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Abstract

The cytoplasmic membrane protein CcmC is, together with other Ccm proteins, a component for the maturation of -type cytochromes in Gram-negative bacteria. A ATCC 17400 mutant is cytochrome -deficient and shows considerably reduced production of the two siderophores pyoverdine and quinolobactin, paralleled by a general inability to utilize various iron sources, with the exception of haem. The mutant accumulates in a 5-aminolevulinic acid-dependent synthesis a reddish, fluorescent pigment identified as protoporphyrin IX. As a consequence a phenotype similar to that of a ferrochelatase-deficient mutant characterized by drastically reduced growth upon light exposure was observed for the mutant. The defect of iron–protoporphyrin formation was further demonstrated by the failure of cell-free proteinase K-treated extracts to stimulate the growth of a haem auxotrophic indicator strain, compared to similarly prepared wild-type extracts. In addition, the mutant did not sustain growth in cross-feeding experiments while the wild-type did. Significantly reduced resistance to oxidative stress mediated by haem-containing catalases was observed for the mutant. A double mutant could not be obtained in the presence of external haem without the gene , indicating that the combination of the two mutations is lethal. It was concluded that CcmC, apart from its known function in cytochrome biogenesis, plays a role in haem biosynthesis. A function in the regulatory co-ordination of iron acquisition via siderophores, iron insertion into porphyrin via ferrochelatase and iron–protoporphyrin export for cytochrome formation is predicted.

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