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Bacillus subtilis CtaA and CtaB function in haem A biosynthesis

Svensson, Birgitta ; Lübben, Mattias and Hederstedt, Lars LU (1993) In Molecular Microbiology 10(1). p.193-201
Abstract
Haem A, a prosthetic group of many respiratory oxidases, is probably synthesized from haem B (protohaem IX) in a pathway in which haem 0 is an intermediate. Possible roles of the Bacillus subtilis ctaA and ctaB gene products in haem 0 and haem A synthesis were studied. Escherichia coli does not contain haem A. The ctaA gene on plasmids in E. coli resulted in haem A accumulation in membranes. The presence of ctaB together with ctaA increased the amount of haem A found in E. coli. Haem 0 was not detected in wild-type B. subtilis strains. A previously isolated B. subtilis ctaA deletion mutant was found to contain haem B and haem 0, but not haem A. B. subtilis ctaB deletion mutants were constructed and found to lack both haem A and haem 0. The... (More)
Haem A, a prosthetic group of many respiratory oxidases, is probably synthesized from haem B (protohaem IX) in a pathway in which haem 0 is an intermediate. Possible roles of the Bacillus subtilis ctaA and ctaB gene products in haem 0 and haem A synthesis were studied. Escherichia coli does not contain haem A. The ctaA gene on plasmids in E. coli resulted in haem A accumulation in membranes. The presence of ctaB together with ctaA increased the amount of haem A found in E. coli. Haem 0 was not detected in wild-type B. subtilis strains. A previously isolated B. subtilis ctaA deletion mutant was found to contain haem B and haem 0, but not haem A. B. subtilis ctaB deletion mutants were constructed and found to lack both haem A and haem 0. The results with E. coli and B. subtilis strongly suggest that the B. subtilis CtaA protein functions in haem A synthesis. It is tentatively suggested that it functions in the oxygenation/oxidation of the methyl side group of carbon 8 of haem 0. B. subtilis CtaB, which is homologous to Saccharomyces cerevisiae COX10 and E. coli CyoE, also has a role in haem A synthesis and seems to be required for both cytochrome a and cytochrome o synthesis. (Less)
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10.1111/j.1365-2958.1993.tb00915.x
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  abstract     = {{Haem A, a prosthetic group of many respiratory oxidases, is probably synthesized from haem B (protohaem IX) in a pathway in which haem 0 is an intermediate. Possible roles of the Bacillus subtilis ctaA and ctaB gene products in haem 0 and haem A synthesis were studied. Escherichia coli does not contain haem A. The ctaA gene on plasmids in E. coli resulted in haem A accumulation in membranes. The presence of ctaB together with ctaA increased the amount of haem A found in E. coli. Haem 0 was not detected in wild-type B. subtilis strains. A previously isolated B. subtilis ctaA deletion mutant was found to contain haem B and haem 0, but not haem A. B. subtilis ctaB deletion mutants were constructed and found to lack both haem A and haem 0. The results with E. coli and B. subtilis strongly suggest that the B. subtilis CtaA protein functions in haem A synthesis. It is tentatively suggested that it functions in the oxygenation/oxidation of the methyl side group of carbon 8 of haem 0. B. subtilis CtaB, which is homologous to Saccharomyces cerevisiae COX10 and E. coli CyoE, also has a role in haem A synthesis and seems to be required for both cytochrome a and cytochrome o synthesis.}},
  author       = {{Svensson, Birgitta and Lübben, Mattias and Hederstedt, Lars}},
  issn         = {{1365-2958}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{1}},
  pages        = {{193--201}},
  publisher    = {{Wiley-Blackwell}},
  series       = {{Molecular Microbiology}},
  title        = {{<em>Bacillus subtilis</em> CtaA and CtaB function in haem A biosynthesis}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2958.1993.tb00915.x}},
  doi          = {{10.1111/j.1365-2958.1993.tb00915.x}},
  volume       = {{10}},
  year         = {{1993}},
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