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Bacillus subtilis CtaA is a heme-containing membrane proteininvolved in heme A biosynthesis

Svensson, B. and Hederstedt, Lars LU (1994) In Journal of Bacteriology 176(21). p.6663-6671
Abstract
Heme A is a prosthetic group of many respiratory oxidases. It is synthesized from protoheme IX (heme B) seemingly with heme O as a stable intermediate. The Bacillus subtilis ctaA and ctaB genes are required for heme A and heme O synthesis, respectively (B. Svensson, M. Lubben, and L. Hederstedt, Mol. Microbiol. 10:193-201, 1993). Tentatively, CtaA is involved in the monooxygenation and oxidation of the methyl side group on porphyrin ring D in heme A synthesis from heme B. B. subtilis ctaA and ctaB on plasmids in both B. subtilis and Escherichia coli were found to result in a novel membrane-bound heme-containing protein with the characteristics of a low-spin b type cytochrome. It fan be reduced via the respiratory chain, and in the reduced... (More)
Heme A is a prosthetic group of many respiratory oxidases. It is synthesized from protoheme IX (heme B) seemingly with heme O as a stable intermediate. The Bacillus subtilis ctaA and ctaB genes are required for heme A and heme O synthesis, respectively (B. Svensson, M. Lubben, and L. Hederstedt, Mol. Microbiol. 10:193-201, 1993). Tentatively, CtaA is involved in the monooxygenation and oxidation of the methyl side group on porphyrin ring D in heme A synthesis from heme B. B. subtilis ctaA and ctaB on plasmids in both B. subtilis and Escherichia coli were found to result in a novel membrane-bound heme-containing protein with the characteristics of a low-spin b type cytochrome. It fan be reduced via the respiratory chain, and in the reduced state it shows light absorption maxima at 428, 528, and 558 nm and the or-band is split. Purified cytochrome isolated from both B. subtilis and E. coli membranes contained one polypeptide identified as CtaA by amino acid sequence analysis, about 0.2 mol of heme B per mol of polypeptide, and small amounts of heme A. (Less)
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10.1128/jb.176.21.6663-6671.1994
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  series       = {{Journal of Bacteriology}},
  title        = {{<em>Bacillus subtilis</em> CtaA is a heme-containing membrane proteininvolved in heme A biosynthesis}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/jb.176.21.6663-6671.1994}},
  doi          = {{10.1128/jb.176.21.6663-6671.1994}},
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