title: The Saccharomyces cerevisiae MTS1 gene encodes a putative RNA-binding protein involved in mitochondrial protein targeting.
abstract: Most proteins present in the mitochondrion are nuclear encoded, and are directed to the organelle by virtue of a targeting sequence at the N terminus of the precursor protein. Mitochondrial (mt) protein targeting appears to require several accessory proteins that recognise mt precursors both in the cytoplasm and at the mt surface. We describe here the use of yeast genetics to identify a protein that is required for mt protein targeting. Two yeast mutants (mts1 and mts2) were isolated as extragenic suppressors of a known targeting defect in the presequence of the beta-subunit of ATP synthase. We have cloned and sequenced the wild-type allele of one of these genes (MTS1) and shown that it encodes a member of a family of RNA-binding proteins that is essential for growth.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Ellis
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Reid
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004271:DNA, Fungal; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D006801:Humans; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013489:Suppression, Genetic; D013696:Temperature; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D005656:Fungal Proteins; C077734:NPL3 protein, S cerevisiae; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C083878:VPS41 protein, S cerevisiae; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins