One of the fumarate reductase isoenzymes from Saccharomyces cerevisiae is encoded by the OSM1 gene.
Soluble fumarate reductase from yeast irreversibly catalyzes the reduction of fumarate to succinate and has noncovalently bound flavin adenine dinucleotide. In yeast, there are two isoenzymes of fumarate reductase, which can be distinguished on the basis of their absorption or nonabsorption to DE-52 columns. Previously, we have purified FRDS1 and isolated its gene (FRDS) from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In the present study, FRDS2 was purified to homogeneity by four chromatography steps. The N-terminal and C-terminal amino acid sequences of FRDS2 were identical to the deduced amino acid sequence of the OSM1 gene (EMBL Database Accession No. L-26347), whose isolation and biochemical properties have not been studied up until now. From these results, we conclude that FRDS2 is encoded by the OSM1 gene. The deduced amino acid sequence of the OSM1 gene revealed that FRDS2 is synthesized as a precursor protein containing a presequence composed of 32 amino acid residues. The mature enzyme consists of a protein of 469 amino acid residues with a molecular weight of 51,370. The N-terminal extension had the characteristics of a typical signal sequence required for targeting and sorting to a noncytosolic destination. In fact, FRDS2 was found to be located in promitochondria.
Muratsubaki
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Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Kyorin University School of Health Sciences, Tokyo, Japan.
Enomoto
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002458:Cell Fractionation; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000737:chemistry*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000737:chemistry; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013385:Succinate Dehydrogenase / Q000737:chemistry*
D005656:Fungal Proteins; D007527:Isoenzymes; C063916:OSM1 protein, S cerevisiae; D011498:Protein Precursors; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D013385:Succinate Dehydrogenase