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<scene name='83/838655/Bdoxidase_structure_full/4'>Cytochrome bd oxidase</scene> is an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integral_membrane_protein integral membrane protein] that catalyzes the reduction of oxygen to water using quinol as the reducing substrate.<ref name=”Giuffrè”>PMID:24486503</ref> The full reaction is O₂ + 4H+ + 4e- → 2H₂O. The reaction is electrogenic but it is not coupled to a proton pump. Instead, bd oxidase utilizes internal water molecules to provide the four protons needed and an external ubiquinone molecule for the four electrons needed.<ref name = ”Safarian”>PMID:31604309</ref>

<scene name='83/838655/Bdoxidase_structure_full/4'>Cytochrome bd oxidase</scene> is an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integral_membrane_protein integral membrane protein] that catalyzes the reduction of oxygen to water using quinol as the reducing substrate.<ref name=”Giuffrè”>PMID:24486503</ref> The full reaction is O₂ + 4H+ + 4e- → 2H₂O. The reaction is electrogenic but it is not coupled to a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proton_pump proton pump]. Instead, bd oxidase utilizes internal water molecules to provide the four protons needed and an external ubiquinone molecule for the four electrons needed.<ref name = ”Safarian”>PMID:31604309</ref>

There are two main types of respiratory cytochrome oxidases: the heme/copper oxidases and the heme-only cytochrome bd quinol oxidase, which is what bd oxidase falls under.<ref name=”Das”>PMID:15743950</ref> Heme-only cytochrome bd quinol oxidases are associated with microaerobic dioxygen respiration, and they have a high affinity for oxygen.

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 =Introduction=
-<scene name='83/838655/Bdoxidase_structure_full/4'>Cytochrome bd oxidase</scene> is an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integral_membrane_protein integral membrane protein] that catalyzes the reduction of oxygen to water using quinol as the reducing substrate.<ref name=”Giuffrè”>PMID:24486503</ref> The full reaction is O₂ + 4H<sup>+</sup> + 4e<sup>-</sup> → 2H₂O. The reaction is electrogenic but it is not coupled to a proton pump. Instead, bd oxidase utilizes internal water molecules to provide the four protons needed and an external ubiquinone molecule for the four electrons needed.<ref name = ”Safarian”>PMID:31604309</ref>
+<scene name='83/838655/Bdoxidase_structure_full/4'>Cytochrome bd oxidase</scene> is an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integral_membrane_protein integral membrane protein] that catalyzes the reduction of oxygen to water using quinol as the reducing substrate.<ref name=”Giuffrè”>PMID:24486503</ref> The full reaction is O₂ + 4H<sup>+</sup> + 4e<sup>-</sup> → 2H₂O. The reaction is electrogenic but it is not coupled to a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proton_pump proton pump]. Instead, bd oxidase utilizes internal water molecules to provide the four protons needed and an external ubiquinone molecule for the four electrons needed.<ref name = ”Safarian”>PMID:31604309</ref>
 There are two main types of respiratory cytochrome oxidases: the heme/copper oxidases and the heme-only cytochrome bd quinol oxidase, which is what bd oxidase falls under.<ref name=”Das”>PMID:15743950</ref> Heme-only cytochrome bd quinol oxidases are associated with microaerobic dioxygen respiration, and they have a high affinity for oxygen.