title: The mitochondrial genome of fission yeast: inability of all introns to splice autocatalytically, and construction and characterization of an intronless genome.
abstract: In this paper we report the inability of four group I introns in the gene encoding subunit I of cytochrome c oxidase (cox1) and the group II intron in the apocytochrome b gene (cob) to splice autocatalytically. Furthermore we present the characterization of the first cox1 intron in the mutator strain anar-14 and the construction and characterization of strains with intronless mitochondrial genomes. We provide evidence that removal of introns at the DNA level (termed DNA splicing) is dependent on an active RNA maturase. Finally we demonstrate that the absence of introns does not abolish homologous mitochondrial recombination.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Mikrobiologie und Weinforschung, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schäfer
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Merlos-Lange
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Anderl
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Welser
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zimmer
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wolf
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001059:Apoproteins / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D003573:Cytochrome b Group / Q000235:genetics; D045303:Cytochromes b; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV / Q000235:genetics; D007438:Introns; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D012313:RNA / Q000235:genetics*; D012326:RNA Splicing; D000077278:RNA, Mitochondrial; D012568:Schizosaccharomyces / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D001059:Apoproteins; D003573:Cytochrome b Group; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D000077278:RNA, Mitochondrial; D012313:RNA; D045303:Cytochromes b; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV