BssC short protein (57 amino acids) has been described as the gamma-subunit of benzylsuccinate synthase from Thauera aromatica strain K172 [1]. TutF has been identified and described as highly similar to BssC in T.aromatica strain T1 [2].

1: Biochemical and genetic characterization of benzylsuccinate synthase from Thauera aromatica: a new glycyl radical enzyme catalysing the first step in anaerobic toluene metabolism. Leuthner B, Leutwein C, Schulz H, Horth P, Haehnel W, Schiltz E, Schagger H, Heider J; Mol Microbiol 1998;28:615-628. PMID:9632263

2: Transcriptional analysis of the tutE tutFDGH gene cluster from Thauera aromatica strain T1. Coschigano PW; Appl Environ Microbiol 2000;66:1147-1151. PMID:10698784