Rsf1p, a protein required for respiratory growth of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
A central problem in our understanding of mitochondrial (mt) function remains the question of how coordinate transcriptional control is accomplished between nucleus and mitochondria. Here, we report the initial characterization of a protein of previously unknown function, the product of the YMR030 W gene, that appears to mediate such coordinate gene expression. Expression of YMR030 W is glucose-repressible; a deletion mutant for this gene shows a severe growth defect on glycerol-, but not glucose- or ethanol-based medium. In that mutant, transcript levels from GUT1 and GUT2 are highly attenuated compared with those of the wild-type parent when both are grown on glycerol-based medium. Under the same growth conditions, transcripts from the mt OLI1 gene, which has one copy of a mt upstream activating sequence (UAS) in its 5'-flanking region, are attenuated in the DeltaYMR030 W mutant, but mRNA from the mt COX3 ( OXI2) gene, which lacks the mt UAS, are not. Some nuclear genes encoding mt-related proteins also show low transcript levels in the DeltaYMR030 W mutant in comparison with those of the wild-type parent strain during glycerol-based growth. Localization of the protein, via its expression fused to green fluorescent protein, indicates that it is present in both nucleus and mitochondria, supporting a respiration-related transcriptional role for this gene product in both cellular genetic compartments. Because of its role in both respiratory growth and mt function, we designate the YMR030 W coding sequence RSF1 (respiration factor 1).
Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Gordon H. Scott Hall, 540 East Canfield Avenue, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.
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Lu
George
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Roberts
Kirk
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Simon
Jia
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Yu
Alan P
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Hudson
D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism; D000431:Ethanol / Q000494:pharmacology; D005285:Fermentation; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D017353:Gene Deletion; D015966:Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D005990:Glycerol / Q000378:metabolism; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; D008164:Luminescent Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism; D008957:Models, Genetic; D009154:Mutation; D010957:Plasmids / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014157:Transcription Factors; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D020798:Two-Hybrid System Techniques
D005656:Fungal Proteins; D008164:Luminescent Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C483943:Rsf1 protein, S cerevisiae; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; D000431:Ethanol; D004247:DNA; D005947:Glucose; D005990:Glycerol