Det sista oxidaset i andningskedjan. Det samlar ihop elektroner som överförts från reducerat cytokrom c och avger dem till molekylärt syre, som sedan reduceras till vatten. Enzymet består av cytokrom a och cytokrom b, två kopparatomer och 13 olika proteinunderenheter, av vilka kodas av mitokondrie-DNA. Ibland kallas det även komplex IV i andningskedjan. EC 1.9.3.1.
A multisubunit enzyme complex containing CYTOCHROME A GROUP; CYTOCHROME A3; two copper atoms; and 13 different protein subunits. It is the terminal oxidase complex of the RESPIRATORY CHAIN and collects electrons that are transferred from the reduced CYTOCHROME C GROUP and donates them to molecular OXYGEN, which is then reduced to water. The redox reaction is simultaneously coupled to the transport of PROTONS across the inner mitochondrial membrane.
Cytokrom c-oxidas — Cytokromoxidas — Cytokrom aa3 — Elektrontransportkedjan IV
Cytochrome Oxidase — Oxidase, Cytochrome — Cytochrome-c Oxidase — Cytochrome c Oxidase — Oxidase, Cytochrome-c — Cytochrome-c Oxidase (Complex IV) — Ferrocytochrome c Oxygen Oxidoreductase — Signal Peptide p25-Subunit IV Cytochrome Oxidase — Signal Peptide p25 Subunit IV Cytochrome Oxidase — p25 Presequence Peptide-Cytochrome Oxidase — p25 Presequence Peptide Cytochrome Oxidase — Pre-CTOX p25 — Cytochrome-c Oxidase Subunit III — Cytochrome c Oxidase Subunit III — Cytochrome Oxidase Subunit III — Subunit III, Cytochrome Oxidase — Cytochrome-c Oxidase Subunit IV — Cytochrome c Oxidase Subunit IV — Cytochrome c Oxidase Subunit VIa — Cytochrome aa3 — Cytochrome a,a3 — Heme aa3 Cytochrome Oxidase