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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Rhodobacter sphaeroides
SUBMITTER: Mark Gomelsky
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-7004 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
The Journal of biological chemistry 20070727 39
To monitor fluctuations in oxygen concentration, cells use sensory proteins often containing heme cofactors. Here, we identify a new class of heme-binding oxygen sensors, reveal their unusual phylogenetic origin, and propose a sensing mode of a member of this class. We show that heme is bound noncovalently to the central region of AppA, an oxygen and light sensor from Rhodobacter sphaeroides. The addition of oxygen to ferrous AppA discoordinated the heme, and subsequent oxygen removal fully rest ...[more]