title: BIGYIN, an orthologue of human and yeast FIS1 genes functions in the control of mitochondrial size and number in Arabidopsis thaliana.
abstract: Reverse-genetics was used to evaluate the role of an Arabidopsis homologue of the human and yeast FIS1 genes, which are both involved in mitochondrial fission. Two independent T-DNA insertion mutants of gene At3g57090 were identified and genetically transformed to express mitochondria-targeted GFP to enable visualization of mitochondria in vivo. Plants homozygous for either of the recessive T-DNA mutant alleles, termed bigyin1-1 (bgy1-1) and bigyin1-2 (bgy1-2), displayed an abnormal mitochondrial morphology. Disruption of BIGYIN leads to a reduced number of mitochondria per cell, coupled to a large increase in the size of individual mitochondria, relative to wild-type. It is concluded that BIGYIN is an Arabidopsis FIS orthologue and is part of the Arabidopsis mitochondrial division apparatus.
authors.affiliation: School of Biology, Sir Harold Mitchell Building, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9TH, UK.
authors.forename: Iain
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: Alyson K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Tobin
authors.forename: David C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Logan
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000502:physiology*; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D050505:Mutant Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; C512186:BIGYIN protein, Arabidopsis; C464859:FIS1 protein, S cerevisiae; C476525:FIS1 protein, human; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D050505:Mutant Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins