title: Isolation and characterization of a complementary DNA for the nuclear-coded precursor of the beta-subunit of bovine mitochondrial F1-ATPase.
abstract: We have isolated a cDNA clone encoding the precursor of the beta-subunit of the bovine heart mitochondrial F1-ATPase. Two probes were used to isolate this precursor from a bovine heart cDNA library. One probe was a mixed-sequence oligonucleotide directed against a portion of the amino acid sequence of the mature protein, and the other probe was the F1-ATPase beta-subunit gene from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Determination of the nucleotide sequence of this cDNA reveals that it contains a 1584-nucleotide-long open reading frame that encodes the complete mature beta-subunit protein and a 48 amino acid long NH2-terminal extension. This amino-terminal presequence contains four basic arginine residues, one acidic glutamic acid residue, four polar uncharged serine residues, and five proline residues. Southern blot hybridization analyses suggest that the bovine F1-ATPase beta-subunit precursor is encoded by a single genetic locus. RNA blot hybridization analyses reveal a single mRNA species of approximately 1.9 kilobases from both bovine liver and heart.
authors: Molecular and Cell Biology Program, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson 75083-0688.
authors: G A
authors: GA
authors: Breen
authors: P L
authors: PL
authors: Holmans
authors: K E
authors: KE
authors: Garnett
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002417:Cattle; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004792:Enzyme Precursors / Q000235:genetics*; D008929:Mitochondria, Heart / Q000201:enzymology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D006180:Proton-Translocating ATPases / Q000235:genetics*; D012313:RNA / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D004792:Enzyme Precursors; D012313:RNA; D004247:DNA; D006180:Proton-Translocating ATPases