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Bacillus subtilis cytochrome oxidase mutants: biochemical analysis and genetic evidence for two aa3-type oxidases

van der Oost, John ; von Wachenfeldt, Claes LU ; Hederstedt, Lars LU and Saraste, M (1991) In Molecular Microbiology 5(8). p.2063-2072
Abstract
The ctaBCDEF genes coding for cytochrome c oxidase were found to reside adjacent to a regulatory gene ctaA at 127-degrees on the Bacillus subtilis chromosome. The structural genes for subunits I and II, ctaD and ctaC, were deleted by gene-replacement using a phleomycin-resistance marker. The mutant was unable to oxidize N,N,N',N'-tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine and oxidized cytochrome c at a significantly lower rate. Absorption spectra of the mutant and wild-type membranes confirmed the presence of two haem A-containing enzymes in B. subtilis. Another mutant, with a spontaneous deletion upstream from ctaC, was found to express neither of these enzymes. Radioactive haem-labelling was used to identify subunit 11, which contains a haem C, and... (More)
The ctaBCDEF genes coding for cytochrome c oxidase were found to reside adjacent to a regulatory gene ctaA at 127-degrees on the Bacillus subtilis chromosome. The structural genes for subunits I and II, ctaD and ctaC, were deleted by gene-replacement using a phleomycin-resistance marker. The mutant was unable to oxidize N,N,N',N'-tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine and oxidized cytochrome c at a significantly lower rate. Absorption spectra of the mutant and wild-type membranes confirmed the presence of two haem A-containing enzymes in B. subtilis. Another mutant, with a spontaneous deletion upstream from ctaC, was found to express neither of these enzymes. Radioactive haem-labelling was used to identify subunit 11, which contains a haem C, and cytochrome c-550 among the membrane-bound c-type cytochromes of B. subtilis. (Less)
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10.1111/j.1365-2958.1991.tb00829.x
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  abstract     = {{The ctaBCDEF genes coding for cytochrome c oxidase were found to reside adjacent to a regulatory gene ctaA at 127-degrees on the Bacillus subtilis chromosome. The structural genes for subunits I and II, ctaD and ctaC, were deleted by gene-replacement using a phleomycin-resistance marker. The mutant was unable to oxidize N,N,N',N'-tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine and oxidized cytochrome c at a significantly lower rate. Absorption spectra of the mutant and wild-type membranes confirmed the presence of two haem A-containing enzymes in B. subtilis. Another mutant, with a spontaneous deletion upstream from ctaC, was found to express neither of these enzymes. Radioactive haem-labelling was used to identify subunit 11, which contains a haem C, and cytochrome c-550 among the membrane-bound c-type cytochromes of B. subtilis.}},
  author       = {{van der Oost, John and von Wachenfeldt, Claes and Hederstedt, Lars and Saraste, M}},
  issn         = {{1365-2958}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{8}},
  pages        = {{2063--2072}},
  publisher    = {{Wiley-Blackwell}},
  series       = {{Molecular Microbiology}},
  title        = {{<em>Bacillus subtilis</em> cytochrome oxidase mutants: biochemical analysis and genetic evidence for two aa<sub>3</sub>-type oxidases}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2958.1991.tb00829.x}},
  doi          = {{10.1111/j.1365-2958.1991.tb00829.x}},
  volume       = {{5}},
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