Family

Probable cytochrome c biosynthesis protein, plants (IPR003569)

Short name: Cyt_c_biogenesis_plant

Overlapping homologous superfamilies

None.

Family relationships

Description

Analysis of a transcribed region in the mitochondrial genome from members of the genus Oenothera, revealed an open reading frame (ORF) that is also conserved in Daucus carota (Carrot) [PMID: 8389979]. Extensive RNA editing (46 C to U transitions) alters the Oenothera bertiana mRNA sequence, yielding a sequence with high similarity to the homologous gene product in Marchantia polymorpha (Liverwort). The deduced polypeptides share significant similarity with the ccl1-encoded protein involved in cytochrome c biogenesis in the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodobacter capsulatus. A highly conserved domain is also found in plastid ORFs, suggesting that these bacterial, chloroplast and mitochondrial genes encode polypeptides with analogous functions in assembly and maturation of cytochromes c [PMID: 8389979].

GO terms

Biological Process

GO:0017004 cytochrome complex assembly
GO:0015886 heme transport

Molecular Function

GO:0015232 heme transporter activity

Cellular Component

GO:0016020 membrane

Contributing signatures

Signatures from InterPro member databases are used to construct an entry.
PIRSF
PRINTS