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To investigate the contribution of hydrophobic residues to the molecular recognition of cytochrome c with cytochrome oxidase, we mutated several hydrophobic amino acids exposed on subunit II of the Paracoccus denitrificans oxidase. KM and kcat values and the bimolecular rate constant were determined under steady- or presteady-state conditions, respectively. We present evidence that Trp-121 which is surrounded by a hydrophobic patch is the electron entry site to oxidase. Mutations in this cluster do not affect the binding of cytochrome c as the KM remains largely unchanged. Rather, the kcat is reduced, proposing that these hydrophobic residues are required for a fine tuning of the redox partners in the initial collisional complex to obtain a configuration optimal for electron transfer.