title: Structure, organization and expression of the genes encoding mitochondrial cytochrome c(1) and the Rieske iron-sulfur protein in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.
abstract: The sequence and organization of the Chlamydomonas reinhardtii genes encoding cytochrome c(1) ( Cyc1) and the Rieske-type iron-sulfur protein ( Isp), two key nucleus-encoded subunits of the mitochondrial cytochrome bc(1) complex, are presented. Southern hybridization analysis indicates that both Cyc1 and Isp are present as single-copy genes in C. reinhardtii. The Cyc1 gene spans 6404 bp and contains six introns, ranging from 178 to 1134 bp in size. The Isp gene spans 1238 bp and contains four smaller introns, ranging in length from 83 to 167 bp. In both genes, the intron/exon junctions follow the GT/AG rule. Internal conserved sequences were identified in only some of the introns in the Cyc1 gene. The levels of expression of Isp and Cyc1 genes are comparable in wild-type C. reinhardtii cells and in a mutant strain carrying a deletion in the mitochondrial gene for cytochrome b (dum-1). Nevertheless, no accumulation of the nucleus-encoded cytochrome c(1) or of core proteins I and II was observed in the membranes of the respiratory mutant. These data show that, in the green alga C. reinhardtii, the subunits of the cytochrome bc(1) complex fail to assemble properly in the absence of cytochrome b.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Genética Molecular, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 70-243, 04510 México D.F., Mexico.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Atteia
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: van Lis
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wetterskog
authors.forename: E-B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Gutiérrez-Cirlos
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ongay-Larios
authors.forename: L-G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Franzén
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: González-Halphen
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D016825:Chlamydomonas reinhardtii / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D003575:Cytochromes c1 / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000235:genetics; D014450:Electron Transport Complex III / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015870:Gene Expression; D017125:Genes, Protozoan; D018503:Genome, Protozoan; D007506:Iron-Sulfur Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D021122:Protein Subunits; D015800:Protozoan Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D016054:DNA, Protozoan; D007506:Iron-Sulfur Proteins; D021122:Protein Subunits; D015800:Protozoan Proteins; C037989:Rieske iron-sulfur protein; D003575:Cytochromes c1; D014450:Electron Transport Complex III