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- Hederstedt, Lars, et al.
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Processing of Bacillus subtilis succinate dehydrogenase and cytochrome b-558 polypeptides
- 1987
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Ingår i: FEBS Letters. - : Wiley. - 1873-3468 .- 0014-5793. ; 213, s. 385-390
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The DNA sequence of the Bacillus subtilis sdh operon coding for the two succinate dehydrogenase subunits and cytochrome b-558 (the membrane anchor protein) has recently been established. We have now determined the extent of N-terminal processing of each polypeptide by radiosequence analysis. At the same time, direct evidence for the correctness of the predicted reading frames has been obtained. The cytochrome showed a ragged N-terminus, with forms lacking one residue, and is inserted across the membrane without an N-terminal leader-peptide. Covalently bound flavin was not detectable in B. subtilis succinate dehydrogenase expressed in Escherichia coli despite normal N-terminal processing of the apoprotein. This provides an explanation to why the succinate dehydrogenase synthesized in E. coli is not functional and demonstrates that host-specific factors regulate the coenzyme attachment.
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