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- * Cytochrome c oxidase subunit I, copper B binding region signature *
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- Cytochrome c oxidase (EC 1.9.3.1) [1] is an oligomeric enzymatic complex. It
- is a component of the respiratory chain complex, involved in the transfer of
- electrons from cytochrome c to oxygen. In eukaryotes, this enzyme complex is
- located in the mitochondrial inner membrane; in aerobic prokaryotes, it is
- found in the plasma membrane. Electrons originating in cytochrome c are
- transferred via heme a and copper A (Cu(a)) to the binuclear center formed by
- heme a3 copper B (Cu(b)). Subunit I (CO I) of cytochrome c oxidase binds the 2
- hemes and Cu(b) [2]. It is an integral membrane protein with up to 12
- transmembrane segments. Cu(b) is said to have three ligands: two adjacent
- histidines in transmembrane segment 7 and a third in segment 10. As a
- signature pattern for CO I, we used the region around the two adjacent
- histidines.
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- In Escherichia coli, cytochrome O terminal oxidase complex [3] is a component
- of the aerobic respiratory chain that predominates when cells are grown at
- high aeration. The oxidase is an oligomeric complex which binds two heme
- groups and one or two copper atoms. The sequence of subunit I of cytochrome O
- terminal oxidase complex is evolutionary related to that of CO I.
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- -Consensus pattern: W-x-H-H-[LMF]
- [The two H's are copper ligands]
- -Sequences known to belong to this class detected by the pattern: ALL.
- -Other sequence(s) detected in SWISS-PROT: 13.
- -Last update: June 1994 / Text revised.
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- [ 1] Capaldi R.A., Malatesta F., Darley-Usmar V.M.
- Biochim. Biophys. Acta 726:135-148(1983).
- [ 2] Holm L., Saraste M., Wikstrom M.
- EMBO J. 6:2819-2823(1987).
- [ 3] Chepuri V., Lemieux L., Au D.C.T., Gennis R.B.
- J. Biol. Chem. 265:11185-11192(1990).
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