title: Nucleotide sequence of the gene coding for cytochrome oxidase subunit I from the thermophilic bacterium PS3.
abstract: The gene coding for cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) was isolated from a genomic DNA library of the thermophilic bacterium PS3 and sequenced. The N-terminal of the COI protein was also sequenced to verify the initiation site of the reading frame. The deduced amino acid sequence of COI protein is composed of 536 amino acid residues and its molecular mass is 59,510. The protein is clearly homologous to the corresponding subunit in the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase and similarly appears to have 12 trans-membrane segments. The proposed ligands to two hemes (cytochrome aa3) and a copper atom (CuB) in this protein (Holm et al. (1987) EMBO J. 6, 2819-2823) are conserved in the sequence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sone
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yokoi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Metso
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Raitio
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saraste
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003062:Codon; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV / Q000235:genetics*; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006094:Gram-Positive Bacteria / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D006418:Heme / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data
chemical_list: D003062:Codon; D006418:Heme; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV