Coordination of metal center biogenesis in human cytochrome c oxidase

Mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase is a heme aa3-copper oxygen reductase. Here, authors report that metal center-specific metallochaperones form dynamic assemblies to control heme a biosynthesis and coordinate copper transfer to the copper sites.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Eva Nývltová, Jonathan V. Dietz, Javier Seravalli, Oleh Khalimonchuk, Antoni Barrientos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31413-1