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SUBMITTER: Stevens JM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3601427 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Stevens Julie M JM Mavridou Despoina A I DA Hamer Rebecca R Kritsiligkou Paraskevi P Goddard Alan D AD Ferguson Stuart J SJ
The FEBS journal 20111020 22
Cytochromes c are widespread respiratory proteins characterized by the covalent attachment of heme. The formation of c-type cytochromes requires, in all but a few exceptional cases, the formation of two thioether bonds between the two cysteine sulfurs in a -CXXCH- motif in the protein and the vinyl groups of heme. The vinyl groups of the heme are not particularly activated and therefore the addition reaction does not physiologically occur spontaneously in cells. There are several diverse post-tr ...[more]