Respiration

Parent categories	2. Metabolism 2.1. Electron transport and ATP synthesis
Neighbouring categories	2.1.1. Regulators of electron transport 2.1.2. Respiration 2.1.3. Electron transport/ other 2.1.4. ATP synthesis
Related categories	Fnr regulon ResD regulon
Overview on the categories (Excel file) All genes and their categories (Excel file)

Genes in this functional category

Electron transfer from menaquinone to oxygen

• Pathway 1: bc complex + c-550/c-551 + caa3
  • qcrA: part of the bc complex
  • qcrB: part of the bc complex
  • qcrC: part of the bc complex
  • ctaC: part of the caa3 oxygen reductase
  • ctaE: part of the caa3 oxygen reductase

• Pathway 2: aa3 oxygen reductase
  • qoxA
  • qoxB

• Pathway 3: bd oxygen reductase
• Pathway 4: bb' oxygen reductase

• not assigned
  • ctaD
  • ctaF
  • ctaG
  • cydA
  • cydB
  • cydC
  • cydD
  • qoxC
  • qoxD
  • sco
  • ythA
  • ythB

Anaerobic respiration

• narG
• narH
• narI
• narJ
• narK
• nasD
• nasE
• nasF
• ywcJ

Anaerobic respiration/based on similarity

• fdhD
• yojN

Respiration/ other

• cccA
• cccB
• ccdA
• ndh
• ndhF
• resA
• resB
• resC

Important publications

Pedro M F Sousa, Marco A M Videira, Filipe A S Santos, Brian L Hood, Thomas P Conrads, Ana M P Melo
The bc:caa3 supercomplexes from the Gram positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis respiratory chain: a megacomplex organization?
Arch Biochem Biophys: 2013, 537(1);153-60
[PubMed:23880299] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Key reviews

Elisabeth Härtig, Dieter Jahn
Regulation of the anaerobic metabolism in Bacillus subtilis.
Adv Microb Physiol: 2012, 61;195-216
[PubMed:23046954] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

M M Nakano, P Zuber
Anaerobic growth of a "strict aerobe" (Bacillus subtilis).
Annu Rev Microbiol: 1998, 52;165-90
[PubMed:9891797] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

M M Nakano, F M Hulett
Adaptation of Bacillus subtilis to oxygen limitation.
FEMS Microbiol Lett: 1997, 157(1);1-7
[PubMed:9418235] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)