title: The complete mitochondrial genome of the yeast Pichia sorbitophila.
abstract: Here, we report the complete nucleotide sequence of the 39 107-bp mitochondrial genome of the yeast Pichia sorbitophila. This genome is closely related to those of Candida parapsilosis and Debaryomyces hansenii, as judged from sequence similarities and synteny conservation. It encodes three subunits of cytochrome oxidase (COX1, COX2 and COX3), three subunits of ATP synthase (ATP6, ATP8 and ATP9), the seven subunits of NADH dehydrogenase (NAD1-6 and NAD4L), the apocytochrome b (COB), the large and small rRNAs and a complete set of tRNAs. Although the mitochondrial genome of P. sorbitophila contains the same core of mitochondrial genes observed in the ascomycetous yeasts, those coding for the RNAse P and the ribosomal protein VAR1p are missing. Moreover, the mtDNA of P. sorbitophila contains several introns in its genes and has the particularity of possessing an intron, which is not linked to any upstream exon.
authors: Unité de Génétique Moléculaire, Génomique et Microbiologie, Institut de Botanique, UMR7156, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
authors: Paul P
authors: PP
authors: Jung
authors: Joseph
authors: J
authors: Schacherer
authors: Jean-Luc
authors: JL
authors: Souciet
authors: Serge
authors: S
authors: Potier
authors: Patrick
authors: P
authors: Wincker
authors: Jacky
authors: J
authors: de Montigny
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D002175:Candida / Q000235:genetics; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D055165:Debaryomyces / Q000235:genetics; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D050259:Genes, Mitochondrial; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010843:Pichia / Q000235:genetics*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017385:Sequence Homology
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial