title: Identification and consequences of a guanosine-15 to adenosine-15 change in the yeast mitochondrial tRNASerUCX gene.
abstract: We have characterized a mutation affecting the yeast mitochondrial tRNASerUCX. The mutation is a single nucleotide substitution located within the structural portion of the tRNASerUCX gene which causes the strain to be respiratory deficient. The substitution is a G leads to A transition located in the dihydrouridine arm. The tRNASerUCX transcripts from the mutant gene are present in the same amount and are the same size as transcripts from the wild-type gene. The mutant tRNASerUCX can be charged in vitro with mitochondrial aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase. Mitochondrial protein synthesis does occur in the mutant, but the amount of cytochrome oxidase subunit I is significantly decreased relative to other mitochondrial translation products.
mesh_terms: D000241:Adenosine; D001483:Base Sequence; D006151:Guanosine; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000032:analysis; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D012346:RNA, Transfer, Amino Acyl / Q000235:genetics*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D012346:RNA, Transfer, Amino Acyl; D006151:Guanosine; D000241:Adenosine