title: Precise mapping and molecular characterization of the MFT1 gene involved in import of a fusion protein into mitochondria in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
abstract: Garrett et al. [Mol. Gen. Genet. 225 (1991) 483-491] recently reported that an Atp2-lacZ fusion protein was transported into mitochondria in yeast, thus identifying the MFT1 (mitochondrial fusion targeting) gene as a genomic fragment which complements a mutation (mft1) that failed in targeting a fusion protein into mitochondria. They mapped this gene to the ORF, which we have independently identified as a gene homologous to the cyc07 gene, which is expressed specifically in the S phase during the plant cell cycle. We have mapped the MFT1 gene precisely and found that this gene should correspond to the neighboring ORF, rather than the ORF they identified.
authors.affiliation: Biological Institute, Faculty of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yasui
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Komamine
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D001692:Biological Transport; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D015825:Chromosomes, Fungal; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C068359:MFT1 protein, S cerevisiae