Function and Biology

Cryo-EM structure of cytochrome c oxidase dimer (complex IV) from respiratory supercomplex of Tetrahymena thermophila

Source organism: Tetrahymena thermophila SB210
Biochemical function: not assigned
Biological process: not assigned
Cellular component: not assigned

EC 7.1.1.9: Cytochrome-c oxidase

Reaction catalysed:
4 ferrocytochrome c + O(2) + 8 H(+)(Side 1) = 4 ferricytochrome c + 4 H(2)O(Side 2)
Systematic name:
Ferrocytochrome-c:oxygen oxidoreductase
Alternative Name(s):
  • Complex IV (mitochondrial electron transport)
  • Cytochrome a3
  • Cytochrome aa3
  • Cytochrome ba(3)
  • Cytochrome bb3
  • Cytochrome caa(3)
  • Cytochrome cbb(3)
  • Cytochrome oxidase
  • Ferrocytochrome c oxidase
  • Indophenol oxidase
  • Indophenolase
  • NADH cytochrome c oxidase
  • Warburg's respiratory enzyme

GO terms

Biochemical function:
  • not assigned
Biological process:
  • not assigned
Cellular component:
  • not assigned