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8137905

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-4-28
pubmed:abstractText
The cytochrome bc complex which is encoded by the fixNOPQ operon in Bradyrhizobium japonicum, is the most distant member of the haem-copper cytochrome oxidase family. We have found that its major subunit, FixN, is homologous to the NorB subunit of nitric oxide reductase in a purple bacterium. A second evolutionary link between cytochrome oxidases and denitrification enzymes is the presence of a similar binuclear copper site in cytochrome aa3 (the mitochondrial oxidase) and nitrous oxide reductase. This centre was probably acquired by a primitive FixN-type oxidase, leading to the evolution of the mitochondrial-type oxidase. These links suggest that the oxygen-reducing respiratory chain developed from the anaerobic, denitrifying respiratory system.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0014-5793
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
14
pubmed:volume
341
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Cytochrome oxidase evolved by tinkering with denitrification enzymes.
pubmed:affiliation
European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't