CtaD

• Description: cytochrome-c oxidase (subunit I)
  
  

Gene name	ctaD
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	cytochrome-c oxidase (subunit I)
Function	respiration
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: ctaD
MW, pI	68 kDa, 6.985
Gene length, protein length	1866 bp, 622 aa
Immediate neighbours	ctaC, ctaE
Sequences	Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

respiration, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

Abh regulon, AbrB regulon, ResD regulon, Efp-dependent proteins

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU14900

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential according to PubMed, non-essential according to PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: 4 ferrocytochrome c + O₂ + 4 H⁺ = 4 ferricytochrome c + 2 H₂O (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: heme-copper respiratory oxidase family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s): QoxB

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s): 2 heme A molecules, Cu(B) PubMed

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:
  • cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P24010

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 1.9.3.1

Expression and regulation

• • Operon: ctaB-ctaC-ctaD-ctaE-ctaF-ctaG PubMed

• Expression browser: ctaD PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • expressed under anaerobic conditions (ResD) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • ResD: transcription activation PubMed
  • Abh and AbrB: synergistic transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:
  • translation is likely to require Efp due to the presence of several consecutive proline residues PubMed

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Onuma Chumsakul, Hiroki Takahashi, Taku Oshima, Takahiro Hishimoto, Shigehiko Kanaya, Naotake Ogasawara, Shu Ishikawa
Genome-wide binding profiles of the Bacillus subtilis transition state regulator AbrB and its homolog Abh reveals their interactive role in transcriptional regulation.
Nucleic Acids Res: 2011, 39(2);414-28
[PubMed:20817675] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Helena B Thomaides, Ella J Davison, Lisa Burston, Hazel Johnson, David R Brown, Alison C Hunt, Jeffery Errington, Lloyd Czaplewski
Essential bacterial functions encoded by gene pairs.
J Bacteriol: 2007, 189(2);591-602
[PubMed:17114254] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

N R Mattatall, J Jazairi, B C Hill
Characterization of YpmQ, an accessory protein required for the expression of cytochrome c oxidase in Bacillus subtilis.
J Biol Chem: 2000, 275(37);28802-9
[PubMed:10837475] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

N Azarkina, S Siletsky, V Borisov, C von Wachenfeldt, L Hederstedt, A A Konstantinov
A cytochrome bb'-type quinol oxidase in Bacillus subtilis strain 168.
J Biol Chem: 1999, 274(46);32810-7
[PubMed:10551842] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

X Liu, H W Taber
Catabolite regulation of the Bacillus subtilis ctaBCDEF gene cluster.
J Bacteriol: 1998, 180(23);6154-63
[PubMed:9829923] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

J van der Oost, C von Wachenfeld, L Hederstedt, M Saraste
Bacillus subtilis cytochrome oxidase mutants: biochemical analysis and genetic evidence for two aa3-type oxidases.
Mol Microbiol: 1991, 5(8);2063-72
[PubMed:1685007] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)