Evidence for a cytochrome bcc–aa 3 interaction in the respiratory chain of Mycobacterium smegmatis

Megehee, James A.; Hosler, Jonathan P.; Lundrigan, Michael D.

doi:10.1099/mic.0.28723-0

Evidence for a cytochrome bcc–aa 3 interaction in the respiratory chain of Mycobacterium smegmatis

Spectroscopic analysis of membranes isolated from Mycobacterium smegmatis , along with analysis of its genome, indicates that the cytochrome c branch of its respiratory pathway consists of a modified bc 1 complex that contains two cytochromes c in its c 1 subunit, similar to other acid-fast bacte…