Thenoyltrifluoroacetone , C 8 H 5 F 3 O 2 S, is a chemical compound used pharmacologically as a chelating agent . It is an inhibitor of cellular respiration by blocking the respiratory chain at complex II .
3-476: TTFA may refer to: Thenoyltrifluoroacetone , a chemical compound used pharmacologically as a chelating agent Thallium(III) trifluoroacetate Trinidad and Tobago Football Association , the governing body of association football in Trinidad and Tobago Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
6-412: The first report of TTFA as an inhibitor of respiration was by A. L. Tappel in 1960. Tappel had the (erroneous) idea that inhibitors like antimycin and alkyl hydroxyquinoline-N-oxide might work by chelating iron in the hydrophobic milieu of respiratory membrane proteins, so he tested a series of hydrophobic chelating agents. TTFA was a potent inhibitor, but not because of its chelating ability. TTFA binds at
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