Publication Date:
1998-08-26
Description:
Heme, the iron-containing cofactor essential for the activity of many enzymes, is incorporated into its target proteins by unknown mechanisms. Here, an Escherichia coli hemoprotein, CcmE, was shown to bind heme in the bacterial periplasm by way of a single covalent bond to a histidine. The heme was then released and delivered to apocytochrome c. Thus, CcmE can be viewed as a heme chaperone guiding heme to its appropriate biological partner and preventing illegitimate complex formation.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Schulz, H -- Hennecke, H -- Thony-Meyer, L -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Aug 21;281(5380):1197-200.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Mikrobiologisches Institut, Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule, Schmelzbergstrasse 7, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9712585" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Amino Acid Sequence
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Apoproteins/metabolism
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Bacterial Proteins/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism
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Binding Sites
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Cytochrome c Group/*metabolism
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Cytochromes c
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Escherichia coli/genetics/*metabolism
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Heme/*metabolism
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Histidine/metabolism
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Mass Spectrometry
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Membrane Proteins/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism
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Molecular Chaperones/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism
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Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
