title: Cytochrome c biogenesis in bacteria: a possible pathway begins to emerge.
abstract: Cytochrome c biogenesis describes the posttranslational pathway for the conversion of pre-apocytochrome c into the mature holocytochrome c. It involves an unknown number of consecutive biochemical steps, including translocation of the precursor polypeptide and haem into the periplasm and the covalent linkage between these two molecules. Genetic and molecular analysis of several bacterial mutants suggest that at least eight genes contribute to this process. In this review we summarize the present knowledge of the cytochrome c maturation pathway in bacteria and propose a model in which certain genes and their products are attributed to specific functions.
authors.affiliation: Mikrobiologisches Institut, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, ETH-Zentrum, Zürich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Thöny-Meyer
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ritz
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hennecke
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001051:Apoenzymes / Q000378:metabolism; D001419:Bacteria / Q000201:enzymology*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D001692:Biological Transport; D003574:Cytochrome c Group / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000378:metabolism; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006418:Heme / Q000378:metabolism; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D008954:Models, Biological; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017510:Protein Folding; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals / Q000378:metabolism; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis
chemical_list: D001051:Apoenzymes; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D003574:Cytochrome c Group; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D006418:Heme