequently abbreviated as COX or CcO. It is the 'ferment' (Atmungsferment) of Otto Warburg, shown to be related to the cytochromes by David Keilin.
Abbreviation: CIV
Reference: MiPNet06.06
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