title: ATP synthase of yeast mitochondria. Characterization of subunit d and sequence analysis of the structural gene ATP7.
abstract: The subunit analogous to the d-subunit of ATP synthase from bovine heart mitochondria was isolated from the purified yeast enzyme. Partial protein sequences were determined by direct methods. From this information, two oligonucleotide probes were constructed and used for screening a DNA genomic bank of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The sequence of yeast subunit d was deduced from the DNA sequence of ATP7 gene. Mature yeast subunit d is 173 amino acids long. Its NH2-terminal serine is blocked by an N-acetyl group, and the protein has no processed NH2-terminal sequence other than the removal of the initiator methionine. The protein is predominantly hydrophilic. The amino acid sequence is 22% identical and 44% homologous to bovine subunit d. A null mutant was constructed. The mutant strain was unable to grow on glycerol medium. The mutant mitochondria had no detectable oligomycin-sensitive ATPase activity, and the catalytic sector F1 was loosely bound to the membranous part. The mutant mitochondria did not contain subunit d, and the mitochondrially encoded hydrophobic subunit 6 was not present.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Biochimie cellulaire et Neurochimie, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Bordeaux II, France.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Norais
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Promé
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Velours
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D004271:DNA, Fungal; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D015698:Genomic Library; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000201:enzymology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D006180:Proton-Translocating ATPases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D006180:Proton-Translocating ATPases