Contains c-type heme. The enzyme in Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans is a component of an electron transfer chain from Fe(II), comprising this enzyme, the copper protein rusticyanin, cytochrome c4, and cytochrome c oxidase (EC 7.1.1.9).
History
EC 1.16.9.1 created 2011 as EC 1.16.98.1, transferred 2011 to EC 1.16.9.1
Appia-Ayme C, Bengrine A, Cavazza C, Giudici-Orticoni MT, Bruschi M, Chippaux M, Bonnefoy V
Title
Characterization and expression of the co-transcribed cyc1 and cyc2 genes encoding the cytochrome c4 (c552) and a high-molecular-mass cytochrome c from Thiobacillus ferrooxidans ATCC 33020.
Castelle C, Guiral M, Malarte G, Ledgham F, Leroy G, Brugna M, Giudici-Orticoni MT
Title
A new iron-oxidizing/O2-reducing supercomplex spanning both inner and outer membranes, isolated from the extreme acidophile Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans.