title: Protein structure: proton-pumping oxidases.
abstract: The crystal structures of two cytochrome c oxidases, one bacterial and one mammalian, offer insights into their roles in oxygen chemistry and as proton pumps.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemical Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana 61801, USA.
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Gennis
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ferguson-Miller
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D002417:Cattle; D003300:Copper; D003460:Crystallization; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D006418:Heme; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010231:Paracoccus denitrificans / Q000737:chemistry*; D011487:Protein Conformation; D017494:Proton Pumps / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D017494:Proton Pumps; D006418:Heme; D003300:Copper; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV