Open AccessMolecular biology of Bacillus subtilis cytochromes
Author(s) -
Wachenfeldt Claes,
Hederstedt Lars
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
fems microbiology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1574-6968
pISSN - 0378-1097
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1992.tb14025.x
Subject(s) - bacillus subtilis , biogenesis , biology , cytochrome , computational biology , gene , bacteria , genetics , biochemistry , enzyme
Bacillus subtilis cells must have cytochromes for growth and can synthesize cytochromes of a ‐, b ‐, c ‐, d ‐, and o ‐types. After a long lag, our knowledge of the structure, genetics and specific role for these cytochromes is now growing exponentially as the result of recent research. This progress is reviewed here and includes, for example, the discovery of two different cytochrome a systems and genes required for their biogenesis.