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- * Succinate dehydrogenase cytochrome b subunit signatures *
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- Succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) is a membrane bound complex composed of two main
- components: a membrane-extrinsic component composed of a FAD-binding
- flavoprotein and an iron-sulfur protein; and a hydrophobic component composed
- of a cytochrome B and a membrane anchor protein. The cytochrome b component is
- a mono heme transmembrane protein [1,2] which belongs to a family that groups:
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- - Cytochrome b-556 from Escherichia coli SDH (gene sdhC).
- - Cytochrome b560 from the mammalian mitochondrial SDH complex.
- - Cytochrome b from yeast mitochondrial SDH complex (gene SDH3 or CYB3).
- - A probable cytochrome b subunit encoded in the mitochondrial genome of the
- plant Marchantia polymorpha.
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- These cytochromes are proteins of about 130 residues that comprise three
- transmembrane regions. There are three conserved histidines; two them are
- suggested to be involved in the binding of the heme group and the third one to
- participate in the binding of ubiquinone.
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- We have developed two signature patterns that include these three histidine
- residues.
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- -Consensus pattern: R-P-[LIVM]-x(3)-[LIVM]-x(6)-[LIVM]-x(4)-S-x(2)-H-R-x-[ST]
- [H could be a heme ligand]
- -Sequences known to belong to this class detected by the pattern: ALL.
- -Other sequence(s) detected in SWISS-PROT: NONE.
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- -Consensus pattern: H-x(3)-[GA]-[LIVM]-R-H-[LIVM](2)-[WM]-D-x-[GA]
- [The first H could be a heme ligand]
- -Sequences known to belong to this class detected by the pattern: ALL.
- -Other sequence(s) detected in SWISS-PROT: NONE.
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- -Note: the di-heme cytochrome b-558 from Bacillus subtilis SDH complex is not
- a member of this family.
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- -Last update: June 1994 / First entry.
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- [ 1] Yu L., Wei Y.Y., Usui S., Yu C.A.
- J. Biol. Chem. 267:24508-24515(1992).
- [ 2] Abraham P.R., Mulder A., Van't Riet J., Raue H.A.
- Mol. Gen. Genet. 242:708-716(1994).
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