Ubiquinol oxidase (H
+-transporting) (, ''cytochrome bb3 oxidase'', ''cytochrome bo oxidase'', ''cytochrome bd-I oxidase'') is an
enzyme
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with
systematic name
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A semisystematic name or semitrivi ...
''ubiquinol:O
2 oxidoreductase (H
+-transporting)''.
This enzyme
catalyses the following
chemical reaction
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: 2
ubiquinol + O
2 + ''n'' H
+in
2
ubiquinone + 2 H
2O + ''n'' H
+out
Ubiquinol oxidase contains a dinuclear centre comprising two
heme
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s, or heme and
copper
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.
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