Identification of the contiguous Paracoccus denitrificans ccmF and ccmH genes: Disruption of ccmF, encoding a putative transporter, results in formation of an unstable apocytochrome c and deficiency in siderophore production

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 467-477

  Pearce, David A ^a,c   Page, M Dudley ^a,b   Norris, Hilary A C ^a   Tomlinson, Esther J ^a   Ferguson, Stuart J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apocytochrome; c type cytochrome biogenesis; ccmF; Paracoccus denitrificans; Periplasmic proteolysis

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CARRIER PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME C; GENE PRODUCT; HEME; LYASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SIDEROPHORE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE INSERTION; GENE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031937605     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-2-467     Document Type: Article

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