title: cDNA cloning and characterization of mouse nifS-like protein, m-Nfs1: mitochondrial localization of eukaryotic NifS-like proteins.
abstract: We have isolated a mouse cDNA which shows significant sequence similarity to the yeast nifS-like gene (y-NFS1), and termed it m-Nfs1. The deduced protein sequence (459 amino acids long) has several characteristic features common to those of bacterial NifS proteins, but distinct from them by its amino-terminal extension which contains a typical mitochondrial targeting presequence. m-Nfs1 was found to be a soluble 47-kDa protein in the matrix fraction of mouse liver mitochondria. The m-Nfs1 gene was ubiquitously expressed in most tissues, suggesting its housekeeping function in vivo. We also found that the gamma-NFS1 protein was localized in the mitochondrial matrix in yeast cells. These results suggest that both eukaryotic NifS-like proteins may play some roles in mitochondrial functions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Osaka Medical College, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakai
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yoshihara
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kagamiyama
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000235:genetics; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D013437:Carbon-Sulfur Lyases / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D015870:Gene Expression; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000737:chemistry*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; C080001:nifS protein, Bacteria; D013437:Carbon-Sulfur Lyases; C513493:Nfs1 protein, mouse