Site ccmF
- Name: ccmF
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b2196 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: cytochrome c maturation
- Left End Point: 49.38
- Right End Point: 49.43
- Products:
haem lyase complex component cytochrome c-heme lyase CcmFH - Direction: <
- Priority: 0
- 1 Alleles of This Gene
ccmF749(del)::kan - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG12054 EcoliWiki ccmF - Comment:
- required for synthesis of c-type cytochromes. similarity with NrfE
- References:
- Choe, M., W.S. Reznikoff 1991. Anaerobically expressed Escherichia coli genes identified by operon fusion techniques. J.Bacteriol. 173:6139-6146
- Choe, M., W.S. Reznikoff 1993. Identification of the regulatory sequence of anaerobically expressed locus aeg-46.5. J.Bacteriol. 175:1165-1172
- Stewart, V.J. 1995. Pers.Commun. 0:1-0
- Thony-Meyer, L., F. Fischer, P. Kunzler, D. Ritz, H. Hennecke 1995. Escherichia coli genes required for cytochrome c maturation. J.Bacteriol. 177:4321-4326
- Thony-Meyer, L., H. Hennecke 1995. Pers.Comm. 0:1-0
- Grove, J., S. Tanapongpipat, G. Thomas, L. Griffiths, H. Crooke, J. Cole 1996. Escherichia coli K-12 genes essential for the synthesis of c-type cytochromes and a third nitrate reductase located in the periplasm. Mol.Microbiol. 19:467-481
- Grove, J., S. Busby, J. Cole 1996. The role of the genes nrf EFG and ccmFH in cytochrome c biosynthesis in Escherichia coli. Mol.Gen.Genet. 252:332-341
- Throne-Holst, M., L. Thony-Meyer, L. Hederstedt 1997. Escherichia coli ccm in-frame deletion mutants can produce periplasmic cytochrome b but not cytochrome c. FEBS Lett. 410:351-355
- Ren, Q., U. Ahuja, L. Thony-Meyer 2002. A bacterial cytochrome c heme lyase.CcmF forms a complex with the heme chaperone CcmE and CcmH but not with apocytochrome c. J.Biol.Chem. 277:7657-7663