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Cloning and sequencing of the fbcF, B and C genes encoding the cytochrome b/c 1 complex from Rhodopseudomonas viridis

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The complete nucleotide sequence of the genes encoding the Rieske FeS, the cytochrome b and the cytochrome c 1 subunits of the ubiquinol-cytochrome c 2 oxidoreductase from the photosynthetic purple bacterium Rhodopseudomonas viridis, and the derived amino acid sequences are presented. These three genes, fbcF, fbcB and fbcC, are located at contiguous sites of the genome. The DNA-deduced amino acid sequences are compared with known primary structures of corresponding proteins from other purple photosynthetic bacteria, as well as mitochondria, cyanobacteria and chloroplasts.

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Abbreviations

BSA:

bovine serum albumin

Rb :

Rhodobacter

Rps :

Rhodopseudomonas

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  1. Jan Verbist

    Present address: Laboratorium voor Fysiologie, Campus Gasthuisberg, K.U. Leuven, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium

  2. Fridl Lang

    Present address: Boehringer Mannheim GmbH, D-8132, Tutzing, Federal Republic of Germany

  3. Nadia Gabellini

    Present address: Fidia Research Laboratory, Abano, Italy

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  1. Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie, D-8033, Martinsried, Federal Republic of Germany

    Jan Verbist, Fridl Lang, Nadia Gabellini & Dieter Oesterhelt

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Verbist, J., Lang, F., Gabellini, N. et al. Cloning and sequencing of the fbcF, B and C genes encoding the cytochrome b/c 1 complex from Rhodopseudomonas viridis . Mol Gen Genet 219, 445–452 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00259618

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