Cytochrome c 7
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- | Cytocrhome c 7 ( | + | '''Cytocrhome c 7''' (Cc7) is a three heme-containing protein derived from the sulfur-reducing bacterium ''Desulfuromonas acetoxidans''. Cc7 is located in the mitochondrial intermembrane space of the bacteria where it plays a role in the electron-transfer mechanism <ref>Assfalg M, Bertini I, Bruschi M, Michel C, Turano P. The metal reductase activity of some multiheme cytochromes c: NMR structural characterization of the reduction of chromium(VI) to chromium(III) by cytochrome c(7). 2002; 99(15):9750-4 '''[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC125002/''' DOI: 10.1073/pnas.152290999''']'''</ref>. ''Desulfuromonas acetoxidans'' bacteria have evolved to obtain their energy from anaerobic sulfure respiration, thus requiring organic disulfide compounds as electron acceptors<ref>Pfennig N, Biebl H. Desulfuromonas acetoxidans gen. nov. and sp. nov., a new anaerobic, sulfur-reducing, acetate-oxidizing bacterium. 1976; 110(1): 3-12. DOI: 10.1007/BF00416962</ref>. |
==Structural Components== | ==Structural Components== | ||
== Function == | == Function == | ||
- | As mentioned above, CcP7 converts hydrogen peroxide into water by... | ||
== Structural highlights == | == Structural highlights == |
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References
- ↑ Assfalg M, Bertini I, Bruschi M, Michel C, Turano P. The metal reductase activity of some multiheme cytochromes c: NMR structural characterization of the reduction of chromium(VI) to chromium(III) by cytochrome c(7). 2002; 99(15):9750-4 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.152290999
- ↑ Pfennig N, Biebl H. Desulfuromonas acetoxidans gen. nov. and sp. nov., a new anaerobic, sulfur-reducing, acetate-oxidizing bacterium. 1976; 110(1): 3-12. DOI: 10.1007/BF00416962