title: Identification, cDNA sequence and deduced amino acid sequence of the mitochondrial Rieske iron-sulfur protein from the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Implications for protein targeting and subunit interaction.
abstract: Specific oligonucleotide probes were used to isolate a cDNA clone for the mitochondrial Rieske iron-sulfur protein of the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. The protein is synthesized as a longer precursor with a cleavable N-terminal presequence of 54 amino acids but without a C-terminal extension. Comparison of the predicted secondary structure of this N-terminal sequence with that of the targeting signal of the chloroplast Rieske protein from C. reinhardtii [de Vitry (1994) J. Biol. Chem. 269, 7603-7609] indicates that, although they both have the potential to form amphiphilic alpha helices, the mito-chondrial presequence may form a more hydrophobic helix that could penetrate deeper into the membrane. The N-terminal part of the mature mitochondrial Rieske protein is characterized by a long, strongly hydrophilic N-terminal domain and by a positive charge in the middle of the hydrophobic stretch that is presumed to interact with the bc1 complex. Thus, the protein from C. reinhardtii differs from the Rieske proteins from mammals or fungi.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Physiology, Göteborg University, Sweden.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Atteia
authors.forename: L G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Franzén
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D016825:Chlamydomonas reinhardtii / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics*; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics*; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000235:genetics*; D014450:Electron Transport Complex III / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D007506:Iron-Sulfur Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000737:chemistry; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011487:Protein Conformation; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D016054:DNA, Protozoan; D007506:Iron-Sulfur Proteins; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals; C037989:Rieske iron-sulfur protein; D014450:Electron Transport Complex III