title: Yeast mitochondrial RNase P. Sequence of the RPM2 gene and demonstration that its product is a protein subunit of the enzyme.
abstract: We report here the sequence of the RPM2 gene which codes for the 105-kDa protein previously purified from the mitochondria of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and shown by genetic techniques to be required for mitochondrial RNase P activity. The sequence predicts a primary translation product of 1202 residues with a molecular mass of 139 kDa and no obvious sequence similarity to any known protein in the data bases. There are 122 amino-terminal amino acids predicted by the gene that are not found in the purified protein, some of which may play a role in mitochondrial targeting of the protein. Antibodies raised against a trpE-105-kDa fusion protein recognize a 105-kDa protein in wild-type cells but not in cells carrying a disruption of the RMP2 gene. Immune, but not preimmune serum, immunoprecipitates the RNase P RNA and the mitochondrial RNase P activity. Thus, the 105-kDa protein forms a complex with RNase P RNA and is required for RNase P activity as predicted for a bona fide subunit of the enzyme.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Louisville, Kentucky 40292.
authors.forename: Y L
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Dang
authors.forename: N C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004722:Endoribonucleases / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000201:enzymology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D016337:RNA, Catalytic / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012331:RNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D043262:Ribonuclease P; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D016337:RNA, Catalytic; D012331:RNA, Fungal; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D004722:Endoribonucleases; D043262:Ribonuclease P