title: Isolation and molecular characterization of KlCOX14, a gene of Kluyveromyces lactis encoding a protein necessary for the assembly of the cytochrome oxidase complex.
abstract: The yeast Kluyveromyces lactis was mutagenized with ethyl methane sulphonate and mutants unable to grow on respiratory carbon sources were isolated. Functional complementation of one of these mutants led to the isolation of KlCOX14, a gene encoding a 64 amino acid protein which is the functional homologue of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Cox14p, a protein necessary for the assembly of the cytochrome oxidase holoenzyme (Glerum et al., 1995). The disruption of KlCOX14 resulted in the absence of the absorption bands relative to cytochromes a and a(3) and in the complete loss of respiratory activity. Klcox14 mutants display the typical phenotype of pet mutants and have a reduced growth rate. In addition, unlike the wild-type, Klcox14 mutants are able to grow by fermentation also in the presence of low glucose. The nucleotide sequence of KlCOX14 has been deposited in the EMBL databank with Accession No. AJ238801.
authors.affiliation: Pasteur Institute-Cenci Bolognetti Foundation, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Rome 'La Sapienza', Piazzale A. Moro, 00185 Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fiori
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saliola
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Goffrini
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Falcone
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000968:Antimycin A / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D005285:Fermentation; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D017353:Gene Deletion; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D007716:Kluyveromyces / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000201:enzymology; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013053:Spectrophotometry / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: C094357:COX14 protein, S cerevisiae; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C032456:antimycin; D000968:Antimycin A; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV