title: NADH dehydrogenase subunit genes in the mitochondrial DNA of yeasts.
abstract: The genes encoding the NADH dehydrogenase subunits of respiratory complex I have not been identified so far in the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) of yeasts. In the linear mtDNA of Candida parapsilosis, we found six new open reading frames whose sequences were unambiguously homologous to those of the genes known to code for NADH dehydrogenase subunit proteins of different organisms, i.e., ND1, ND2, ND3, ND4L, ND5, and ND6. The gene for ND4 also appears to be present, as judged from hybridization experiments with a Podospora gene probe. Specific transcripts from these open reading frames (ND genes) could be detected in the mitochondria. Hybridization experiments using C. parapsilosis genes as probes suggested that ND genes are present in the mtDNAs of a wide range of yeast species including Candida catenulata, Pichia guilliermondii, Clavispora lusitaniae, Debaryomyces hansenii, Hansenula polymorpha, and others.
authors.affiliation: Institut Curie, Section de Biologie, Centre Universitaire Paris XI, Orsay, France.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nosek
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fukuhara
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002175:Candida / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D005800:Genes, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000737:chemistry; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009245:NADH Dehydrogenase / Q000235:genetics*; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010802:Phylogeny; D012313:RNA / Q000032:analysis; D012331:RNA, Fungal / Q000032:analysis; D000077278:RNA, Mitochondrial; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D015003:Yeasts / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D012331:RNA, Fungal; D000077278:RNA, Mitochondrial; D012313:RNA; D009245:NADH Dehydrogenase