Ubiquinol oxidase (H transporting)

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EC number 1.10.3.10 BRENDA BRENDA entry KEGG KEGG entry		IntEnz IntEnz view ExPASy NiceZyme view MetaCyc metabolic pathway

Ubiquinol oxidase (H⁺-transporting) (EC 1.10.3.10, cytochrome bb3 oxidase, cytochrome bo oxidase, cytochrome bd-I oxidase) is an enzyme with systematic name ubiquinol:O₂ oxidoreductase (H⁺-transporting). This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

2 ubiquinol + O₂ + n H⁺in ⇌ 2 ubiquinone + 2 H₂O + n H⁺out

Ubiquinol oxidase contains a dinuclear centre comprising two hemes, or heme and copper.

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