title: Caenorhabditis elegans F09E10.3 encodes a putative 3-oxoacyl-thioester reductase of mitochondrial type 2 fatty acid synthase FASII that is functional in yeast.
abstract: Caenorhabditis elegans F09E10.3 (dhs-25) was identified as encoding a 3-oxoacyl-thioester reductase, potentially of the mitochondrial type 2 fatty acid synthase (FASII) system. Mitochondrial FASII is a relatively recent discovery in metazoans, and the relevance of this process to animal physiology has not been elucidated. A good animal model to study the role of FASII is the nematode C. elegans. However, the components of nematode mitochondrial FASII have hitherto evaded positive identification. The nematode F09E10.3 protein was ectopically expressed without an additional mitochondrial targeting sequence in Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutant cells lacking the homologous mitochondrial FASII enzyme 3-oxoacyl-ACP reductase Oar1p. These yeast oar1Delta mutants are unable to respire, grow on nonfermentable carbon sources, or synthesize sufficient levels of lipoic acid. Mutant yeast cells producing a full-length mitochondrial F09E10.3 protein contained NAD(+)-dependent 3-oxoacyl-thioester reductase activity and resembled the corresponding mutant overexpressing native Oar1p for the above-mentioned phenotype characteristics. This is the first identification of a metazoan 3-oxoacyl-thioester reductase (see Note Added in Proof).
authors.affiliation: Section of Physiology of Lipid Metabolism, Institute of Physiology, Center for Physiology, Pathophysiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. aner.gurvitz@meduniwien.ac.at
authors.forename: Aner
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gurvitz
mesh_terms: D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D054889:Fatty Acid Synthase, Type II / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D008063:Thioctic Acid / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D008063:Thioctic Acid; D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases; D054889:Fatty Acid Synthase, Type II