title: Helical packing in the hydrophobic sector of cytochrome c oxidase.
abstract: An arrangement for the membrane-spanning segments of the three larger subunits of cytochrome c oxidase is proposed on the basis of sequence comparison and polarity distribution estimated from the data available for 11 different organisms.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bisson
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Montecucco
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001233:Aspergillus nidulans / Q000201:enzymology; D002417:Cattle; D004330:Drosophila / Q000201:enzymology; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV; D006801:Humans; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D051379:Mice; D009492:Neurospora crassa / Q000201:enzymology; D010231:Paracoccus denitrificans / Q000201:enzymology; D011487:Protein Conformation; D051381:Rats; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology; D013045:Species Specificity; D014346:Trypanosoma brucei brucei / Q000201:enzymology
chemical_list: D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV