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Subunit 1 of cytochrome oxidase from Neurospora crassa: nucleotide sequence of the coding gene and partial amino acid sequence of the protein.
Author(s) -
Burger G.,
Scriven C.,
Machleidt W.,
Werner S.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
the embo journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.484
H-Index - 392
eISSN - 1460-2075
pISSN - 0261-4189
DOI - 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1982.tb01327.x
Subject(s) - neurospora crassa , biology , nucleic acid sequence , neurospora , gene , genetics , protein subunit , peptide sequence , cytochrome c oxidase , biochemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , mitochondrion , mutant
A partial protein sequence (223 residues) of cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 from Neurospora crassa has been established. The nucleotide sequence of a cloned mitochondrial DNA segment, including the structural gene coding for the mature subunit 1 (CO I locus) was determined. In contrast to the situation in yeast, the CO I locus in N. crassa is not interrupted by long intervening sequences. A polypeptide of 555 residues with a mol. wt. of 61 000 has been deduced from the reading frame established by protein sequencing. With the exception of the C‐terminal part of the polypeptide, the proposed sequences for subunit 1 of N. crassa, yeast, and man are largely homologous. Protein sequencing reveals that a region of low homology close to the C‐terminal portion belongs to the structural gene in N. crassa. The DNA sequence coding for the prepiece, which characterizes the polypeptide precursor of the N. crassa subunit 1, has not yet been localized. A RNA species of approximately 6.8 kb has been identified as the CO I transcript. There is no indication of splicing of this large transcript.