title: Nucleotide sequence of a cDNA coding for the mitochondrial precursor protein of cytochrome c oxidase subunit IV from the slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum.
abstract: Subunit-specific polyclonal antibodies were used to isolate cDNA clones encoding subunit IV of Dictyostelium discoideum cytochrome c oxidase. DNA sequence analysis reveals an open reading frame of 149 amino acids. As shown by sequencing of the protein N-terminus, the subunit is synthesized with a 24 residue cleavable presequence which leads to a mature polypeptide of 14305 Da. The slime mold subunit exhibits a low but significant degree of similarity with subunit Va of human and subunit VI of yeast cytochrome c oxidase.
authors.affiliation: CNR Centro Studi per la Fisiologia dei Mitocondrie, Università di Padova, Italy.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rizzuto
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sandonà
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Capaldi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bisson
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004023:Dictyostelium / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV / Q000235:genetics*; D004792:Enzyme Precursors / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000201:enzymology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D004792:Enzyme Precursors; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV