title: Bacterial 4-alpha-helical bundle cytochromes.
abstract: The biological functions of cytochrome c' and bacterioferritin, both haemoproteins with a common 4-alpha-helical bundle structure, are discussed and an example given of one of Kamen's laws, namely: comparative studies of prokaryotic cytochromes and their eukaryotic counterparts are useful. In the present case, the comparison is between bacterioferritin and its animal counterpart, haemoferritin.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Metalloprotein Spectroscopy and Biology, School of Chemical Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, U.K.
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Moore
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D003573:Cytochrome b Group / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D003574:Cytochrome c Group / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000378:metabolism; D005293:Ferritins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D006418:Heme / Q000378:metabolism; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000378:metabolism; D012245:Rhodospirillales / Q000378:metabolism; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D003573:Cytochrome b Group; D003574:Cytochrome c Group; D006418:Heme; D005293:Ferritins; C018032:bacterioferritin