title: Cloning and analysis of the nuclear genes for two mitochondrial ribosomal proteins in yeast.
abstract: Two mitochondrial ribosomal proteins of yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) were purified and their N-terminal amino acid sequences determined. The sequence data were used for the synthesis of oligonucleotide probes to clone the corresponding genes. Thus, the genes for two proteins, termed YMR-31 and YMR-44, were cloned and their nucleotide sequences determined. From the nucleotide sequence data, the coding region of the gene for protein YMR-31 was found to be composed of 369 nucleotide pairs. Comparison of the amino acid sequence of protein YMR-31 and the one deduced from the nucleotide sequence of its gene suggests that it contains an octapeptide leader sequence. The calculated molecular weight of protein YMR-31 without the leader sequence is 12,792 dalton. The gene for protein YMR-44 was found to contain a 147 bp intron which contains two sequences conserved among yeast introns. The length of the two exons flanking the intron totals 294 nucleotide pairs which can encode a protein with a calculated molecular weight of 11,476 dalton. The gene for protein YMR-31 is located on chromosome VI, while the gene for protein YMR-44 is located on either chromosome XIII or XVI.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kobe University, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsushita
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kitakawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Isono
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D005075:Biological Evolution; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D015180:Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D008928:Mitochondria; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012269:Ribosomal Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
chemical_list: D005656:Fungal Proteins; C062884:MRPL44 protein, S cerevisiae; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D012269:Ribosomal Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C060587:YMR31 protein, S cerevisiae