The Cbp2 protein stimulates the splicing of the omega intron of yeast mitochondria.
The Cbp2 protein is encoded in the nucleus and is required for the splicing of the terminal intron of the mitochondrial COB gene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae . Using a yeast strain that lacks this intron but contains a related group I intron in the precursor of the large ribosomal RNA, we have determined that Cbp2 protein is also required for the normal accumulation of 21S ribosomal RNA in vivo . Such strains bearing a deletion of the CBP2 gene adapt slowly to growth in glycerol/ethanol media implying a defect in derepression. At physiologic concentrations of magnesium, Cbp2 stimulates the splicing of the ribosomal RNA intron in vitro . Nevertheless, Cbp2 is not essential for splicing of this intron in mitochondria nor is it required in vitro at magnesium concentrations >5 mM. A similar intron exists in the large ribosomal RNA (LSU) gene of Saccharomyces douglasii . This intron does need Cbp2 for catalytic activity in physiologic magnesium. Similarities between the LSU introns and COB intron 5 suggest that Cbp2 may recognize conserved elements of the these two introns, and protein-induced UV crosslinks occur in similar sites in the substrate and catalytic domains of the RNA precursors.
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Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Box 100266, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.
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D001059:Apoproteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D003573:Cytochrome b Group / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D045303:Cytochromes b; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D005838:Genotype; D007438:Introns; D007700:Kinetics; D008274:Magnesium / Q000494:pharmacology; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D012322:RNA Precursors / Q000378:metabolism*; D012326:RNA Splicing; D012331:RNA, Fungal / Q000378:metabolism; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D017384:Sequence Deletion; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
D001059:Apoproteins; C071249:CBP2 protein, S cerevisiae; D003573:Cytochrome b Group; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D012322:RNA Precursors; D012331:RNA, Fungal; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D045303:Cytochromes b; D008274:Magnesium