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Our previous study in a cardiotoxin model of myodegeneration correlated muscle damage with mitochondrial dysfunction, which in turn entailed altered mitochondrial proteome and oxidative damage of mitochondrial proteins. Proteomic identification of oxidized proteins in muscle biopsies from muscular dystrophy patients and cardiotoxin model revealed specific mitochondrial proteins to be targeted for oxidation. These included respiratory complexes which displayed oxidative modification of Trp residues in different subunits. Among these, Ubiquinol-Cytochrome C Reductase Core protein 1 (UQCRC1), a subunit of Ubiquinol-Cytochrome C Reductase Complex or Cytochrome b-c1 Complex or Respiratory Complex III displayed oxidation of Trp395, which could be correlated with the lowered activity of Complex III. We hypothesized that Trp395 oxidation might contribute to altered local conformation and overall structure of Complex III, thereby potentially leading to altered protein activity. 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