Difference between revisions of "Complex IV"
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|description='''Cytochrome c oxidase''' or '''Complex IV''' is the terminal oxidase of the mitochondrial [[ETS]], reducing oxygen to water, with reduced [[cytochrome c]] as a substrate.Β CIV is frequently abbreviated as COX or CcO.Β It is the 'ferment' (Atmungsferment) of Otto Warburg, shown to be related to the cytochromes by David Keilin. | |description='''Cytochrome c oxidase''' or '''Complex IV''' is the terminal oxidase of the mitochondrial [[ETS]], reducing oxygen to water, with reduced [[cytochrome c]] as a substrate.Β CIV is frequently abbreviated as COX or CcO.Β It is the 'ferment' (Atmungsferment) of Otto Warburg, shown to be related to the cytochromes by David Keilin. | ||
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Revision as of 14:09, 18 May 2012
Description
Cytochrome c oxidase or Complex IV 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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