title: Nucleotide and amino acid sequences for cytochrome caa3-type oxidase of Bacillus stearothermophilus K1041 and non-Michaelis-type kinetics with cytochrome c.
abstract: A pseudo-sigmoidal cytochrome c-dependence curve of oxidase activity was observed with cytochrome oxidase from the Bacillus stearothermophilus strain K1041, while the other thermophilic Bacillus PS3 which has been extensively studied possessed normal Michaelis-Menten type kinetics. The genes coding for four subunits of cytochrome caa3-type oxidase and for heme O synthase were isolated from a genomic DNA library of K1041 by using a PS3 DNA fragment containing the highly-conserved region of the largest subunit as a probe, and sequenced. Most residues in subunits I (COI/caaB product), III (COIII/caaC product), and IV (COIV/caaD product) of K1041 were highly conserved when compared with those of PS3. However, the sequence of K1041 subunit II (COII/caaA product) was distinctly different from that of the PS3 subunit II. These Bacillus COIIs have an additional sequence for cytochrome c after the CuA binding protein portion with two transmembrane segments which is homologous to the mitochondrial counterpart, and represents the site of electron ingress. Several charged residues in the vicinity of cytochrome c moiety are replaced by oppositely charged residues. It is likely that these amino acid replacements in subunit II are the cause of the abnormal sigmoidal saturation curve for extrinsic cytochromes c of the K1041 enzyme.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemical Engineering and Science, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kusano
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kuge
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Noguchi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sone
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003574:Cytochrome c Group / Q000378:metabolism*; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D001411:Geobacillus stearothermophilus / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D007700:Kinetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016415:Sequence Alignment
chemical_list: D003574:Cytochrome c Group; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV