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Cytochrome c oxidase

Transfers electrons to oxygen, reducing it to water and contributing to the proton gradient.

Oxidative phosphorylationHomo sapiens
REFERENCE IDENTIFIER7.1.1.9EC record
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Record type: enzyme. Transfers electrons to oxygen, reducing it to water and contributing to the proton gradient.
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HUMAN GENESCOX4I1Explore gene
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Catalyzes a step inOxidative phosphorylationUsesCytochrome c (reduced)UsesMolecular oxygenUsesProtonProducesCytochrome c (oxidized)ProducesWaterEncoded byCOX4I1
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Oxygen reduction at complex IV

Cytochrome c oxidase transfers four electrons to one oxygen molecule and forms two waters.

Oxidative phosphorylation · irreversible