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)

Important original publications

Led Yered Jafet García Montes de Oca, Alicia Chagolla-López, Luis González de la Vara, Tecilli Cabellos-Avelar, Carlos Gómez-Lojero, Emma Berta Gutiérrez Cirlos
The composition of the Bacillus subtilis aerobic respiratory chain supercomplexes.
J Bioenerg Biomembr: 2012, 44(4);473-86
[PubMed:22790590] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Koji Nakamura, Satoshi Ikeda, Taira Matsuo, Aiko Hirata, Masaya Takehara, Tetsuo Hiyama, Fujio Kawamura, Iwao Kusaka, Tomofusa Tsuchiya, Teruo Kuroda, Isamu Yabe
Patch clamp analysis of the respiratory chain in Bacillus subtilis.
Biochim Biophys Acta: 2011, 1808(4);1103-7
[PubMed:21255555] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P 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)