TERMINAL OXIDASES OF SULFOLOBUS - GENES AND PROTEINS

Authors
LUBBEN M CASTRESANA J WARNE A
Citation
M. Lubben et al., TERMINAL OXIDASES OF SULFOLOBUS - GENES AND PROTEINS, Systematic and applied microbiology, 16(4), 1994, pp. 556-559
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Systematic and applied microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
07232020
Volume
16
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
556 - 559
Database
ISI
SICI code
0723-2020(1994)16:4<556:TOOS-G>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
The genes encoding the two terminal oxidases of Sulfolobus acidocaldar ius and their products are characterized. Both archaeal complexes, Sox ABCD and SoxM, are homologous to the superfamily of haem-copper oxidas es. They have unusual subunit compositions. Highly conserved sequence patterns of SoxABCD and SoxM, corresponding to the redox centre bindin g sites of the catalytical subunit I are compared with other oxidases of the family. Distance analysis suggests that both Sulfolobus oxidase s belong to two different subgroups.