The caa(3) terminal oxidase of Rhodothermus marinus lacking the key glutamate of the D-channel is a proton pump.
Pereira MM, Verkhovskaya ML, Teixeira M, Verkhovsky MI.
Pereira MM, et al. Among authors: teixeira m.
Biochemistry. 2000 May 30;39(21):6336-40. doi: 10.1021/bi992848+.
Biochemistry. 2000.
PMID: 10828946
On the basis of homology modeling studies, a tyrosine residue (Y256, R. marinus numbering) has been proposed to act as a functional substitute [Pereira, M. M., Santana, M., Soares, C. M., Mendes, J., Carita, J. N., Fernandes, A. S., Saraste, M., …
On the basis of homology modeling studies, a tyrosine residue (Y256, R. marinus numbering) has been proposed to act as a functional substitu …