CO acts by inhibiting which component of respiratory chain
Carbon monoxide is toxic for mitochondria in man, altering the mitochondrial respiratory chain at the cytochrome c oxidase level. This inhibition in cytochrome c oxidase may play a role in the development of the symptoms observed in acute CO poisoning, and in some diseases related to smoking
Cytochrome B
Cytochrome C oxidase
NADH CoQ reductase
Oxidative phosphorylation
Respiratory chain