title: The Bacillus subtilis cytochrome-c oxidase. Variations on a conserved protein theme.
abstract: The structural genes of cytochrome-c oxidase in Bacillus subtilis have been isolated and sequenced. Five genes, ctaB-F, are closely spaced. ctaC, ctaD, ctaE and ctaF are the genes for subunits II, I, III and IVB, respectively, ctaB, which may encode an assembly factor, is separated and upstream from the others. In comparison to its mitochondrial counterparts, subunit I has an extended C-terminus with two additional transmembrane segments, whereas subunit III has lost two such segments from its N-terminus. The C-terminal extension in subunit II is a covalent cytochrome-c domain, previously characterized only in the thermophilic oxidases. Subunit IVB, a small hydrophobic protein, is a novel subunit. These predictions suggest that the B. subtilis cytochrome-c oxidase is structurally more related to the four-subunit Escherichia coli cytochrome-bo complex than, for instance, to the Paracoccus denitrificans enzyme. Cytochrome aa3, which was previously isolated from B. subtilis [de Vrij, W., Azzi, A. & Konings, W. N. (1983) Eur. J. Biochem. 131, 97-103] is not encoded by the ctaC-F genes; thus, there seems to be two different cytochrome-aa3-type oxidases in this Gram-positive bacterium.
authors.affiliation: European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saraste
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Metso
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakari
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jalli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lauraeus
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Van der Oost
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV / Q000235:genetics*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D014644:Genetic Variation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010231:Paracoccus denitrificans / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D011487:Protein Conformation; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV