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- * Cytochrome c family heme-binding site signature *
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- In proteins belonging to cytochrome c family [1], the heme group is covalently
- attached by thioether bonds to two conserved cysteine residues. The consensus
- sequence for this site is Cys-X-X-Cys-His and the histidine residue is one of
- the two axial ligands of the heme iron. This arrangement is shared by all
- proteins known to belong to cytochrome c family, which presently includes
- cytochromes c, c', c1 to c6, c550 to c556, cc3/Hmc, cytochrome f and reaction
- center cytochrome c.
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- -Consensus pattern: C-{CPWHF}-{CPWR}-C-H-{CFYW}
- -Sequences known to belong to this class detected by the pattern: ALL, except
- for four cytochrome c's which lack the first thioether bond.
- -Other sequence(s) detected in SWISS-PROT: 203.
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- -Note: some cytochrome c's have more than a single bound heme group: c4 has 2,
- c7 has 3, c3 has 4, the reaction center has 4, and cc3/Hmc has 16 !
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- -Last update: June 1992 / Text revised.
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- [ 1] Mathews F.S.
- Prog. Biophys. Mol. Biol. 45:1-56(1985).
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