The Mycobacterium smegmatis bd-II terminal oxidase employs a 1 carboxylate shift mechanism
Terézia Kovaĺová, Mateusz Janczak, Ana P. Gámiz‐Hernández, Daniel Lundin, Soni Sharma, Jóhanna Vilhjálmsdóttir, Dan Sjöstrand, Ville R. I. Kaila, Martin Högbom, Pia Ädelroth
This study characterizes the Mycobacterium smegmatis bd-II terminal oxidase using biochemical and structural methods, revealing a 1 carboxylate shift mechanism for oxygen reduction.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Mar 10, 2026Peer-reviewedBiochemistry