Yv. Chinenov, Cytochrome c oxidase assembly factors with a thioredoxin fold are conserved among prokaryotes and eukaryotes, J MOL MED-J, 78(5), 2000, pp. 239-242
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Cytochrome c oxidase (COX) is a multi-subunit terminal oxidase of the eukar
yotic respiratory chain involved in the reduction of oxygen to water. Numer
ous lines of evidence suggest that the assembly of COX is a multi-step, ass
isted process that depends on several assembly factors with largely unknown
functions. Sco1/2 proteins have been isolated as high-copy number suppress
ors of a deletion of copper chaperone Cox17, implicating Sco1/2 in copper t
ransport to COX subunits I or II. Here I report the similarity of Sco1/2 as
sembly factors to peroxiredoxins and thiol:disulfide oxidoreductases with a
thioredoxin fold, suggesting that Sco-related proteins perform a catalytic
rather than a copper transport function. Reported sequence similarities, t
ogether with the functional role of bacterial Sco-related proteins suggest
that Sco-related proteins represent a new class of membrane-anchored thiol:
disulfide oxidoreductases involved in COX maturation.